Psychology

Three Elon students presented their research March 28 at the Symposium for Young Neuroscientists and Professors of the Southeast 2009, held at the College of Charleston in Charleston, S.C.

Paul Fromson, a professor of psychology, and Carol England ’09 presented research at the recent Eastern Psychological Association annual conference in Pittsburgh.

Larissa Ferretti, a senior Honors Fellow and psychology major, will share her research this spring with lawmakers in Washington about the effects of parental involvement in teaching math and number skills to young children. The May presentation is part of a highly selective program that features leading undergraduate research from around the nation.

Attention men. Drop the dumbbells and hit the books. Your brain may be your most attractive body part. Mark Prokosch, an Elon University adjunct assistant professor, shows in new research due to be published this winter in Evolution and Human Behavior that intelligence is important when it comes to attracting a woman.