Patricia Greenfield Wrote Op-Ed for Miami Herald
Date published: 03/22/18
Professor Patricia Greenfield wrote an opinion piece in the Miami Herald about violent video games and assault weapons in the U.S. The op-ed is available on the Miami Herald’s website.
Professor Martie Haselton’s New Book Receives Media Attention
Date published: 03/08/18
Congratulations to Professor Martie Haselton on her new book “Hormonal: The Hidden Intelligence of Hormones — how they drive desire, shape relationships, influence our choices, and make us wiser.”
Professor Rissman Selected as Kavli Fellow of National Academy of Sciences
Date published: 02/23/18
Congratulations to Professor Jesse Rissman for being selected as a Kavli Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences for 2018.
Professor Ray Interviewed by New York Times
Date published: 02/21/18
Professor Lara Ray was interviewed by the New York Times about people’s tolerance for alcohol as they age. The article is titled “Do Hangovers Get Worse as We Age?” and is available on the New York Times website.
Professor Carolyn Parkinson Selected as a 2018 Sloan Research Fellow
Date published: 02/15/18
Congratulations to Professor Carolyn Parkinson for being selected as a 2018 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Neuroscience. The Sloan Foundation notes that the Sloan Research Fellowships are extraordinarily competitive awards involving nominations for most of the very best early-career scientists from the United States and Canada.
Professor Adriana Galván’s Research Receives Media Attention
Date published: 02/08/18
A study by Professor Adriana Galván and psychology graduate student Sarah Tashjian, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, is being prominently featured on UCLA’s home page and the UCLA Newsroom. The researchers explain how some people disturbed by the 2016 presidential election have suffered a loss of appetite, trouble sleeping and concentrating, and have become easily annoyed, while others equally disturbed by the election result have not experienced such symptoms of depression. The full article is available at the UCLA Newsroom.
Professor Carolyn Parkinson’s Research Receives Media Attention
Date published: 02/01/18
A study led by Professor Carolyn Parkinson, published in the journal Nature Communications, is receiving national and international news coverage. The study found that friends have exceptionally similar neural responses to naturalistic stimuli, such as videos, and that patterns of brain activity can be used to predict the “degrees of separation” between people in their real-world social network. The results suggest that we are exceptionally similar to our friends in how we perceive and respond to the world around us.
Professor Adriana Galván Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Grant
Date published: 01/26/18
Congratulations to Prof. Adriana Galván, who was selected for a prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant in conjunction with her sabbatical in Spain this coming year.
Connie Hammen to Receive APF 2018 Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement
Date published: 01/11/18
Congratulations to Distinguished Research Professor Connie Hammen who will receive the 2018 Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Science of Psychology from the American Psychological Foundation (APF). This award “recognizes a distinguished career and enduring contribution to advancing psychological science.”
Professor Janet Tomiyama Wrote Essay for The Conversation
Date published: 01/09/18
Professor Janet Tomiyama wrote an essay (with former UCLA faculty member Traci Mann) for The Conversation, titled “What thin people don’t understand about dieting.” It is available at: http://theconversation.com/what-thin-people-dont-understand-about-dieting-86604.
Thomas R. Minor (1952-2017)
Date published: 03/27/17
Professor Thomas R. Minor, 64, passed away from bladder cancer on Monday, March 27, 2017, in Burbank, California, with his family at his bedside.