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The Scripps Access Initiative Continues to Break Financial Barriers for Students聽
By Kendra Pintor The Scripps Access Initiative is breaking down financial barriers by providing exceptional, under-resourced students with scholarship support to pursue a transformative Scripps education, with 19 students receiving […]
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Weak Brain Waves Tell Us Something鈥攖he beatLab is Decoding Them
Photo courtesy of Theo Perlin By Caitlin Antonios New research from Assistant Professor Gautam Agarwal鈥檚 beatLab shows that weak brain waves contain meaningful information about memory and location, opening new […]
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Professor Michael Spezio Debates Theologians on Free Will聽
Associate Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience, Data Science Michael Spezio has responded to an ongoing debate with theologians Ted Peters and Tom Oord on the topic of free will. Spezio, a […]
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Professor Michael Spezio Discusses the Science Behind Compelling Preaching
Aerial view of Scripps College Associate Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience, Data Science and聽Preaching and Neuroscience project co-director Michael Spezio recently spoke about the project鈥檚 work examining how brains respond to […]
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Professor Michael Spezio Speaks About Faith and Neuroscience
Michael Spezio Associate Professor of Psychology Michael Spezio, who is also an ordained pastor, spoke with author Ted Peters for Patheos about free will, humility and empathy. He also recently […]
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Professor Michael Spezio Gives Witherspoon Lecture on Wellbeing, Psychology, and Theology
Michael Spezio, associate professor of psychology, neuroscience, and data science, provided tips for improved mental focus to Shondaland.
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Pasadena Now Spotlights Study of Compassion by Professor Michael Spezio and Researchers
Pasadena Now spotlighted the work of Michael Spezio, associate professor of psychology, neuroscience, and data science, in an article on his recently completed three-year study on compassion. Made possible by […]
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In the Media: Tessa Solomon-Lane Published in Hormones and Behavior
Assistant Professor Tessa Solomon-Lane has coauthored a paper proposing a more diverse framework for researching biological sex.
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Scripps Magazine: The Art and Science of Empathy
By Jen A. Miller Illustrations by Saskia Keultjes Early in her research, President Suzanne Keen鈥攁 narrative empathy theorist who studies the relationships among novel reading, empathy, and altruism鈥攂ecame convinced that […]
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Spotlight on Seniors: Jess Maurice 鈥�22 Advances Understanding of Animal Social Behavior
Jess Maurice 鈥�22 presented her research on the social hierarchies of fish at the Southern California Animal Behavior conference.
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