Cognitive Science
Randolph announces three new undergraduate programs
Cybersecurity, cognitive science, and mechanical engineering will launch next fall.... READ MORE >>
Beck writes blog about benefits of active music-making
Psychology professor Sara Beck published a blog for the Center for Scholars & Storytellers, a youth-centered organization that bridges the gap between social science research and media creation, this spring. Don’t Just Listen! The Social Benefits of Active Music-Making for Children appeared on the site in April. Beck wrote about how active music-making with young... READ MORE >>
Randolph’s Blair Gross published in ‘Frontiers in Psychology’
Blair Gross, a Randolph psychology professor, published the article, “Cognitive Processes Unfold in a Social Context: A Review and Extension of Social Baseline Theory,” in Frontiers in Psychology in March 2020. For the article,Gross and Sara Medina-DeVilliers review research supporting social baseline theory, which argues that our default state in physiological, cognitive, and neural processing... READ MORE >>
Beck writes about music cognition for "Child Art Magazine"
In the article, How Do Scientists Study Music?, Beck and co-author Miriam Lense wrote about the intersection of music, psychology, neuroscience, education, and health... READ MORE >>
A tale of two projects: Summer Research studying actions and perceptions in the world
Psychology professor Elizabeth Gross had a plan in place for Randolph’s Summer Research Program. Then COVID-19 happened—and she decided to switch gears with not just one but two different projects.... READ MORE >>
Growth & Change: Randolph expands curriculum with several new programs
The new programs include a master’s program that is the first of its kind in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference, two majors, and a minor.... READ MORE >>