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Graeme Fairchild of the department of psychology at the University of Bath tells Dixon at CNN that diagnosing Leonardo with A.D.H.D. could be a positive. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "New Study Suggests Leonardo da Vinci Had A.D.H.D.," 5 June 2019 Cartman, who has a PhD in psychology, and his brother Ayinde Cartman, lead Sunday Men’s Healing Circles at Real Men Cook’s new home site the at the Quarry Event Center, 2423 E. 75 St. in Chicago, which was purchased last year. — Francine Knowles, Daily Southtown, "Knowles: Real Men Cook marks 30-year anniversary," 4 June 2019 An associate professor of psychology at Boise State University, Weaver is a mother of four. — Hayley Harding, The Seattle Times, "Looking for the perfect child care? Join the waiting list.," 13 Apr. 2019 Anthony Wagner, chair of the department of psychology at Stanford The science tells us that there is a negative relationship between using more media simultaneously and working memory capacity. — Brian Resnick, Vox, "Is our constant use of digital technologies affecting our brain health? We asked 11 experts.," 29 Nov. 2018 Engineering researchers in the psychology department at the University of Utah are studying whether semiautonomous driving technology will make things better or worse. — Russ Mitchell, latimes.com, "Tesla crash highlights a problem: When cars are partly self-driving, humans don't feel responsible," 25 Jan. 2018 Anybody asks anything, say yes.’ Meanwhile, my wife was a young graduate student in psychology at City College. — Alexandra Lange, Curbed, "How not to cheat children: Let them build their own playgrounds," 18 July 2018 Equal in irrelevance was HR Paul, the head of the human resources department, who was generally regarded as a nincompoop psychology PhD with a flatulence problem. — Eric Johnson, Recode, "Google’s former PR boss Jessica Powell wrote a satirical novel about tech and published it all on Medium," 2 Oct. 2018 Remember that it was once called ‘the sick man of Asia.’ There is a deep and complex psychology behind China’s rise, and philanthropy is just its newest form. — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, "Meet the Chinese Philanthropists Who Are Pledging Big Money to End Climate Change," 25 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'psychology.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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