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John P. Murray, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor, Developmental Psychology, Kansas State University

Description

From the website: John P. Murray, Ph.D. is a Research Fellow in the Department of Psychology at Washington College; an Emeritus Professor of Developmental Psychology in the School of Family Studies and Human Services at Kansas State University; and a Visiting Scholar in the Center on Media and Child Health at Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School.

He has conducted research on children’s social development for almost 40 years—starting in 1969 as a Research Coordinator for the Surgeon General’s Scientific Advisory Committee on Television and Social Behavior at the National Institute of Mental Health, in Washington. His recent research projects are focused children and violence and include studies mapping children’s brain activations— using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)—while the youngsters view violent and nonviolent videos, and studies of youth growing up in war zones and conflict areas.

Dr. Murray has published 14 books and about 90 articles on the social development of children and youth.. His recent book—Children and Television: Fifty Years of Research (Norma O. Pecora, John P. Murray, & Ellen A.Wartella, Editors)—was published by Erlbaum Publishers in 2007.

Topic(s): Cognitive Development & Learning, Mental Health, Violence & Aggression

User Type(s): Academic, Journalist, Policymaker

Address

312 Landing Lane
Chestertown , Maryland 21620

Contact Information

Phone(s): 443-282-0593
E-mail(s): .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
URL(s): http://psychology.washcoll.edu/faculty_johnmurray.php

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