By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – Did you hear the police siren wailing from a nearby treetop? How about the barking dog from a power line? Chances are you heard a common starling, a bird that’s making plenty of noise this time of year – not only in the Pacific Northwest but every […]
By Sue McMurray, Carson College of Business PULLMAN, Wash. – How individuals’ elitist or egalitarian beliefs can affect their behavior and social judgment will be discussed by a research professor from the Sauder School of Business 3:30-5 p.m. Friday, April 8, in Todd Auditorium 116 at Washington State University.
By Sue McMurray, Carson College of Business PULLMAN, Wash. – “Will you exercise this year?” That simple question can be a game-changing technique for people who want to influence their own or others’ behavior, according to a recent study spanning 40 years of research.
VANCOUVER, Wash. – You are onto something. Quick, to the bat-lab! That’s where I met up with my friend Christine Portfors, a scientist at Washington State University who studies fruit bats.
VANCOUVER, Wash. – Washington State University Vancouver researcher Jessica Fales and colleagues are seeking adolescent participants for an online study of the social behaviors of female high-school students.
By Will Ferguson, College of Arts & Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Dutch babies laugh, smile and like to cuddle more than their American counterparts.
By Eric Sorensen, WSU science writer PULLMAN, Wash. – Some of the world’s nastiest behavior grows out of spite, the dark art of hurting an opponent even when it comes at a price to yourself.
PULLMAN – Renowned horse behaviorist and natural horsemanship expert Dr. Robert M. Miller is coming to Pullman on April 28 to give two public seminars. “Behavior and Misbehavior of the Horse” begins at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m. in room 203 of the Smith Center for Undergraduate Education on the Pullman campus. Tickets […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Most parents spend time playing with, and closely watching, their newborns, foreseeing their child’s future based on this gesture or that facial expression. Masha Gartstein, assistant professor of psychology at Washington State University, is trying to take that one step farther. By systematically studying the behavior of infants, she hopes to find […]