In The News: Department of Psychology

Coalition A.S. Color

Coalition A.S. Color presents our second interview as part of our Out of Line Series. In this interview Veronica Miranda reconnects with a high school classmate, Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt, to discuss her experiences in grad school and her most recent research on microaggressions.

Las Vegas Review Journal

When it comes to tragedy and natural disaster, some people turn to social media to express support or empathy.

Las Vegas Review Journal

VIDEO
Like Neon Las Vegas on Facebook:
By John Przybys
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Glenn is dead! Or maybe he isn't!

Either way, the potential death-by-zombie of the good-hearted hero and father-to-be in the AMC series "The Walking Dead" is freaking out fans who don't know whether to mourn his death or continue to hope that his apparent death was, somehow, just a horrible mistake.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Take off a few pounds here and an inch or two there on your latest photograph?

Las Vegas Review Journal

UNLV and the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health have been awarded an $11.1 million federal grant to advance the understanding of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

New York Times

I know exactly when my severe math anxiety began: with my third-grade teacher, Miss S. (I am afraid to write her full name because even if she is no longer among the living, her ghost will most certainly come roaring back and thrust more work sheets at me).

New York Times

A common impairment with lifelong consequences turns out to be highly contagious between parent and child, a new study shows.

Wall Street Journal

It is circle time at summer camp and nearly a dozen 5- and 6-year-olds are sitting cross-legged on a blue rug.

“Is it Wednesday or Friday?” counselor Stephanie Schwartz asks.

Pacific Standard
When Rachael Robnett started college at the University of Northern Iowa, she thought she was going to be a Spanish teacher.
Pacific Standard

We canvassed the world of the social and behavioral sciences, looking for rising stars whose careers promise to make a lasting mark. Rachael Robnett runs UNLV’s Social Development Research Lab, where she studies why women and minorities are under-represented in science-related fields.

KNPR News

The “idiot” study from last month’s British Medical Journal used data from the tongue-in-cheek ;Darwin Awards, which recognizes nominees who, “improve the gene pool by eliminating themselves from the human race in an obviously stupid way.” So far, 87 percent of the award winners have been male.

Parents Magazine

Many kids go through an "I hate school" phase. Find out how to get your student out of her funk.