Welcome to the Conceptual Development lab website! Here is where we will write updates about what is going on in the lab. From new members, to new findings and all the in-betweens- you can find out what’s going on in the lab here!
Want to know more? For more frequent updates, follow us on Twitter @UmichConceptLab or on Facebook @UmichConceptLab!
A Note from the Lab Manager- Barbara A. Oleshansky Memorial Fund Award!
April 2024
Ella Simmons, one of our grad students, received the Barbara A. Oleshansky Memorial Fund Award. Congratulations, Ella!!
A Note from the Lab Manager- Psychology Research Forum Poster Presentations!
April 2024
Sara Morehous and Ashna Mehra, two undergraduate RAs, presented their honors theses posters titled ‘Unpacking Age-Related Variations in Gender Essentialist Beliefs and Prejudicial Attitudes‘ and ‘Do people change the way they speak when they talk to you?’ at the UM Psychology Research Forum on April 12. Congrats, Sara and Ashna!
A Note from the Lab Manager- Hagen-Stevenson Dissertation Research Award!
March 2024
Ella Simmons, one of our grad students, received the Hagen-Stevenson Dissertation Research Award. Congratulations, Ella!!
A Note from the Lab Manager- W. K. Kellogg Family Endowed Fellowship Recipient!
January 2024
Emma Gross, one of our grad students, co-received the W. K. Kellogg Family Endowed Fellowship with Lauren White from the School of Social Work. Congratulations, Emma and Lauren!!
A Note from the Lab Manager- Nadelman Award Recipient!
August 2023
Emma Gross, one of our grad students, received the Nadelman Award for her 619 paper entitled “Children’s gender essentialism and prejudice: Testing causal links via an experimental manipulation”. Congratulations, Emma!!
A Note from the Lab Manager- MSPICED Poster Presentation!
August 2023
MSPICED Intern, Linda Trevino, completed her summer internship with the MSPICED poster session, where she presented her poster titled “”. Linda was mentored by Graduate Student Lester Mejia Gomez and Lab Manager Kalina McNeil. Congratulations to Linda and the other MSPICED interns!
A Note from the Lab Manager- Conference Poster Presentation!
May 2023
Kaylee Chan, our undergraduate RA, presented her poster titled ‘Children’s use of social categories when thinking about viral transmission‘ at the UCLA Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference on May 12. Congrats, Kaylee!
A Note from the Lab Manager- UM Museum Exhibit
April 2023
Check out our exhibit on visualizing viruses at the second floor of the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History (UMMNH) in Ann Arbor! It’s open Tuesday—Sunday from 11am to 3pm!
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