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Cynthia Ransley, MA, LLP

Words, Memories, Thinking, Feeling

Radiolab[i] featured a program recently about words – or rather, about the absence of words.  The program explores many questions: What happens when words are turned off in the brain?  What would happen if somehow words never made their way into the brain in the first place?  What comprises thought

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President Diane Blau

Reflections from President Blau

Here is the holiday edition of the monthly blog feature from MSP President, Dr. Diane Blau, discussing what’s on her mind and in her heart regarding MSP and the field of professional psychology. December has always struck me as an unusual month, especially if one is regulated by an academic

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Welcome Back: Psi Chi at MSP

I am truly honored to have been voted into the position of President of the Psi Chi chapter at MSP for the 2015-2016 academic year. I am committed to carrying forth the visions of my preceding members, and upholding the mission of Psi Chi. I find it exciting that the

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President Diane Blau

Reflections from President Blau

October marked the first installment of a monthly blog feature from MSP President, Dr. Diane Blau, discussing what’s on her mind and in her heart regarding MSP and the field of professional psychology.  It has occurred to me that in order to be noticed, one must have something extraordinary to

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Kip Thompson, PhD

Faculty Spotlight- Dr. Kip Thompson

Where did you grow up? I was born in Detroit and raised in Hampton, VA. Where did you go to school for your undergraduate and graduate degrees? I attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA where I earned my BA in Psychology. I earned my MA in Psychology and later my

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How to get Started and Thrive in Health Psychology

APA is moving towards an Integrated Healthcare focus beginning in 2017. Understanding how to work within a medical setting or learning how to work with physicians is the future of graduate school training and clinical practice. There are many avenues for working as a health psychologist such as providing medical

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Ceresnie Aaron. PsyD, LP

Faculty Spotlight- Dr. Aaron Ceresnie

Dr. Ceresnie joins the MSP faculty as an adjunct professor in the Master’s program, teaching Research Foundations. Where did you grow up? I grew up in Farmington Hills, Michigan Where did you go to school for your undergraduate and graduate degrees? I attended Michigan State University where I earned a

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Kevin Keenan, PhD

Faith and Skepticism in Science

The replication of research results is a cornerstone of science. If research findings can’t be reproduced by other researchers what confidence can we have in  “scientific” findings?  A large scale replication study reported in the September issue of the eminent journal Science has caused quite a stir. This study, a

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