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The research found that the phenomenon holds true around the world — and that when people hear two women laughing together, they are likely to assume the women are friends.

Timothy Fong, co-director of the UCLA Gambling Studies Program, writes that websites like DraftKings and FanDuel bear all the hallmarks of gambling — including addiction.

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block and UCLA psychologist Patricia Greenfield were part of a panel discussing the downside of the digital revolution at a Zócalo/UCLA event at the Museum of Contemporary Art.

Psychiatry professor Marco Iacoboni writes about the role empathy-generating mirror neurons play in creating feelings of community in our collective sports fandom.

By temporarily inactivating a part of the brain involved in impulse control, the researchers discovered compelling evidence that humans are predisposed to be generous to others.

A new training program is teaching pediatric residents how to balance their passion for helping children and families with the difficult realities of their profession.

Bjork will share insights from his work as a renowned expert on human learning in UCLA's 120th Faculty Research Lecture on Feb. 17.

The director of the UCLA Gambling Studies program on why people (even non-gamblers) bet so much on the Super Bowl, whether office pools are “gateway drugs” to more serious gambling, and how to recognize problem gambling.

Findings suggest that oversharing personal emotions or information violates the unwritten rules of social media websites.

The founding director of UCLA’s Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center is now vice chancellor for UCLA Health Sciences and chief executive officer of UCLA Health. And he’s still in awe of the brain and its complicated choreography.

Marketing professor Hal Hershfield writes that with a little more information in their monthly statements, consumers would make better choices on repaying their balances.

Dr. Vernon Rosario, an expert on LGBT mental health issues, comments on "The Danish Girl," a movie about one of the first individuals to undergo a sex change.

Getting a diagnosis for Autism Spectrum Disorder as early as possible is important for early intervention.

People often make frighteningly bad decisions, according to the UCLA Anderson School of Management professor.

MALDEF, the nation's leading Latino legal civil rights organization, recently honored UCLA psychologist Cynthia Telles, director of the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute Spanish­-speaking Psychosocial Clinic, at MALDEF's 2015 Los Angeles Awards Gala held Thursday.

Health concerns are a big motivational factor when it comes to being green.

Researchers found that people envision an unknown “black”-named character in similar ways to an unknown “white”-named male convicted of assault.

Neuroscientist Peter Whybrow writes that the human penchant for instant gratification can be detrimental when making economic and financial decisions.

Anthropologist Susan Perry has observed extraordinarily sophisticated political strategies in capuchin monkey behavior that mirror the social machinations so common in human workplaces.

Regardless of where they are from, people judge acts like lying, theft and assault to be wrong — but less wrong if those acts happened far away or long ago.

Researchers at UCLA’s Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and the Fielding School of Public Health are participating in a new study of children with autism spectrum disorders that could help physicians diagnose and track ASD and assess treatments.

Psychiatrist Peter Whybrow explores the epidemic of debt in modern America and how consumerist culture has warped Americans’ brains into reckless spending.

Behavioral economist Shlomo Benartzi’s research shows that smarter and simpler website and app design can guide people to save for retirement properly.

Two UCLA researchers are asking the public to help in their study of the online phenomenon.

Political science professor Michael Chwe writes about having his book “Rational Ritual,” which is about the popularization of knowledge, chosen by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg as a book club selection.