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New research links learned helplessness with environmental inaction
ResearchPsychology DepartmentConcern for the environment is widespread, but what is stopping people from rolling their sleeves up and getting down to work with some meaningful pro-environmental action? According to a new study published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology, learned helplessness could be acting as a significant barrier to affecting positive environmental change. -
New research shows how face shape relates to sexuality
My NipissingPsychology DepartmentResearchThe shape of your face might be giving away more information about your sex life than you ever imagined. A new research study shows that men and women with shorter, wider faces tend to have a stronger sex drive than people with faces of other dimensions. -
Dr. Zou’s work with Chinese Canadian seniors recognized
My NipissingResearchDr. Ping Zou, assistant professor in the School of Nursing, was recently featured in the Registered Nurse Journal, in a feature article titled Making a Difference for Seniors. -
Nipissing opens Research Data Centre
ResearchSociology and AnthropologyNipissing University is now home to a Statistics Canada Research Data Centre (RDC), a high-level, secure network and data lab that provides researchers with local access to Statistics Canada’s confidential, large-scale survey data. -
Cultural neuroscience on menu for psych speaker series
ResearchPsychology DepartmentSeminar SeriesNipissing University’s psychology speaker series welcomes Dr. Shinobu Kitayama, of the department of psychology at the University of Michigan, to campus for a lecture titled Cultural Neuroscience: Why we need it, on Friday, April 7 at 1 p.m. in room H105. -
NU researchers earn SSHRC grants
ResearchThree researchers at Nipissing University have earned close to half-a-million dollars in grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) for work battling sex trafficking, determining why so many individuals don’t act to combat climate change, and to help kids be better people and teammates.
Community invited to discover impact of Nipissing research
March is Research Month at Nipissing University, and the community is invited to take part in a series of events highlighting the local, national, and global impact of Nipissing’s research across the sciences, social sciences, humanities, and health disciplines.
