Very interesting new study on variation in the mu-#opioid receptor #gene (#OPRM1), #maternal #sensitivity and #child #attachment in humans 👇🏻

The Bartz Lab had a great time at the Cognitive Science Undergraduate Research Day! Special shoutout to our cogs honours student for her great poster on #EpisodicSimulation and #Empathy! 👇See below for Mina’s poster👇 mcgill.ca/cogsci/files/c…

The Bartz Lab takes on McGill Psychology’s Undergraduate Poster Day💪🧠 We are so proud of our honours students! They did a terrific job this year💫 Check out their impressive posters below!

🎉Congrats to our PhD student Amy Gregory who has received the Michael Quek Teaching Assistant Award for the excellent work she did as a TA in Fall 2023🎉 Way to go, Amy!

Congrats to Melissa Shemirani, a previous undergrad in our lab and one of our incoming grad students, who secured CGS-M funding💸 Way to go, Melissa!

Check out this new blog post where Kristina Tchalova & colleagues discuss their recent findings! "Variation in a #gene related to #reward and #pain perception interacts with quality of maternal care to shape #attachment in young children." communities.springernature.com/posts/variatio…

⬇️Read the full article here!⬇️ nature.com/articles/s4139…

🌟 Huge shoutout to our postdoc Kristina Tchalova for being recognized in McGill's "Thank a Prof" initiative! Her dedication to PSYC 474 shines through and her students agree!✨ 👏 Check it out here:👏 mcgill.ca/tls/students/t…

What are the long-term effects of being gaslit in a romantic relationship, and how do people recover? Dr. Vinita Mehta explores the latest research. psychologytoday.com/us/blog/head-g…

✨Check out our lab manager, Molly Feffer, presenting her poster titled “Effects of Chronic Stress on Empathic Accuracy” at #IARR2024!

🚨New publication alert!🚨 We're thrilled to announce our new article featured in Trends in Cognitive Science written by our former visiting scholar Tanya L Procyshyn, former lab coordinator Juliette Dupertuys, and Dr. Bartz! 📖Read the full article here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New manuscript in Trends in Cog Sciences: paper was a long time coming: Neuroimaging and behavioral evidence of sex-specific effects of oxytocin on human sociali cell.com/trends/cogniti…

📢Exciting news: our grad student Willis Klein's work on #gaslighting is featured in a recent article on Psychology Today! Dive into the core themes of surviving gaslighting in relationships below👇 psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/head-g…

Happy Halloween from the Bartz Lab!👻 Enjoy some spooky academia humour 🧡🎃#AcademicTwitter #PhDLife #PeerReview

Today our PhD student, Willis Klein, delivered an amazing guest lecture to McGill students enrolled in PSYC 474: Interpersonal Relationships📒 Way to go, Willis🥳

Read the full text here! cell.com/trends/cogniti…

Our PhD candidate, Amy Gregory, recently gave a wonderful guest lecture about #CouplesTherapy to McGill students in PSYC 474: Interpersonal relationships! Nice work, Amy!

Huge shout-out to our experimental PhD candidate Willis Klein for passing his comprehensive examination! Way to go, Willis🥳

Excited to share that some new research on #EmpathicAccuracy worked on by past & present members of the Bartz lab has been published🎉 Check out the article below!🔽 doi.org/10.1016/j.paid…

Check out our newest clinical PhD student, Audrey-Anne Forget, as she presents her poster on a fantastic project with contributions from Dr. Bartz and Amy Gregory! 👏🎉 #DarkTriad #Empathy #SPSP2025