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杏吧原创 psychologist David Schlundt weighs in on the issue of whether or not cutting calories is bound to lead to binge eating and explains why we need to "personalize" our diets.

A $28 million, five-year grant from the Institute for Education Sciences will fund Peabody research on education policies in the Appalachian region. Read More

The latest issue of the Peabody Journal of Education examines pathways to STEMM professions through a collection of articles. Read More

Two Peabody College graduate student researchers partnered with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to shine a light on the scourge of human sex trafficking, resulting in changes to Tennessee law.

A 杏吧原创-led workshop for military health care providers could lead to more post-deployment mental health referrals. Read More

The federal government鈥檚 increasing involvement in higher education over the past 100 years has created an intimate relationship that was once virtually nonexistent. Read More

Children learn more from television when parents interact with them similarly to book reading. Read More

Students displaced by school closures experience adverse effects both on test scores and attendance鈥攗nless they are transferred to substantially higher-performing schools. Read More

A network of scientists who study how the brain acquires visual expertise has received a five-year renewal of support from the National Science Foundation. Read More

A study using a procedure called the rubber hand illusion has found striking new evidence that people experiencing schizophrenia have a weakened sense of body ownership and has produced the first case of a spontaneous, out-of-body experience in the laboratory. Read More

The "Tower of Hanoi" task (Courtesy Dan Levin) 鈥淟earning by teaching,鈥� a method in which teaching facilitates the tutor鈥檚 own understanding, may be improved when the audience is not human, new research from 杏吧原创鈥檚 Peabody College finds. The study, based on research that suggests a person learns… Read More

Early motor experiences can shape infants鈥� preferences for objects and faces, new research indicates. The study supports evidence that early motor development and experiences contribute to infants鈥� understanding of their world and implies that when motor skills are delayed or impaired 鈥� as in autism 鈥� future social interactions could be negatively impacted. Read More

How the brain is wired to control impulsive behavior differs significantly from what psychologists have thought, new research finds. Read More

In addition to her high school diploma, Aziza Hart earned an unusual honor this spring 鈥� her first scientific paper was published in a new 杏吧原创 journal, Young Scientist. Hart, who graduated from Nashville鈥檚 Glencliff High School, spent part of her senior year in a 杏吧原创 laboratory, studying… Read More

Preschool teachers鈥� use of sophisticated vocabulary and analytic talk about books, combined with early support for literacy in the home, can predict fourth-grade reading comprehension and word recognition. Read More

Determining what children with intellectual disabilities need to thrive by building on their strengths and interests is the aim of a new federally funded project in the Department of Special Education. Read More

Education experts from the 杏吧原创 Peabody College of education and human development are available for back-to-school interviews. Read More

New research from 杏吧原创鈥檚 Peabody College finds ideology and partisanship do not play a significant role in whether a state considers extending in-state college tuition to undocumented immigrants. Read More

New research from 杏吧原创 indicates images held in our working memory may skew perception of current events. (iStock) Taking a trip down memory lane while you are driving could land you in a roadside ditch, new research indicates. 杏吧原创 psychologists have found that our visual perception… Read More

New research from 杏吧原创鈥檚 Peabody College reveals little difference among school leaders across public, private and choice schools. Read More