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Opening Minds

Thoughts and profiles from Avila University’s School of Psychology professors and graduates.

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  Memory, Mind Wandering, and Counterfactual Thinking Drives Avila University’s Cognitive Science Lab
  While invented in the late 1950s, virtual reality technology is at a new level of cultural awareness thanks to the accessibility of personal VR systems like Oculus and Meta’s creation and promotion of the virtual “Metaverse.” Assistant Professor of Cognitive…

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  Wagge Wins Historic $267,741 National Science Foundation Grant
  Avila Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science Jordan Wagge, Ph.D., received a $267,741 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant from the Division of Undergraduate Education to fund, evaluate, and enhance the activities of the Collaborative Replications and Education Project (CREP). “CREP…

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