"Psychology is a huge, fascinating field of study,
and faculty here are interested in such wide-ranging topics as children's development of language and social awareness;
how genes interact with the environment to produce both adaptive and maladaptive behavior;
basic emotions, ranging from anger to compassion and awe; how culture shapes the ways in which people view the world;
causes and treatments for mental disorders like ADHD, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia, as well as dementias; social groups, conformity, dissent, and prejudice;
and human memory and the ways in which we perceive and act in the world. These only scratch the surface of the interdisciplinary,
cutting-edge work that we do. I encourage you to view the many links here to learn about our research labs and faculty projects, undergraduate and graduate teaching programs, and our wonderful staff."
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Stephen Hinshaw, Psychology Department Chair.
NEWS
Dan Slobin, Professor Emeritus in Psychology and Linguistics, has been named a
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Psychology graduate students Michelle Flythe,
Michael Kraus and Lisa Talbot are recipients of Outstanding
Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) awards for 2009-10.
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Lisa Talbot
has received a prestigious
P.E.O. Scholar Award
for
the 2009-2010 academic year. [Read More]
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Psychology graduate student
Nilofar Sami has received a
Chancellor's Award for Public Service 2008-2009.
[Read more]
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Faculty Research
Train Your Brain? Studies from the research laboratories of Psychology Department/Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute faculty
Robert Knight
and
Silvia Bunge suggest that it might be possible.
Read the
Berkeley Science Review article
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What is it like to be a baby?
In her forthcoming book, Psychology Professor
Alison Gopnik
explores how babies learn about the world. [Read more
in an interview with A. Gopnik in
Seed Magazine.] |
 What makes a good lawyer? Law Professor
Marjorie M. Shultz
and Psychology Professor
Sheldon Zedeck examined alternative types of tests that were found to be predictive of lawyerly talent. Read the
New York Times article.
Allison Harvey, director of the Sleep and Psychological Disorders Lab, and
Matthew Walker, director of Berkeley's Sleep and Neuroimaging Laboratory, explore the mysteries of sleep.
[Read
More]
 Brain-sharpening
activities, not mind-numbing ones, can rein in a restless psyche by
activating the region of the brain that commands logical reasoning
and concentration, according to a study by
Sonia Bishop.
[Read
More] |
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