News: Department of Psychology
![professor Rachael Robnett](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D69943_76.jpg?itok=dj9mCN-6)
UNLV study analyzes power dynamics in marital relationships and reveals perceptions of men whose wives retain their own surname.
![Portrait of Miles Boulton](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D71757_006.jpg?itok=1-zDjPa7)
An advisor with an unexpected career path
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Study focused on understanding how people are reacting emotionally to the tragedy at the Route 91 country music festival Oct. 1.
![James M. Myman posing in hallway.](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D69888_05.jpg?itok=NEpmBHIG)
New research advances understanding of the function of the brain’s anterior cingulate cortex and its tie to human learning.
McNair/AANAPISI programs for low-income, first-generation students matches undergrads with faculty mentors that share their focus and goals.
![Kayla Bland, a participant in UNLV's Journey program examining a microscope slide.](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/D71660_05.jpg?itok=8lnWvXZZ)
UNLV is a host site for the federally-funded Journey program, which puts Native American and other minority high school students interested in health research into college labs.
![Xiangning Chen holds a cigarette with smoke resembling a DNA strand](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/nc_chen.jpg?itok=uK9L9oNF)
Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine gene researchers clear the air on the link between schizophrenia and smoking.
![Dustin and Rochelle Hines](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/nc_D70900_06.jpg?itok=_6mqiudf)
Husband-and-wife team Dustin and Rochelle Hines research brain cells in their quest for solutions to degenerative diseases and developmental disorders.
![Fireworks ignite during commencement](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/2017_grad_D70274_84.jpg?itok=o0GAxb6E)
UNLV has a commencement tradition for the president to select and highlight exceptional students who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the graduating class.
![Artwork by Julie Oppermann](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/Optic.jpg?itok=0WsGb_FT)
A pair of neuroscience professors break down Julie Oppermann's works, which very deliberately manipulate the brain.
![Miesha Marzell](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/MieshaMarzell.jpg?itok=2LOOhE6d)
Former UNLV posdoctoral scholar Miesha Marzell credits her fellowship for helping her career as a professor.
![Stephanie McLaughlin](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D71436_040.jpg?itok=jv21mU25)
Scholar's research on campus inspires more work to increase the Las Vegas community’s access to quality mental health care.