Baby’s brain and learning over time
New research from Dr. Janet Werker’s Infant Studies Centre is the first to measure how the learning process unfolds in real-time in the infant brain.
Study finds gamblers ignore important information when placing bets
Research from UBC’s Centre for Gambling Research at UBC shows people with gambling problems are less likely to consider important information that could prevent them from losing.
Half a billion bets teach UBC algorithm how to identify problem gamblers
Dr. Luke Clark has successfully used machine learning to identify online gamblers whose betting behaviour could indicate a gambling problem.
New research: People react better to both negative and positive events with more sleep
The study, led by UBC health psychologist Nancy Sin, looks at how sleep affects our reaction to both stressful and positive events in daily life.
Q&A with Dr. Toni Schmader: Closing the gender gap in psychological science
Dr. Toni Schmader is one of 59 authors who published the first gender parity review of psychological science.
Janet Werker and collaborators receive CFI grant for language research
Language Sciences members receive Canada Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) for language research.
SSHRC Insight Development Grants awarded to psychology researchers
Faculty from the department of psychology have received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) as part of the 2019-20 SSHRC Insight Grant competition. Insight Development Grants support the development of new research questions, and experimentation with new methods, theoretical approaches or ideas. This funding allows our cognitive and social scientists to explore ideas […]
New study finds sex differences in adult neurogenesis in the hippocampus
Dr. Liisa Galea and Shunya Yagi found there is a difference in the regulation of neurogenesis in the hippocampus between male and female rats.
I spy without my eye: Q&A with Jill Dosso about covert attention in human social interactions
Jill Dosso, a PhD student in Neuroscience, is the lead author of a new study, I spy without my eye: Covert attention in human social interactions published in Cognition.
New UBC Psychology study reveals older adults coped with pandemic best
Adults aged 60 and up have fared better emotionally compared to younger adults and middle-aged adults amid the COVID-19 pandemic