http://www.psych.ubc.ca UBC's Department of Psychology Website en-us (c) 2006-11 Psychology, UBC. All rights reserved. http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/TV_Shows/The_National/1233408557/ID=2234894681 Michael Chandler in CBC's The National: BC First Nation in state of emergency after enduring a devastating number of suicides. Cultural health is key to First Nations' suicide prevention. Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/canine-corner/201205/can-dogs-predict-earthquakes Stan Coren in Psychology Today: Many hours before an earthquake occurs, dogs may begin showing a sharp increase in activity and anxiety. Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2012/05/05/what-good-scientists-know-intuition-crucial-as-rationality/ Ara Norenzayan and Will Gervais, PhD candidate in The Vancouver Sun Blogs: Analytical thinking can be harmful to religious faith. Published in the journal Science, the study of 650 North Americans has gained worldwide attention for revealing religious belief drops after subjects perform analytical tasks. Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2012/05/02/juno-actress-finding-happiness-in-research/?src=email Ashley Whillans, Master's candidate in UBC Public Affairs: "Juno" actress set to play an award winning researcher working with Liz Dunn to advance global happiness. Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/plagiarism-joins-political-fray/story-e6frgcjx-1226344022277 Del Paulhus, a professor in psychology at UBC, has found that Machiavellian personality types are more likely to engage in plagiarism.“Politicians are strategisers. Politicians do things for their long-term consequences. Plagiarising an essay or a doctoral thesis requires a lot of thought,” Paulhus says. “Sometimes a lot more thought than it would take to write it yourself.” Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2012/04/30/the-bilingual-brain-is-sharper-and-more-focused-study-says/ Janet Werker and the Infant Studies Centre in The Wall Street Journal: The bilingual brain is sharper and more focused. Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.thespec.com/news/ontario/article/719302--iphone-app-helps-kids-manage-pain Ken Craig in The Hamilton Spectator: iphone app. "Pain Squad" provides a fun way to engage children in their daily pain reports, helping kids manage their pain. Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://health.msn.com/health-topics/anxiety/say-goodbye-to-stress-for-good Lara Aknin, PhD grad in MSN Health: Say goodbye to stress for good. Some simple techniques to boost your joy. Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/688554 Eli Puterman, grad alumni member has been named to the Scientific Advisory Board for WellBalance. WellBalance operates fitness and weight loss camps fo children and teens. Eli is interested in how healthy lifestyle behaviors can protect people from the negative effects stress has on the body. Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.nature.com/news/is-rationality-the-enemy-of-religion-1.10539 Will Gervais, PhD candidate and Ara Norenzayan in Nature News: When people engage in analytical thinking they are less likely to express strong religious beliefs. Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303459004577361773361517552.html Liz Dunn in The Wall Street Journal: Squeezing more happiness out of your tax refund. How will you spend your refund? Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=72940&pageid=24&pagename=Society Claire Ashton-James, postdoc alumni and Jessica Tracy in The Cutting Edge: A leader's pride determines whether he or she supports minority-group members or disregards them. Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://news.yahoo.com/strength-training-may-boost-seniors-brains-200608923.html Lindsay Nagamatsu, PhD candidate, Todd Handy and Peter Graf in Yahoo! News: Seniors engaging in strength training may ward off full blown dementia. Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.xtra.ca/public/Vancouver/Repressed_sexuality_or_insincere_pride-11911.aspx Jessica Tracy in Xtra!: Hubristic pride and the low self-worth often it conceals can't explain homophobia but it may be one of the variables. Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/25/should-your-dog-be-watching-tv/ Stan Coren in The New York Times: Your dog's attention to watching TV may have more to do with the screen then the programming. Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.minyanville.com/business-news/editors-pick/articles/investing-psychology-investing-personalities-trader-personalities/4/16/2012/id/40344 Bob Hare in Minyanville: Does investing wisely turn you into a psychopath? Bob Hare created the Psychopathy Checklist used in penal systems worldwide. Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2012/04/26/analytic-thinking-can-decrease-religious-belief-ubc-study/ Will Gervais, PhD candidate and Ara Norenzayan in UBC Public Affairs: Analytic thinking can decrease religious belief, even in devout believers. Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Weight+training+stave+dementia/6508095/story.html Lindsay Nagamatsu, PhD candidate, Todd Handy, and Peter Graf in The Vancouver Sun: Resistance (weight) training programs help stave off progression to dementia in women between the age of 70 and 80. This story also appears in Yahoo! News Healthday, San Francisco Chronicle, ABC News, and CTV News. The target article is in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.omaha.com/article/20120412/MONEY/704129945 Del Paulhus in Omaha World-Herald: Narcissists may be deemed more hirable than other candidates with similar qualifications. Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home-and-garden/spring-cleaning/how-to-overcome-the-hoarding-instinct/article2393489/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&utm_source=Life&utm_content=2393489 Sheila Woody in The Globe and Mail: The psychological burden of stuff and the secrets to throwing the excess out for a healthy purge. Sheila Woody studies compulsive hoarding. Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2012/03/31/caffeine-makes-mugs-of-hard-workers-no-effect-on-slackers-ubc-study-finds/ Jay Hosking, PhD candidate and Catharine Winstanley in The Vancouver Sun: Workers thriving on difficult tasks may lose their motivation when given stimulants of caffeine or amphetamines. Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.thestar.com/sports/olympics/article/1154837--pool-of-tears-at-canadian-olympic-swimming-trials Annamay Pierse, psych undergrad in The Toronto Star: Pool of tears at the 2012 Canadian Olympic swimming trials in Montreal. Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2012/03/atheists_trying_to_improve_ima.html Will Gervais, PhD candidate in cleveland.com: Religious people distrust atheists almost as much as rapists. Atheists are viewed as a moral wild card. Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/canine-corner/201204/do-dogs-have-musical-sense Stan Coren in Psychology Today: Dogs may be as discerning as humans when it comes to musical preference and sense of pitch. Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2012/04/01/Children-may-learn-coping-with-poverty/UPI-59891333252965/ Edith Chen and Greg Miller in United Press International: Children may learn coping with poverty. Although the poor have a higher risk of heart disease, stroke and cancer, many children who grow up poor have good health as adults. Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2012/04/12/pride-and-prejudice-pride-impacts-racism-and-homophobia/ The study was published in the April issue of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, offers new inroads in the fight against harmful prejudices such as racism and homophobia. Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/03/28/study-coffee-may-make-lazy/ Jay Hosking, PhD candidate and Catharine Winstanley in Fox News: People who know they suffer a lack of motivation may benefit from drinking coffee. Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/daydream-believers-minds-wander/story?id=15982248#.T3CnnBGql8G Kalina Christoff in ABC News: Why our minds wander while we're supposed to be paying attention. Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://clinicaldepartments.musc.edu/cdap/seminar.htm Seminar speakers present a formal lecture and then meet individually or in small groups with interested faculty and trainees.  Although intended primarily for the enrichment of the faculty and trainees, the presentations of these prominent scientists are advertised to the MUSC academic community, as well. Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-innate-ability-language.html Janet Werker and Judit Gervain, postdoc alumni in Medical Xpress: Newborns have the capacity to learn linguistic rules suggesting the neural foundations of language acquisition are present at birth. Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3504091 Annamay Pierse, psych undergrad in The Kingston Whig Standard: After beating debilitating illness, Canuck ready to take on the world. Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.healthcanal.com/mental-health-behavior/27753-Low-Socioeconomic-Status-Means-Worse-Health-But-Not-for-Everyone.html Edith Chen and Greg Miller in Health News: Children may learn the "shift-and-persist" strategy through positive role models. Parents, teachers, aunts, uncles and other adults can model healthy ways of dealing with stress, teaching children a sense of optimism. Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/article/1145786--baby-smarts-5-fascinating-things-babies-know Kiley Hamlin in Parentcentral.ca: Baby smarts. Five fascinating things babies know. Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.burnabynow.com/Former+Burnaby+student+gets+award/6331099/story.html Jennifer Hoi Ki Wong, undergrad alumni was recently named the recipient of the 2012 Quest Award, given to a researcher demonstrating the greatest promise and potential for excellence in health research. Jennifer is currently completing her masters in applied psychology at Saint Mary's University in Halifax. Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the-hot-button/nigella-lawsons-husband-wants-men-to-covet-her/article2375223/?from=sec431 Liz Dunn in The Globe and Mail: Nigella Lawson's husband wants men to 'covet' her. It may actually help your relationship if you felt other people were interested in your partner. Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Will+older+workers+from+next+generation/6324361/story.html Sandra Robinson in The Vancouver Sun: Will older workers get respect from the next generation of workers? Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/2012/april-12/textbooks-and-book-text-are-2012-cattell-fellows-goals.html Congratulations to Liisa Galea, the recipient of the 2012 James McKeen Cattell Fellowship award. The Fellowships are awarded yearly to North American university faculty committed to developing scientific research in psychology and its applications to improving human welfare. Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/03/06/bc-newsday-hearing-loss-teens.html Lawrence Ward in CBC News: Teenagers don't realize listening to loud music on their ipods can be dangerous. Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://alumni.news.yorku.ca/2012/03/06/research-perfectionists-feel-sick/ Paul Hewitt in York University Alumni News: Daily hassles and negative emotions make perfectionists suffer psychosomatic symptoms. Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.medicine.usask.ca/education/biomedical/divisional-seminar-series/index.html Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 Distinguished Undergraduate Research Award (DURA) ($250): David WuDavid is a 4th-year BSc student working with Alan Kingstone. His work examines visual attention and in his time here at UBC, he has amassed impressive research experience, including research presentations and a few manuscripts in preparation (with one submitted).Goldsmith-Whillans Award for Outstanding Student Leadership ($250): Houman RashidianHouman is a 4th-year BSc student who has distinguished himself by being deeply involved in activities within and outside of UBC. He has been in numerous leadership/coordinator positions and has led by example for years.Eich Undergraduate Travel Award (EUTA) ($400): Ashley WhillansAshley is a 4th-year BA (Hons) student working with Liz Dunn. She presented her research in January 2012 at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in San Diego, CA. Suedfeld Scholar Award (strongest combination of academics, research and service) ($500): TamilSelvan RamisSelvan is a 3rd-year BA (Hons) student who has maintained outstanding marks (91% average in Psychology), accrued impressive research experience (has worked in four research labs at UBC, is currently working with Mark Schaller) and demonstrated phenomenal leadership with respect to service (e.g., VP Academics of PSA and in that role, he coordinates the Undergrad Research Conference and all of the academic offerings of PSA). Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2012/03/28/coffee-and-other-stimulant-drugs-may-cause-high-achievers-to-slack-off-ubc-study/ Jay Hosking, PhD candidate and Catharine Winstanley in UBC Public Affairs: Caffeine and other stimulant drugs may cause workers with higher motivation levels to slack off. Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/christine-white/ A Q & A with Christine Adela White, undergrad alumni and Miss Universe Canada 2012 finalist. Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article/340115--beware-of-the-monday-microsleep Stan Coren on News1130: Lack of sleep may cause you to go into a "microsleep", a sleep state without any warning. Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.castanet.net/news/Campus-Life/72330/UBC-s-Okanagan-campus-students-brave-winter-chill-to-help-homeless Erica Sutherland, psych undergrad in Castanet.net: Fundraiser 5days.ca has students braving the winter chill, sleeping outside IKBL to raise money and awareness. Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/338879/title/Kids_flex_cultural_muscles Joe Henrich in ScienceNews: Preschoolers flex cultural muscles, demonstrating humankind's social-learning prowess. Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://health.msn.com/health-topics/are-the-rich-really-different-from-you-and-me Karl Aquino in MSN Health: Are the rich really different from you and me? They are more likely to cut you off on the road and make unethical decisions. Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/02/25/todays-letters-science-or-dolphins-cant-tell-us-how-things-should-be/ Peter Suedfeld in National Post: Scientific research, or dolphins, cannot tell us how things should be. Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21328562.100-the-god-issue-religion-is-the-key-to-civilisation.html Ara Norenzayan is in the March 2012 issue of New Scientist. His piece is part of the cover story "The God issue: Religion is the key to civilisation". To read this article, you need to be a subscriber of New Scientist online.  Registration to become a subscriber is free! Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the-hot-button/are-babies-born-with-an-innate-sense-of-fairness/article2348347/ Kiley Hamlin in The Globe and Mail: Are babies born with an innate sense of fairness? Babies as early as eight months are watching people who put us in danger and prefer to see antisocial behaviour regulated. Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/338560/title/Harsh_conditions_in_childhood_have_long-term_effects Janet Werker in ScienceNews: Harsh conditions in childhood may have long-lasting consequences for a child's social skills. MRI brain scans revealed kids from a Romanian orphanage showed lower volumes of gray matter, which contains the brain's nerve cells. Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/canine-corner/201202/long-tails-versus-short-tails-and-canine-communication Stan Coren in Psychology Today: Long tails vs. short tails. Canines with short or docked tails have communication difficulties. Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://ubyssey.ca/features/our-campus-ashley-whillans-honours-psychology-student-researcher-and-stink-eye-girl-in-juno992/ Ashley Whillans, honours psych major in The Ubyssey: Keynote speaker at the 2012 Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference, researcher and stink-eye girl in Juno. Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://talentegg.ca/incubator/2012/02/24/ubc-student-studying-abroad-australia/ Monica Milowski, undergrad psych major in TalentEgg: Leaving your comfort zone, meeting new people while studying in Australia. Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ellen-galinsky/promoting-self-control-it_b_1291129.html Adele Diamond in The Huffington Post: How do we promote self control? It may not be what you think. Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.pwias.ubc.ca/news-events/recent-events/ Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/2012/march-12/small-articles-fuel-big-debate.html Eric Eich in the APS Observer for March 2012: Current and former editors of Psychological Science respond to recent essays on the perils of bite-sized science. Two of the authors, Marco Bertamini and Marcus Munafò, reiterated their arguments in an editorial published in The New York Times. Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.metronews.ca/vancouver/local/article/1101238--smile-sources Joti Samra, undergrad alumni in Metro News: Five key indicators of life satisfaction. Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.news-medical.net/news/20120218/Impact-of-maternal-mental-health-and-antidepressant-exposure-on-mechanics-of-early-language-acquisition.aspx Janet Werker on News Medical: Common medication treatment for maternal depression can affect the timing of speech perception development in babies. Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.canada.com/life/seen+more+important+than+happy+marriage+Study/6019543/story.html Anita Delongis in Postmedia News: How you are seen is more important than who you are for a happy marriage. In this study published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships for each of the traits, when husbands rated their wives relatively more positively, they reported higher levels of marital satisfaction. Similarly, when wives rated their husbands relatively more positively they tended to describe more satisfied marriages. Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.vancouversun.com/health/empowered-health/Video+Empowered+Health+your+brain+thoughts+affect+your+health/6016167/story.html Watch Max Cynader in The Vancouver Sun's Empowered Health: Your brain and thoughts affect your health. Max Cynader explains when we reach the age of 40 and onwards, many of us coast mentally and it takes hard work to reverse the decline of your brain's health. Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://psa.psych.ubc.ca/files/2012/03/Psyched_Issue05_Mar2012.pdf PSA's 5th issue of Psyched! titled "Decision making, community service learning, events and faculty interviews." for March 2012 is now available. Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.cpa.ca/ Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://fest.heartandlung.ca/programme/heart-lung-health-public-forum/ Wolfgang Linden is invited to speak at the public health forum for Heart + Lung Health Fest 2012 on Mar. 10th. His talk is titled "Stress Management - what new research reveals. Wolfgang's talk is part of the afternoon session on "Tips for Maintaining Healthy Hearts and Lungs" from 12:30 to 3 pm.  This free public health forum takes place at the Sutton Place Hotel in Vancouver. Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2012/02/07/cfi-dialogues-at-ubc-robson-square-sheds-light-on-early-child-development/ Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://gkcancon.com/register/schedule-of-events/session-a/ Michael was invited to give a workshop on February 4th at CanCon 2012. The title of his talk was "The Psyche of Life". Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/sex-murder-and-the-meaning-life/201202/six-degrees-social-influence Mark Schaller in Psychology Today: Six degrees of social influence. Robert Cialdini the "great guru of social influence". Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.christianpost.com/news/study-explores-believers-distrust-of-atheists-63748/ Ara Norenzayan and Will Gervais, PhD candidate in The Christian Post: Where there are religious majorities, atheists are among the least trusted people. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-01/do-animals-dream Stan Coren in Popular Science: Canines experience the same sleep stages as humans, only faster and after 20 minutes enter REM sleep. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.thestarphoenix.com/life/Spouse+positive+image+good+sign/6025963/story.html Anita Delongis in The StarPhoenix: Happily married couples depend on mate's favourable perception and being conscientious. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2012/02/17/maternal-depression-and-bilingual-households-can-impact-infant-language-development/ Janet Werker and Whitney Weikum, post-doc in UBC Public Affairs: Maternal depression and bilingual households can impact infant language development. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.vancouversun.com/health/empowered-health/Video+Empowered+Health+Brain+Your+brain+what/6058678/story.html Max Cynader in The Vancouver Sun's Empowered Health series explains how the food with eat affects your brain activity. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-29/health/30658682_1_metabolic-syndrome-midlife-childhood Greg Miller in The Times of India: Adults raised in families with low socioeconomic status and with nurturing mothers remain healthy across the course of life. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.vancouversun.com/health/expert+slams+useless+prescriptions/6131943/story.html Lori Brotto in The Vancouver Sun: Doctors are prescribing "off-label" use of drugs, while there are no treatments approved by Health Canada for female sexual dysfunction. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.cbc.ca/video/news/audioplayer.html?clipid=2173068113 Listen to Kiley Hamlin's interview "Baby Schadenfreude" on Quirks and Quarks and on CBC News: Babies like to see bad guys punished. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/01/the_problem_with_polygamy.html Joe Henrich in Slate: Despite what you see on reality TV, plural marriage is not very good for society. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800