Monday, March 5
MSCS Colloquium: Take What You Have Gathered From Coincidence: Understanding and Using Randomness
MSCS Professor Matt Richey
3:30 pm, RNS 310
Tuesday, March 6
No Events
Wednesday, March 7
Physics Colloquium
James Perez, Ph.D. Professor or Physics at Luther College
2:00 pm, RNS 210
Thursday, March 8
Psychology: 2018 Gordon Allport Award Talk: Developing Mind Over Matter: Stress, Development, and Self-Control in Childhood and Adolescence
Amma Johnson ’08, St. Olaf College Psychology Professor
4:00 pm, Regents Hall 150
What thoughts and behaviors do you use to manage stress? When did you develop those strategies? Behavioral and biological systems shape how we cope with challenges throughout our lives. First, I will present a series of studies testing the impact of chronic early life stress on the development of self-regulation. In line with the pubertal recalibration hypothesis, findings point to adolescence as a sensitive period for positive development following adversity. Second, I will describe ongoing work examining how heightened sensitivity to social cues and developing coping skills shape stress responses in adolescence. Together, these studies highlight psychological and biological factors that promote resilience in the face of stress.
Friday, March 9
No Events