Andy Mienaltowski
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Andy Mienaltowski
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Professor of Psych Sciences at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Study emotion and aging. Teach courses on cognition, aging, and stats. ❤️ podcasts
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📣Calling undergrad and early grad students studying psychology: Want to connect with advanced grad students who can share advice and help you navigate academia? Apply to join the SPSP Peer Advising Program!

Apply here before October 28: ow.ly/Nb0W50X7L9s
October 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Alfie is glad it’s summer break
May 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Lots of great input on our posters at #VSS2025
May 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Congratulations 2025 WKU Psychological Sciences graduates! This is 5/8 of my undergraduate research team post degree conferral.
May 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Deadline is Saturday #PsychSciSky
Know a senior applying to grad programs? Consider WKU's MS in Psychology program. 2 tracks - Psych Sc & I/O. Strong stats & research training. 1-on-1 mentoring. A variety of opportunities for research mentorship. North of Nashville, TN. Apps due Mar 1 #PsychSciSky www.wku.edu/psychologica...
Master of Science in Psychology | Western Kentucky University
Reach greater heights with The Department of Psychological Sciences at Western Kentucky University! Earn your Master of Science in Psychology with the WKU Psych Science Department. Learn more and appl...
www.wku.edu
February 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Reposted by Andy Mienaltowski
This study employs human psychophysics to assess representational maps in the perceptual auditory and semantic domain, showing that representational structures are shared across modalities and furthermore predict individual creative abilities.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Perceptual and semantic maps in individual humans share structural features that predict creative abilities - Communications Psychology
This study employs human psychophysics to assess representational maps in the perceptual auditory and semantic domain, showing that representational structures are shared across modalities and further...
www.nature.com
February 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Know a senior applying to grad programs? Consider WKU's MS in Psychology program. 2 tracks - Psych Sc & I/O. Strong stats & research training. 1-on-1 mentoring. A variety of opportunities for research mentorship. North of Nashville, TN. Apps due Mar 1 #PsychSciSky www.wku.edu/psychologica...
Master of Science in Psychology | Western Kentucky University
Reach greater heights with The Department of Psychological Sciences at Western Kentucky University! Earn your Master of Science in Psychology with the WKU Psych Science Department. Learn more and appl...
www.wku.edu
February 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Reposted by Andy Mienaltowski
📣 Brock #PsychSciSky are hiring a Tenure-Track Teaching-Intensive Asst Prof to teach our 2nd year stats course and a few other stats/methods courses.

Pluses: beautiful Niagara, CANADA, strong faculty union, ample TA support, collaborative colleagues.

brocku.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/brocku_caree...
Assistant Professor, Probationary Tenure-Track Teaching-Intensive, Psychology
This position is part of the BUFA (Employee Group) Brock University is one of Canada’s leading comprehensive universities, a Top Employer in Hamilton-Niagara, ranked #3 as Canada’s Best Employers and ...
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February 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Reposted by Andy Mienaltowski
New paper!
How does the brain retrieve probabilistic representations? Can we enhance this process? Our latest study says yes! We show that DLPFC intervention improves access to representations built up through statistical learning.
doi.org/10.1093/cerc...
#PsychSciSky
#neuroskyence
#neuroscience
Enhancing retrieval capacity of the predictive brain through dorsolateral prefrontal cortex intervention
Abstract. Extracting spatial or temporal patterns across experiences is essential for skill acquisition and predictive processes. The prefrontal cortex pla
doi.org
February 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Reposted by Andy Mienaltowski
Psychologists (largely) consider disgust to be a basic human emotion.

New analysis reveals 2000 year old Greek document mentions word multiple times (showing its importance in their thinking)

www.cnn.com/2025/02/06/s...

#PsychSciSky
‘Disgust’ among first words decoded in 2,000-year-old charred scroll | CNN
Scholars are studying an ancient scroll that has been virtually unrolled 2,000 years after it was burned to a crisp during the eruption of Italy’s Mount Vesuvius.
www.cnn.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Interested in pursuing a MS in Psychology? WKU’s Dept. of Psych Sciences is hosting a virtual OPEN HOUSE. Learn more about our 2 concentrations -I/O Psych & Psych Sciences- over Zoom on Feb 6, 3:30pm-4:30pm CST. Register here to receive the Zoom link: forms.gle/qcD4z3TXv14R... #PsychSciSky
January 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
First day back to classes for the spring. Getting in some time with the lad. Not easy to be away for so long during the day.
January 23, 2025 at 2:40 AM
What are great presents for a mid life academic? A book light. Ankle weights. 🧠🛋️🏋️🦵
December 28, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Calvin Coolidge and Robert Sessions Woodworth had the same philosophy/psychology professor at Amherst College, Charles Garman, about 3-4 years apart. Coolidge after Woodworth.
November 25, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Although I only appear in this platform occasionally, don’t hesitate to connect. I’m an experimental psychologist interested in how our understanding of emotion evolves throughout adulthood.
November 22, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Hello, world.
February 8, 2024 at 12:25 AM