Psychology faculty receive SSHRC Insight Development Grants
Congratulations to the UBC Psychology researchers who received SSHRC Insight Development Grants.
Q&A: Exploring brain stimulation for treatment resistant depression
Alex Terpstra and Dr. Rebecca Todd discuss their research and the impact rTMS has on depression.
Fight, flight or flick—to what extent does the human body respond to threat?
New research proposes that the body’s response to threat could be limb or side specific vs. global in some cases.
Winners of 2022 DMCBH Kickstart Grants announced
Four UBC Psychology faculty members received this grant for their work in the pediatric brain research. Join us in congratulating them.
Psychology researchers receive UBC Health’s HIFI Awards
UBC Psychology researchers received HIFI Awards for their cross-faculty research collaborations.
New research finds COVID-19 mask wearing is associated with its attractiveness
Dr. Veronica Dudarev discusses this research and the role cognitive science can play in promoting mask wearing behaviours during a pandemic.
UBC Psychology professors receive NSERC funding
Six psychology researchers were awarded funding to support their research discoveries.
Climate explained: Why are climate change skeptics often right-wing conservatives?
UBC Psychology researchers on why climate change skeptics are often right-wing conservatives and what is driving the partisan divide.
Canada’s newest Vanier scholars includes two of UBC’s own psychology students
Graduate students, Ryan Dwyer and Alexander Terpstra, have received the prestigious 2019 Vanier Canada Graduate Fellowship.
Why some conservatives are blind to climate change
By Jiaying Zhao, Jennifer Whitman and Rebecca Todd. Imagine this: A young professional couple at a party mentions they’re thinking of buying a home in a popular waterfront neighbourhood that scientists have found is vulnerable to coastal flooding. That flood risk is made extra clear by murals in the neighbourhood marking the predicted water level rise. What’s […]