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Concordia in the news
Posted on December 5, 2014
Researchers in the news
The scholarly work of Concordia faculty and researchers informs and improves society on many issues that affect our daily lives. Visit the Research section to read news stories involving research at Concordia, or read the most recent items here:
- TheTélé-Québec program Une Pilule, Une Petite Granule features the work of Roison O'Connor, assistant professor of psychology, and of Concordia's Young Adult and Alocohol Research Lab on emotional and behavioural response to alcohol. O'Connor appears throughout the episode, beginning at the 9:10 mark. Doctoral candidate in clinical psychology Danit Nitka also appears, beginning at the 7:40 mark.
- Several media pick up an earlier story about the research of psychology professor Jim Pfaus, doctoral candidate Gonzalo Quintana Zunino and others into how men become excited by lingerie. The study uses lab rats wearing jackets. Read about it on Web India and IFL Science.
- Ethanol Producer Magazine joins media that have mentioned Concordia's involvement in the Industrial Biocatalysis Network research project on eco-friendly plastics and chemicals. The Concordia researcher involved is Vincent Martin.
- The Bounce 91.7 mentions research by psychology professor Jim Pfaus on how love and drug addiction activate a certain area of the brain.