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.
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.
Not all stress is equal: Early life stress more than doubles the risk of depression in youth
Dr. Joelle LeMoult finds that individuals exposed to early life stress were more than twice as likely to develop a major depressive disorder in childhood or adolescence.
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
UBC Psychology professors receive SSHRC funding to support their research
Psychology researchers Dr. Jeremy Biesanz and Dr. Mark Schaller received Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Grants.
New research shows hearing persists at end of life
Dr. Elizabeth Blundon and Dr. Lawrence Ward have evidence that some people may still be able to hear while in an unresponsive state at the end of their life.
Adult-born neurons keep growing and contributing to brain flexibility long after neurogenesis declines
New research by Dr. Jason Snyder shows neurons born in adulthood continue to grow and develop much longer than previously thought
UBC Psychology professors receive NSERC funding
Six psychology researchers were awarded funding to support their research discoveries.