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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">THE BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR PHD PROGRAM<o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">invites potential applicants to learn about our program at a
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;color:#262626;mso-themecolor:text1;mso-themetint:217;mso-style-textoutline-type:solid;mso-style-textoutline-fill-color:white;mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor:background1;mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha:100.0%;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth:.53pt;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap:flat;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join:round;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit:0%;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash:solid;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align:center;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound:simple;mso-effects-shadow-color:#4472C4;mso-effects-shadow-themecolor:accent5;mso-effects-shadow-alpha:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius:0pt;mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance:3.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-angledirection:2700000;mso-effects-shadow-align:bottomleft;mso-effects-shadow-pctsx:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-pctsy:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-anglekx:0;mso-effects-shadow-angleky:0">Virtual
Open House<o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">on Wednesday, November 17th, 2021 at 3PM (Chicago Time Zone)<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">Our faculty conduct research in several branches of cognitive psychology (metacognition, perception, attention, language, memory) and social psychology (evolutionary, health, cultural, and political psychology).<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">Program highlights:<o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%">Cohorts of 6-7 students accepted each year<o:p> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%">Students work closely with a faculty research mentor<o:p> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%">Students regularly publish their work in peer-reviewed journals and present at national and regional conferences<o:p> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%">Students have received university, regional, and national awards and grants for research and independent funding to support their research<o:p> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;color:red">No GRE required
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%">for Fall 2022 admission<o:p> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%">Full tuition waiver and paid assistantship<o:p> </o:p></span></li><li style="display:block"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%"><o:p><br>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt">Check out our program website
</span><a href="https://www.usm.edu/graduate-programs/psychology-brain-behavior.php"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt">https://www.usm.edu/graduate-programs/psychology-brain-behavior.php</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt">
for more details.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">Register in advance for this meeting:<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<a href="https://usm-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtfuygrDwoGtJJK8KwrKA375v0xY3MSwiJ"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt">https://usm-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtfuygrDwoGtJJK8KwrKA375v0xY3MSwiJ</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:red;background:white">The Graduate School <b>waives application fees for <span class="marknya7ze8br"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">McNair</span></span> alumni</b>.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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Alen Hajnal, PhD.<br>
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<div class="PlainText"><a href="https://www.usm.edu/brain-and-behavior" class="OWAAutoLink"></a>Coordinator of <a href="https://www.usm.edu/graduate-programs/psychology-brain-behavior.php" class="OWAAutoLink">Brain and Behavior PhD Program</a><br>
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<div class="PlainText"><span id="ms-rterangepaste-start"></span><font size="2"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/paclab" class="OWAAutoLink">Perception Action Cognition Lab</a></font><span id="ms-rterangepaste-end"></span><br>
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University of Southern Mississippi</div>
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