Evan F. Risko
@efriskouw.bsky.social
Professor & Chair, Psychology at the University of Waterloo
New research from University of Waterloo Psychology researchers (Elizabeth Nilsen, Charlotte Aitken, Kate Van Kessel) offers new insights into how adolescents and their parents' mentalizing and reflective functioning shape peer relationships. Check it out: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41129544/
The Role of Adolescent Mentalizing and Parental Reflective Functioning for Adolescents' Peer Relationships - PubMed
From a theoretical standpoint, findings suggest the important role of parental reflective functioning and youth mentalizing for models of social development. In terms of methodological implications, task and self-report of youth mentalizing were related but differentially predicted peer problems. Pr …
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October 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
New research from University of Waterloo Psychology researchers (Elizabeth Nilsen, Charlotte Aitken, Kate Van Kessel) offers new insights into how adolescents and their parents' mentalizing and reflective functioning shape peer relationships. Check it out: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41129544/
New research from University of Waterloo Psychology’s David Moscovitch and colleagues offers important insights into the cognitive mechanisms that contribute to the efficacy of imagery rescripting as a therapeutic intervention. Read more here: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
October 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
New research from University of Waterloo Psychology’s David Moscovitch and colleagues offers important insights into the cognitive mechanisms that contribute to the efficacy of imagery rescripting as a therapeutic intervention. Read more here: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
New research from University of Waterloo psychologists (Megan Barlow, Tiffany Doan, Ori Friedman @orifriedman.bsky.social, and Stephanie Denison) sheds light on why people often probability match rather than maximize when making decisions. see: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Probability matching and statistical naïveté | Judgment and Decision Making | Cambridge Core
Probability matching and statistical naïveté - Volume 20
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October 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
New research from University of Waterloo psychologists (Megan Barlow, Tiffany Doan, Ori Friedman @orifriedman.bsky.social, and Stephanie Denison) sheds light on why people often probability match rather than maximize when making decisions. see: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Important new research by University of Waterloo’s @uwaterloopsych.bsky.social
Sara Hart and colleagues demonstrates that genetic or environmental influences on reading skills change with age. see: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Sara Hart and colleagues demonstrates that genetic or environmental influences on reading skills change with age. see: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Charting the Shift: Age as a Moderator of the Genetic and Environmental Influences on Reading
Reading is influenced by genes and environments throughout life. Using a U.S. twin sample (N = 1086; 564 Male: 522 Female; Age M = 7.46 years, SD = 1.57, with 90% self-reported as White, 8% Black, ...
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October 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Important new research by University of Waterloo’s @uwaterloopsych.bsky.social
Sara Hart and colleagues demonstrates that genetic or environmental influences on reading skills change with age. see: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Sara Hart and colleagues demonstrates that genetic or environmental influences on reading skills change with age. see: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Huge congratulations to Dr. Dillon Browne from Waterloo’s Department of Psychology on being named to the Royal Society of Canada College! See here for more details: uwaterloo.ca/news/rsc-rec...
RSC recognizes research excellence at Waterloo | Waterloo News
Six University of Waterloo researchers are being recognized as Royal Society of Canada (RSC) fellows and a member of the RSC College. “I am thrilled to congratulate Waterloo's new RSC Fellows and new ...
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September 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Huge congratulations to Dr. Dillon Browne from Waterloo’s Department of Psychology on being named to the Royal Society of Canada College! See here for more details: uwaterloo.ca/news/rsc-rec...