Dr. Nicole Muszynski

When I was an undergraduate, I really wanted to switch my major from Psychology to Zoology. I felt like I had chosen the wrong path. I wanted to study animal behavior and felt like Psychology was not the way to do so. That all changed when I took a class in Comparative Psychology and a class in Cognitive Psychology. It was then that I learned that you really could pursue an interest in any topic that you could imagine in Psychology.

I am particularly interested in anything that intersects animals (both vertebrates and invertebrates), the brain, learning, and cognition.

Selected Articles
Muszynski, N. M., & Couvillon, P. A. (2020). Category difference facilitates oddity learning in honeybees (Apis mellifera). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 134(3), 266-276. https://doi.org/10.1037/com0000228

Muszynski, N. M., & Couvillon, P. A. (2015). Relational learning in honeybees (Apis mellifera): Oddity and nonoddity discrimination. Behavioural Processes, 115, 81-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2015.03.001

2024 Invited Faculty Lecture

Science as a candle in the darkPhoto by Hamza Abbasi: Assistant Professor of Psychology Dr. Nicole Muszynski In an age increasingly defined by the rapid dissemination of information, the ability to distinguish fact from fiction …

To bee or not to bee: HC professor ties bees to psychology studiesGrowing up in Texas and Hawaii, Nichole Muszynski was never abuzz about bees. So it is as much a surprise to the 32-year-old psychology professor as it is to all

Muszynski receives award for honeybee cognition research paper - Hastings CollegeDr. Nicole Muszynski, Hastings College professor of psychology and sociology, was recently awarded the Frank A. Beach Comparative Psychology Award for her