When we make decisions, we often don’t immediately know what to choose. What is the process by which we evaluate and compare our options? My work combines choice-process data and computational modeling to understand how we gather and process information while making preference-based decisions. Much of my research is based on the drift-diffusion model (DDM) idea…
This fellowship is awarded to doctoral students specializing in political psychology, the study of mass politics, and/or intergroup relations, who are enrolled in either the Psychology or Political Science departments.
Ashley Crawley (BNS Area) received a National Institute on Drug Abuse F31 fellowship grant titled “Dopaminergic projections to the amygdala in goal-directed and habit learning,” with Professor Kate Wassum as sponsor.
The Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes is available for you to review so you can plan your Winter quarter schedule. Enrollment appointments are based on class standing and are scheduled by the UCLA Registrar. Please make sure to check your enrollment appointments through MyUCLA, and set a reminder for when your enrollment passes open. If you miss your first pass…
We are happy to announce that Undergraduate Advisor Ashtin Brooks has been selected to receive the Psychology Staff Spotlight award for his outstanding work in Student Services. Ashtin has held this position for almost 1 year and in addition to contributing to the academic advising of our 4,700 students, he has created new workshops on…
How can university instructors best support student learning in their classrooms, in particular in mathematics courses? More specifically, how can one can implement interleaving in college courses in order to enhance student learning? When studying for a course, many people tend to study and practice one topic at a time before moving on to the…
Congratulations to Associate Professor Jen Sumner for being elected to the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research (ABMR). ABMR is the premier honorary scientific organization for scientists working at the interface of behavior and medicine.
Congratulations to Distinguished Professor Michelle Craske and Professor Carrie Bearden for being named among the most influential researchers worldwide this year. The Highly Cited Researchers list, compiled each year by analytics firm Clarivate, identifies scholars whose work has been cited most often in papers published by other researchers in their fields over the past decade. Researchers…