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Pathways to Research Excellence Program (PREP)

This site contains all you need to know about the Pathways to Research Excellence Program (PREP), formerly known as the Canada SROP. PREP is hosted in the tri-campus University of Toronto Psychology Department, Graduate School of Management, and the Rotman Research Institute (Baycrest Hospital).

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Category Archives: Project-2025

Coping with the stress of politics

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Posted byKristina WuMarch 28, 2025March 28, 2025Posted inLine7, Project-2025Tags:Emotions

Meaningful Interactions with Friends

Dr.  ,

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Posted bypagegouldFebruary 3, 2025March 28, 2025Posted inLine7, Project-2025Tags:Intergroup Relations, quantitative methods, Relationships, social interactions, Social Psychology

How the brain controls decision-making in rats

Dr.  ,

How the brain controls decision-making in rats

Posted bypagegouldFebruary 3, 2025February 3, 2025Posted inLine7, Project-2025Tags:extinction, habits, learning, rat

A study of negative reinforcement

Dr.  ,

A study of negative reinforcement

Posted bypagegouldFebruary 3, 2025February 3, 2025Posted inLine6, Project-2025Tags:behaviour, Conditioning, Memory, Neuroscience, Psychology, Rats

Aging and memory in immigrant women from the Horn of Africa

Dr. Gillian Einstein,

Aging and memory in immigrant women from the Horn of Africa

Posted bypagegouldFebruary 3, 2025February 3, 2025Posted inLine6, Project-2025Tags:African immigrants, Aging, Memory, Neuroscience

Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, Belonging – What Does it all Mean?

Dr.  ,

Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, Belonging – What Does it all Mean?

Posted bypagegouldFebruary 3, 2025February 3, 2025Posted inLine7, Project-2025Tags:Diversity, Identity, Inclusion, Organizational Behaviour, Social Psychology

Gender and Persistence

Dr.  ,

Gender and Persistence

Posted bypagegouldFebruary 3, 2025February 3, 2025Posted inLine1, Line5, Project-2025Tags:gender; persistence; failure; challenge; resilience

Prior knowledge, new learning and cortical plasticity

Dr.  ,

Prior knowledge, new learning and cortical plasticity

Posted bypagegouldFebruary 3, 2025February 3, 2025Posted inLine2, Project-2025Tags:cortical plasticity, memory systems

Singlehood and Well-being

Dr. Geoff MacDonald,

Singlehood and Well-being

Posted bypagegouldFebruary 3, 2025February 3, 2025Posted inLine4, Project-2025Tags:Relationships, Singlehood, Social Psychology

Engram basis of fear generalization

Dr.  ,

Engram basis of fear generalization

Posted bypagegouldFebruary 3, 2025February 3, 2025Posted inLine2, Project-2025Tags:behaviour, Memory, mice, Neuroscience

How do we use vision in the world?

Dr. Benjamin Wolfe,

How do we use vision in the world?

Posted bypagegouldFebruary 3, 2025February 3, 2025Posted inLine5, Project-2025Tags:attention, Cognition, Perception, vision

Do you see what I see? Understanding individual differences in visual perception

Dr. Anna Kosovicheva,

Do you see what I see? Understanding individual differences in visual perception

Posted bypagegouldFebruary 3, 2025February 3, 2025Posted inLine3, Project-2025Tags:Cognitive Psychology, Individual Differences, Perception, vision

Emotion understanding in early childhood

Dr. Yang Wu,

Emotion understanding in early childhood

Posted bypagegouldFebruary 3, 2025March 27, 2025Posted inLine5, Project-2025Tags:children, Emotion Understanding, infants, Social Learning

Do children explore more or less with age?

Dr.  ,

do children explore more or less with age?

Posted bypagegouldFebruary 3, 2025February 3, 2025Posted inLine6, Project-2025Tags:brains, childhood, development, learning, Memory, Perception

Racialized Experiences and Personality Development in Emerging Adulthood: A Mixed-Methods Investigation

Joanne Chung, Assistant Professor

Racialized Experiences and Personality Development in Emerging Adulthood: A Mixed-Methods Investigation

Posted bypagegouldFebruary 3, 2025March 28, 2025Posted inLine1, Project-2025Tags:Culture, Identity, mixed-methods, Personality

The Psychology of Digital Communication

Dr.  ,

The Psychology of Digital Communication

Posted bypagegouldFebruary 3, 2025February 3, 2025Posted inLine2, Project-2025Tags:communication, qualitative analysis, social

Understanding social invisibility

Dr. Becca Neel,

Understanding social invisibility

Posted bypagegouldFebruary 3, 2025February 3, 2025Posted inLine4, Project-2025Tags:Intergroup Relations, Meta-Science, Prejudice, Social Psychology

Racial Inequity in Workplaces, Religious Organizations, Product Markets, & Society at Large

Dr.  ,

Racial Inequity in Workplaces, Religious Organizations, Product Markets, & Society at Large

Posted bypagegouldFebruary 3, 2025February 3, 2025Posted inLine3, Project-2025Tags:(In)authenticity, Inequality, Intergroup Relations, Organizational Behavior

Personalized Dementia Risk Reduction

Dr. Nicole Anderson,

Personalized Dementia Risk Reduction

Posted bypagegouldFebruary 3, 2025February 3, 2025Posted inLine4, Project-2025Tags:Aging, Cognition, dementia prevention, Individual Differences

The Science of Snap Judgments

Dr. Nicholas Rule,

The Science of Snap Judgments

Posted bypagegouldFebruary 3, 2025Posted inProject-2025Tags:Personality, social cognition, Social perception

Resilience Narratives

Dr. Rachel Ruttan,

Resilience Narratives

Posted bypagegouldFebruary 3, 2025February 3, 2025Posted inLine1, Project-2025Tags:communication, compassion, Organizational Behaviour, Social Psychology
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