Children and emotions. Glucocorticoids. Truth about fingers. Gamergate Death Eaters. Men and their children.

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• La Presse + joins the numerous media that have reported on research led by recent PhD graduate in clinical psychology Sabrina Chiarella into how children read emotions in others and detect whether a person’s emotions are appropriate in a given situation. 
• The Journal Plos publishes an article about the research project "Glucocorticoids and Stress-Induced Changes in the Expression of PERIOD1 in the Rat Forebrain". It lists psychology professor Shimon Amir among the authors of the study and Concordia's University Research Chairs Program among the project's funding partners.
• An article in Express (UK) about what their fingers say about people mentions a study led by marketing professor Gad Saad into how personality traits in men correlated with their finger lengths.
• The Mary Sue writes about doctoral candidate and author Natalie Walschots and her gaming research work, focused on the Gamergate phenomenon and sexism in video game culture.
• An article in The Saturday Evening Post about how fathers influence their children's development refers to a 2011 Concordia study linking fathers’ presence to enhanced intellect and well-being among children. The study was co-authored by distinguished professor emeritus of psychology Alex Schwartzman, psychology professors Dale Stack and Lisa Serbin and Concordia alumna Erin Pougnet.

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