Aiming for happiness can stress you out. White and Asian students feel at a disadvantage in college admissions. And striking powerful poses before a job interview (hands on hips, feet spread, chin up... Read more
How do we appreciate a work of art? Why do we like some artworks but not others? Is there no accounting for taste? Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to explore connections between art, mind, and brain... Read more
Professor Tania Lombrozo has been named the recipient of the Early Investigator Award from the Society of Experimental Psychologists. As such, she will become a Lifetime Fellow of the Society of... Read more
Last year, the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS) Foundation launched the Early Career Investigator Award. A three-year rotation cycle was created so that the award... Read more
Teenagers who go to bed late during the school year are more prone to academic and emotional difficulties in the long run, compared to their earlier-to-bed counterparts, according to a new study from... Read more
Seeking to engage children in neuroscience research and stimulate interest in the subject, UC Berkeley professor of psychology and neuroscience Robert Knight last Monday launched an online scientific... Read more
It may be that an ingredient that determines whether your marriage is bliss on earth or a living hell is in your genes. Weirder still, it’s the same gene for both. Everyone has a gene that helps... Read more
IT’S the end of the year, and lots of us are feeling a little overwhelmed. Tired, unfocused and ready to take a nice break with our families (or away from our families in some cases). Christina... Read more
Alan Alda went to UC Berkeley to visit with Dr. Jack Gallant . Gallant’s research revolves around the visual system and how our brain interprets what we see. Gallant puts participants in a scanner... Read more
As part of the UC system-wide initiative concerning online education and in order to enhance student access to “General Psychology,” the Department of Psychology has created an online version of... Read more