behavior

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.

A social psychologist at UCLA Anderson explores how human behavior can be modified by bringing people closer to their future selves.

Students in the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television made the videos to provide insight into how young adults can handle circumstances related to alcohol use and sexual consent, micro-aggressions and body image.

People with both disorders had abnormal activity in the visual cortex of the brain during the very first instants when the brain processes “global” information, as opposed to a tiny detail.

Studies led by Rosario Signorello, a postdoctoral scholar in head and neck surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, suggest that anyone can start sounding like a leader with voice training.

A UCLA psychologist and her sister explain why Disney struck billion-dollar gold with Elsa, Anna and ‘Let It Go.’

UCLA Anderson associate professor Maia Young studies organizational behavior, and some of her research involves your reputation as a leader, as someone who knows how to get things done. If you have a bit of mystique, that enhances people's perception of you.

UCLA’s Children's Pain and Comfort Care team at Mattel Children's Hospital works to succor pediatric, adolescent and young-adult patients in their days of need and to help their families grapple with the unfathomable: the death of that young patient.

New UCLA research indicates that use of social media such as Facebook and Twitter along with behavioral psychology can boost HIV testing rates, suggesting a valuable tool in the fight against the virus that causes AIDS.

Study finds that putting opponents of gay marriage in contact with people who can explain the issue’s personal importance can have dramatic results.

Forty years ago, it was unthinkable to live a life with an artificial heart, with someone else’s transplanted heart or with an assist-heart pump. Today, the technological advances of modern medicine make this possible. But how does that change a human being?

By encouraging patients to illustrate their pain with images such these from the exhibition "Pain," the Center for Educational Development and Research at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA hopes to compel viewers to better understand those going through illness.

From 2005 to 2007, roughly 20 percent of people who committed suicide were intoxicated at death, but that percentage was notably higher during and after the recession, according to a study led by UCLA professor Mark Kaplan.

The research, led by UCLA professor Mark Kaplan, underscores the need to harmonize suicide prevention and alcohol-control strategies.

A team led by UCLA researchers found that the brain's response to viewing sexual images is related to the number of sex partners a person has had in the previous year.

The use of drugs and alcohol on campus was associated with significantly increased odds of depression, sexual victimization and attempted suicide.

Job loss among single mothers has significant negative effects on the well-being of their children as young adults, according to a new study by researchers at the California Center for Population Research at UCLA.

Phony laughter, unlike the real thing, is unique to humans, says Greg Bryant, who is studying the acoustic properties that differentiate the two types of cachinnation.

Study provides evidence that being overweight makes people tired and sedentary — not the other way around.