Research

UBC Psychology faculty receive NSERC funding to advance their research

UBC Psychology faculty receive NSERC funding to advance their research

NSERC funded projects include exploring the sexual response in men and women and of the role of long-term experience in visual number sense.

UBC Psychology faculty receive SSHRC funding to advance their research

UBC Psychology faculty receive SSHRC funding to advance their research

The SSHRC investment will fund research on the building of collaborative networks in infant behavioural research, understanding the intrapersonal expression of perfection, and how people cope.

A new study aims to understand how teacher behaviours affect their students’ friendships

A new study aims to understand how teacher behaviours affect their students’ friendships

Join the Children’s Interpretation of Teacher Behaviours Study

UBC Language Sciences ready to tackle society’s pressing problems

UBC Language Sciences ready to tackle society’s pressing problems

Drs. Janet Werker and Bryan Gick discuss why we need interdisciplinary language research and what the future holds for Language Sciences as a newly approved GREx Institute.

Patrick Klaiber and research collaborators receive Mather Institute’s Innovative Research on Aging Award

Patrick Klaiber and research collaborators receive Mather Institute’s Innovative Research on Aging Award

The research team received this award for their work on daily stress, emotions and positive events during the COVID-19 pandemic.

New position paper outlines the importance of using psychology to combat climate change

New position paper outlines the importance of using psychology to combat climate change

Dr. Jiaying Zhao and team of scientists are calling on policy makers to help Canadians make eco-friendly decisions.

New research: How to talk to people about climate change

New research: How to talk to people about climate change

“Climate change is a problem of collective behaviours so to address it you have to address behaviours first,” says Dr. Jiaying Zhao.

New study finds high life satisfaction linked to better overall health

New study finds high life satisfaction linked to better overall health

New research by Dr. Eric Kim finds that higher life satisfaction is associated with better physical, psychological and behavioural health.

Nature versus urban: What we look at impacts how we think and walk

Nature versus urban: What we look at impacts how we think and walk

Dr. Todd Handy and collaborators studied the moment-to-moment impact of environment type on cognitive processing using gait or walking dynamics as measures.

Interdisciplinary team to study how literacy is changing in a digital, multicultural, and covid-hit, world

Interdisciplinary team to study how literacy is changing in a digital, multicultural, and covid-hit, world

The literacy landscape is changing: Canadians are increasingly reading in a digital format, and speak a language or are from a culture not represented in commonly available reading materials.