TO THOSE who knew her best, a son said, Catherine S. Murray was a "worker bee." "She used to get up real early in the morning and get started," said son Marc. "She touched a lot of people. . . . Her life was really centered around her family . . . and her work life." Murray, associate professor of psychology and director of graduate gerontology at St. Joseph's University, died of cancer >>>

Photo courtsy of Monica Lucianna Since October, seven Ramapo students have been working alongside Dr. Joseph Cataliotti, associate professor of neuropsychology, in a psychology research group. One of many psychology research groups on campus, Cataliotti and his students are investigating two lines of perception research, both proprioception and mirror tracing, as well as color perception. “The goal is to try to just discover the basic processes by which human vision and perception take place...It’s a puzzle and so it’s just a challenge to figure out how humans experience the world >>>

Memory is a tricky thing. That’s a concept Assistant Professor of Psychology Daniel Peterson is diving into with his new research on human cognition. The research is backed by the James S. McDonnell Foundation, which has awarded him a grant of $600,000 over period of several year period. Peterson is exploring the concepts behind why people remember and forget what they do, and what happens when people retrieve information. There are several theories currently circulating about this process, but none have solid approval or affirmation. “There’s one perspective that >>>