Department of Psychology - Memorial University of Newfoundland
@munpsych.bsky.social
Official Blue Sky Account for Memorial University's Psychology Department.
A meta-analytic review of 16 studies found that body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) symptoms were significantly more strongly correlated with symptoms of social media addiction than with the number of hours spent on social media per day.
Read more: doi.org/10.1080/1521...
Read more: doi.org/10.1080/1521...
October 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A meta-analytic review of 16 studies found that body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) symptoms were significantly more strongly correlated with symptoms of social media addiction than with the number of hours spent on social media per day.
Read more: doi.org/10.1080/1521...
Read more: doi.org/10.1080/1521...
A new study found that Canadians still have significant misconceptions about FASD—how common it is, and how it affects people’s lives. That shows us where education and awareness efforts are most needed.
Want to learn more? Click here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Want to learn more? Click here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
October 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A new study found that Canadians still have significant misconceptions about FASD—how common it is, and how it affects people’s lives. That shows us where education and awareness efforts are most needed.
Want to learn more? Click here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Want to learn more? Click here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
New study on cancer in adolescents and young adults shows depression and anxiety are the biggest predictors of quality of life. Almost 50% of AYA still experience QOL issues after a cancer diagnosis.
www.mdpi.com/1718-7729/32...
www.mdpi.com/1718-7729/32...
October 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
New study on cancer in adolescents and young adults shows depression and anxiety are the biggest predictors of quality of life. Almost 50% of AYA still experience QOL issues after a cancer diagnosis.
www.mdpi.com/1718-7729/32...
www.mdpi.com/1718-7729/32...
A new study finds that despite what previous research suggests, problematic cannabis use and internet gaming are only weakly connected. Additionally, problematic gaming is linked most to escape & competition motivations for playing.
Learn more: doi.org/10.1016/j.ps...
Learn more: doi.org/10.1016/j.ps...
October 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
A new study finds that despite what previous research suggests, problematic cannabis use and internet gaming are only weakly connected. Additionally, problematic gaming is linked most to escape & competition motivations for playing.
Learn more: doi.org/10.1016/j.ps...
Learn more: doi.org/10.1016/j.ps...
Sex and Gender Seminar Series continued this Thursday!
Thursday October 23, 1 pm, CSF-1302
Dr. Amanda Bittner (Political Science) will answer the question "What happens to political attitudes when women make more money than their husbands?"
Thursday October 23, 1 pm, CSF-1302
Dr. Amanda Bittner (Political Science) will answer the question "What happens to political attitudes when women make more money than their husbands?"
October 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Sex and Gender Seminar Series continued this Thursday!
Thursday October 23, 1 pm, CSF-1302
Dr. Amanda Bittner (Political Science) will answer the question "What happens to political attitudes when women make more money than their husbands?"
Thursday October 23, 1 pm, CSF-1302
Dr. Amanda Bittner (Political Science) will answer the question "What happens to political attitudes when women make more money than their husbands?"
A new Canadian study by Dr. Sheila Garland and colleagues reports that 1 in 5 Canadians have used a wearable to track sleep.
Sleep wearables are popular—but their effects vary. For some, they aid awareness; for others, they might fuel anxiety about sleep.
www.jmir.org/2025/1/e68816/
Sleep wearables are popular—but their effects vary. For some, they aid awareness; for others, they might fuel anxiety about sleep.
www.jmir.org/2025/1/e68816/
October 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A new Canadian study by Dr. Sheila Garland and colleagues reports that 1 in 5 Canadians have used a wearable to track sleep.
Sleep wearables are popular—but their effects vary. For some, they aid awareness; for others, they might fuel anxiety about sleep.
www.jmir.org/2025/1/e68816/
Sleep wearables are popular—but their effects vary. For some, they aid awareness; for others, they might fuel anxiety about sleep.
www.jmir.org/2025/1/e68816/
Chemo often brings insomnia + fatigue. A new trial tested CBT-I (behavioural strategies for sleep) and bright light therapy (using light to reset sleep cycles). Learn more about what was found in the recent study exploring these interventions by clicking this link: doi.org/10.1200/JCO....
October 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Chemo often brings insomnia + fatigue. A new trial tested CBT-I (behavioural strategies for sleep) and bright light therapy (using light to reset sleep cycles). Learn more about what was found in the recent study exploring these interventions by clicking this link: doi.org/10.1200/JCO....
Krista Greeley, Rachel Lee, Joshua Tulk, Dr. Sheila Garland, and colleagues showed that CBT-I is a safe, non-drug option to help cancer survivors improve sleep. Check out the full publication to see their report on the adverse events experienced during this intervention.
doi.org/10.1186/s416...
doi.org/10.1186/s416...
October 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Krista Greeley, Rachel Lee, Joshua Tulk, Dr. Sheila Garland, and colleagues showed that CBT-I is a safe, non-drug option to help cancer survivors improve sleep. Check out the full publication to see their report on the adverse events experienced during this intervention.
doi.org/10.1186/s416...
doi.org/10.1186/s416...
Check out a new publication by Dr. Sheila Garland and colleague that explored how to improve sleep in adults with coronary heart disease using a social ecological lens.
Read the full article: doi.org/10.1016/j.pc...
Read the full article: doi.org/10.1016/j.pc...
October 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Check out a new publication by Dr. Sheila Garland and colleague that explored how to improve sleep in adults with coronary heart disease using a social ecological lens.
Read the full article: doi.org/10.1016/j.pc...
Read the full article: doi.org/10.1016/j.pc...
Check out this new article in The Conversation where Dr. Ashley Balsom and MSc student Olivia Bishop talk about what actually helps to (and what hurts) when supporting someone facing infertility.
theconversation.com/infertility-...
theconversation.com/infertility-...
October 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Check out this new article in The Conversation where Dr. Ashley Balsom and MSc student Olivia Bishop talk about what actually helps to (and what hurts) when supporting someone facing infertility.
theconversation.com/infertility-...
theconversation.com/infertility-...
PhD student Tianshuang Han, MSc student Kelsey Downer, Dr. Brent Snook, and colleagues, reviewed 813 forensic psych articles to examine the statistical reporting practices in forensic psychology.
They found increased effect size & CI reporting—but NHST still dominates.
shorturl.at/hHtch
They found increased effect size & CI reporting—but NHST still dominates.
shorturl.at/hHtch
October 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
PhD student Tianshuang Han, MSc student Kelsey Downer, Dr. Brent Snook, and colleagues, reviewed 813 forensic psych articles to examine the statistical reporting practices in forensic psychology.
They found increased effect size & CI reporting—but NHST still dominates.
shorturl.at/hHtch
They found increased effect size & CI reporting—but NHST still dominates.
shorturl.at/hHtch
Olivia Bishop, Brooke Hiscock, Quinn Morris, Chelsea Lahey, Dr. Jonathan Fawcett, and Dr. Emily Fawcett conducted the first-ever meta-analysis on the prevalence of aggressive obsessions in youth with OCD, finding a lifetime prevalence of 65.1%.
See the full paper: shorturl.at/tFvaN
See the full paper: shorturl.at/tFvaN
September 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Olivia Bishop, Brooke Hiscock, Quinn Morris, Chelsea Lahey, Dr. Jonathan Fawcett, and Dr. Emily Fawcett conducted the first-ever meta-analysis on the prevalence of aggressive obsessions in youth with OCD, finding a lifetime prevalence of 65.1%.
See the full paper: shorturl.at/tFvaN
See the full paper: shorturl.at/tFvaN
A new publication by Krista Greeley, Josh Tulk, and Drs. Emily Fawcett, Joshua Rash, and Shelia Garland highlights that Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) doesn’t just improve sleep in survivors, it significantly reduces cancer-related fatigue too.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
September 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
A new publication by Krista Greeley, Josh Tulk, and Drs. Emily Fawcett, Joshua Rash, and Shelia Garland highlights that Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) doesn’t just improve sleep in survivors, it significantly reduces cancer-related fatigue too.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
📣 Join the Psychology Department Social Media Committee! 📣
Are you passionate about psychology, creativity, and communication? We’re looking for new members to join our Social Media Committee
Interested? Send Dr. Balsom (abalsom@mun.ca) and vice-chair Olivia Bishop (ocbishop@mun.ca) an email!
Are you passionate about psychology, creativity, and communication? We’re looking for new members to join our Social Media Committee
Interested? Send Dr. Balsom (abalsom@mun.ca) and vice-chair Olivia Bishop (ocbishop@mun.ca) an email!
September 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
📣 Join the Psychology Department Social Media Committee! 📣
Are you passionate about psychology, creativity, and communication? We’re looking for new members to join our Social Media Committee
Interested? Send Dr. Balsom (abalsom@mun.ca) and vice-chair Olivia Bishop (ocbishop@mun.ca) an email!
Are you passionate about psychology, creativity, and communication? We’re looking for new members to join our Social Media Committee
Interested? Send Dr. Balsom (abalsom@mun.ca) and vice-chair Olivia Bishop (ocbishop@mun.ca) an email!
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@munpsych.bsky.social at @memorialu.bsky.social started with its first courses in 1957, taught by local clinicians. 🧠
With new faculty and students joining in areas like Cognition and Neuroscience, and a growing doctoral program in Clinical Psychology, the future is bright! #Memorial100
With new faculty and students joining in areas like Cognition and Neuroscience, and a growing doctoral program in Clinical Psychology, the future is bright! #Memorial100
September 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
@munpsych.bsky.social at @memorialu.bsky.social started with its first courses in 1957, taught by local clinicians. 🧠
With new faculty and students joining in areas like Cognition and Neuroscience, and a growing doctoral program in Clinical Psychology, the future is bright! #Memorial100
With new faculty and students joining in areas like Cognition and Neuroscience, and a growing doctoral program in Clinical Psychology, the future is bright! #Memorial100
Meet your PsyCentral Teaching Assistants (TAs) for Fall 2025! These graduate students can help with coursework, labs, Honours and grad school questions, and more. Come say hi in SN-3071 during their shifts - they’re here to support you!
September 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Meet your PsyCentral Teaching Assistants (TAs) for Fall 2025! These graduate students can help with coursework, labs, Honours and grad school questions, and more. Come say hi in SN-3071 during their shifts - they’re here to support you!
PsyCentral is officially open for the Fall 2025 semester!
📍 Location: SN-3071
🕘 Hours:
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays → 9:00AM – 5:00PM
Tuesdays, Thursdays → 10:15AM – 5:00PM
Attached is the weekly schedule for PsyCentral.
📍 Location: SN-3071
🕘 Hours:
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays → 9:00AM – 5:00PM
Tuesdays, Thursdays → 10:15AM – 5:00PM
Attached is the weekly schedule for PsyCentral.
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
PsyCentral is officially open for the Fall 2025 semester!
📍 Location: SN-3071
🕘 Hours:
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays → 9:00AM – 5:00PM
Tuesdays, Thursdays → 10:15AM – 5:00PM
Attached is the weekly schedule for PsyCentral.
📍 Location: SN-3071
🕘 Hours:
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays → 9:00AM – 5:00PM
Tuesdays, Thursdays → 10:15AM – 5:00PM
Attached is the weekly schedule for PsyCentral.
The next seminar in the Sex and Gender seminar series September 11th 1 pm in the main auditorium of CSF (CSF-1302).
Speaker: Dr. Ashlyn Swift-Gallant, Department of Psychology
Title: Building Brains Differently: How sex chromosomes and hormones shape neurodevelopment via the placenta-brain axis
Speaker: Dr. Ashlyn Swift-Gallant, Department of Psychology
Title: Building Brains Differently: How sex chromosomes and hormones shape neurodevelopment via the placenta-brain axis
September 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The next seminar in the Sex and Gender seminar series September 11th 1 pm in the main auditorium of CSF (CSF-1302).
Speaker: Dr. Ashlyn Swift-Gallant, Department of Psychology
Title: Building Brains Differently: How sex chromosomes and hormones shape neurodevelopment via the placenta-brain axis
Speaker: Dr. Ashlyn Swift-Gallant, Department of Psychology
Title: Building Brains Differently: How sex chromosomes and hormones shape neurodevelopment via the placenta-brain axis
We’re thrilled to share that Maliha Dew, honours student of Dr. Kathleen Hourihan, has been awarded the Hebb Award for Best Student Poster Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science (CSBBCS)—held this year in Dundee, Scotland,
Congrats!
Congrats!
August 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
We’re thrilled to share that Maliha Dew, honours student of Dr. Kathleen Hourihan, has been awarded the Hebb Award for Best Student Poster Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science (CSBBCS)—held this year in Dundee, Scotland,
Congrats!
Congrats!
The next seminar in the Sex and Gender seminar series will be in-person on Thursday July 24th from 1-2 pm in the main auditorium of CSF (CSF-1302).
Name: Dr. Lourdes Peña-Castillo, Departments of Computer Science and Biology
Title: Artificial Intelligence is blind to gender and sex, right?
Name: Dr. Lourdes Peña-Castillo, Departments of Computer Science and Biology
Title: Artificial Intelligence is blind to gender and sex, right?
July 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The next seminar in the Sex and Gender seminar series will be in-person on Thursday July 24th from 1-2 pm in the main auditorium of CSF (CSF-1302).
Name: Dr. Lourdes Peña-Castillo, Departments of Computer Science and Biology
Title: Artificial Intelligence is blind to gender and sex, right?
Name: Dr. Lourdes Peña-Castillo, Departments of Computer Science and Biology
Title: Artificial Intelligence is blind to gender and sex, right?
🎓 Please join us in congratulating Quinn Morris on successfully defending her doctoral thesis!
Her PsyD dissertation was titled “The Prevalence and Predictors of Aggressive Obsessions in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Meta-Analytic Review.”
Way to go! 🧠✨
Her PsyD dissertation was titled “The Prevalence and Predictors of Aggressive Obsessions in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Meta-Analytic Review.”
Way to go! 🧠✨
July 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
🎓 Please join us in congratulating Quinn Morris on successfully defending her doctoral thesis!
Her PsyD dissertation was titled “The Prevalence and Predictors of Aggressive Obsessions in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Meta-Analytic Review.”
Way to go! 🧠✨
Her PsyD dissertation was titled “The Prevalence and Predictors of Aggressive Obsessions in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Meta-Analytic Review.”
Way to go! 🧠✨
🎉 Congratulations to Molly MacMillan on receiving the Teaching Assistantship Award from the Council of Canadian Departments of Psychology (CCDP)! 🧠🍎
This award acknowledges the significant contributions of teaching assistants within departments.
ccdop.ca/2024-2025-aw...
This award acknowledges the significant contributions of teaching assistants within departments.
ccdop.ca/2024-2025-aw...
CCDP
Council of Canadian Departments of Psychology (CCDP)
ccdop.ca
July 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Molly MacMillan on receiving the Teaching Assistantship Award from the Council of Canadian Departments of Psychology (CCDP)! 🧠🍎
This award acknowledges the significant contributions of teaching assistants within departments.
ccdop.ca/2024-2025-aw...
This award acknowledges the significant contributions of teaching assistants within departments.
ccdop.ca/2024-2025-aw...
A new publication by Krista Greeley, Josh Tulk, and Drs. Emily Fawcett, Joshua Rash, and Shelia Garland highlights that Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) doesn’t just improve sleep in cancer survivors, it can significantly reduce cancer-related fatigue too.
July 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
A new publication by Krista Greeley, Josh Tulk, and Drs. Emily Fawcett, Joshua Rash, and Shelia Garland highlights that Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) doesn’t just improve sleep in cancer survivors, it can significantly reduce cancer-related fatigue too.
The next seminar in the Sex and Gender seminar series will be in-person on Tuesday July 8th from 1-2 pm in the main auditorium of CSF (CSF-1302).
Brooke Steinhauer, PhD Candidate at McGill
Viral lies, violent realities: Understanding violence against women in politics and disinformation on TikTok
Brooke Steinhauer, PhD Candidate at McGill
Viral lies, violent realities: Understanding violence against women in politics and disinformation on TikTok
July 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The next seminar in the Sex and Gender seminar series will be in-person on Tuesday July 8th from 1-2 pm in the main auditorium of CSF (CSF-1302).
Brooke Steinhauer, PhD Candidate at McGill
Viral lies, violent realities: Understanding violence against women in politics and disinformation on TikTok
Brooke Steinhauer, PhD Candidate at McGill
Viral lies, violent realities: Understanding violence against women in politics and disinformation on TikTok
Krista Greeley, Rachel Lee, Joshua Tulk, Dr. Sheila Garland, and colleagues showed that CBT-I is a safe, non-drug option to help cancer survivors improve sleep. Check out the full publication to see their report on the adverse events experienced during this intervention.
doi.org/10.1186/s416...
doi.org/10.1186/s416...
July 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Krista Greeley, Rachel Lee, Joshua Tulk, Dr. Sheila Garland, and colleagues showed that CBT-I is a safe, non-drug option to help cancer survivors improve sleep. Check out the full publication to see their report on the adverse events experienced during this intervention.
doi.org/10.1186/s416...
doi.org/10.1186/s416...