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Marc Coutanche is the recipient of the 2013 Cognitive Neuropsychology Student Travel Prize. Congratulations, Marc!
Marc Coutanche wins an award from the 2013 Rovereto CAOs workshop for one of the best abstracts. Congratulations, Marc!
Lisa Musz is awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Congratulations, Lisa!
Marc Coutanche has been selected to receive the American Psychological Foundation's APR 2012 F. J. McGuigan Dissertation Award. Congrations, Marc!
Avi Chanales, an undergraduate in the Thompson-Schill lab, has been awarded the University of Pennsylvania Alumni Society Prize for Excellence in Research for his senior thesis. Congratulations, Avi!

Marc Coutanche and Sharon-Thompson-Schill's work on "The Perils of Trying to Unlearn" is featured in Observer, the Association for Psychological Science newsletter.

Christine Boylan is awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship. Congratulations, Christine!

Two Penn undergraduates win PURM (Penn Undergraduate Research mentorship) awards to work in our lab:

Doron Roberts-Kedes & Kristina Woodard

Lab alum Gary Lupyan has been named a "Rising Star" by the American Psychological Society. Gary Lupyan's lab website can be found here.

Marc Coutanche has been awarded a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) International Student Research Fellowship. The award supports international graduate students studying in the US during their 3rd, 4th, and 5th years of biomedical or interdisciplinary research. Marc is one of 48 fellows demonstrating exceptional achievement and leadership potential in the sciences.

Sharon Thompson-Schill is featured in an article in the Penn Arts and Sciences Magazine, entitled: "Thinking About Thinking: Sharon Thompson-Schill's Brain Work on the Working Brain." The article can be read in full here, starting on page 16.

Research by Sharon Thompson-Schill, Michael Ramscar and Lila Chrysikou is discussed in a recent Scientific American article entitled "The Advantages of Being Helpless." The publication detailing this work can be found here.

Arber Tasimi, an undergraduate in the Thompson-Schill lab, has been named Dean's Scholar by the School of Arts and Sciences. As a Dean's Scholar, Arber will receive $250 and will attend the Levin Family Dean’s Forum, which honors a select group of outstanding undergraduate and graduate students for their academic performance and intellectual promise.

The mind unchecked: Is a toddler's lack of self-control the key to early learning? Sharon Thompson-Schill discusses cognition without control in the Los Angeles Times' Health blog.

Your Kids Can't Say No to Candy? Blame It on Their Brains. Sharon Thompson-Schill explains why in US News & World Report's On Parenting blog.

A Case for the Distractable Toddler: Sharon Thompson-Schill featured in Wray Herbert's We're Only Human.

A recent study by Dave Kraemer, Lauren Rosenberg and Sharon Thompson-Schill is featured on Penn's SAS Frontiers website. Read the write-up, which discusses the neural correlates of visual and verbal cognitive styles, here.

David Nguyen, an undergraduate in the Thompson-Schill lab, has been selected as a recipient of the John P. Sabini award. The Psychology Department gives this award to graduating seniors with an impressive undergraduate record and an interest in social psychology (specifically emotion, social motives, moral action and/or character). Student winners are selected on the basis of their written thesis, poster presentation, and oral presentation to the department.

Broca's area: It's a dessert topping! No it's a floor wax! No it's a cognitive control mechanism! Sharon Thompson-Schill featured in Broca's area discussion on Talking Brains.

A study by Rob Goldberg and Sharon Thompson-Schill is discussed in a recent post on Wray Herbert's We're Only Human. Read the post here.
Ranjani Prabhakaran was awarded an NRSA Graduate Fellowship from NIMH.
Dr. Sharon Thompson-Schill wins James McKeen Cattell Fund Fellowship award.
Nick Hindy is awarded an NSF graduate fellowship.
Dr. Sharon Thompson-Schill is named Biological Basis of Behavior Society Professor of the Year.

Dr. Sharon Thompson-Schill is promoted to Professor.
Dr. Sharon Thompson-Schill joins the Association for Psychological Science Board of Directors (2007-2010)
Dr. Sharon Thompson-Schill is a winner of the 2006 Lindback Award for Teaching: The University's highest teaching award.
Dr. Sharon Thompson-Schill is a winner of the 2004 WiSC mentorship award: The WICS Mentorship Awards are designed to encourage established scientists, both male and female, to develop the research and publication skills of female graduate and undergraduate students in cognitive science. Up to three awards will be made each year to scientists who have demonstrated sustained, effective mentorship of female students and who have also served as a research advisor or supervisor to one or more female students during the academic year immediately preceding the nomination.