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Honouring early career and sustained contributions to psychology

Honouring early career and sustained contributions to psychology

Daniela Palombo named Rising Star and Jeremy Biesanz named Fellow of Association for Psychological Science (APS)

Dr. Eric Eich named Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Dr. Eric Eich named Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

UBC Psychology Professor Eric Eich has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Michael Barrus receives 2018 Demetri Papageorgis Teaching Assistant Award

Michael Barrus receives 2018 Demetri Papageorgis Teaching Assistant Award

This award recognizes teaching assistants who make outstanding contributions to student education in the Department of Psychology.

2019 Times Higher Education: UBC Psychology is 12 in the world, 1st in Canada

2019 Times Higher Education: UBC Psychology is 12 in the world, 1st in Canada

The 2019 psychology rankings includes 463 universities, up from 101 in 2018.

Leili Mortazavi

Motivation, decision-making, and telling our stories anyway

Leili Mortazavi had hoped to present her research at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) in November 2018, but due to a travel restriction was not able to join her colleagues in the United States to present her work.

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New research: Casino lights and sounds encourage risky decision-making

The blinking lights and exciting jingles in casinos may encourage risky decision-making and potentially promote problem gambling behaviour, suggests new research from UBC Psychology.