psychology

For married Black and Latino couples, interactions with friends, family and colleagues shrank even more drastically at the pandemic’s outset and recovered more slowly.

The UCLA Anderson professor’s new book aims to help people “make tomorrow better today.”

UCLA psychologists suggest that by 25, one’s mode of evaluating the truthfulness of information is pretty much set.

The findings suggest that efforts to encourage vaccination might do well to take advantage of positive feelings between different social groups.

Both tend to judge the co-occurrence of two events as more probable than one event alone. Could mental shortcuts be to blame?

With support from family, the graduate student and advocate has challenged the conversation around mental illness in English and her family’s native tongue.

Psychologist Patricia Greenfield will shed light on our cultural and behavioral reactions to the pandemic at her Faculty Research Lecture on Feb. 15.

The device’s sensors detect fluctuations in neurotransmitters like serotonin in real time over extended periods.

A UCLA study suggests that VR can enhance learning if it is convincingly produced and if different subjects are taught in distinctive environments.

Bucking previous findings, researchers found that people of East Asian and European descent performed similarly on a well-known test.

The annual list compiled by Clarivate identifies scholars whose work has been referenced most often in studies published by other researchers.

UCLA researchers found that women’s reports of cognitive issues were related to higher levels of an inflammatory marker in the body called CRP.

UCLA researchers create video playlist for YouTube Kids’ anti-bullying programming.

UCLA psychologist Martie Haselton and Jaimie Arona Krems, from Oklahoma State University, explain how evolutionary social science influences the debate.

Liberals and conservatives can have positive experiences when they talk politics over the video conferencing platform, a UCLA study shows.

Can drugs like psilocybin and ecstasy effectively treat depression, addiction and other conditions? UCLA researchers are working to find out.

Research by UCLA, MIT and NIH scientists finds that a machine learning system organizes knowledge in a “very intuitive structure.”

UCLA psychologist Matthew Lieberman explains why people don’t perceive the world the same way others do.

Lara Ray hopes her research will lead to better medications and clinical care.

The seven-year study, led by UCLA psychologists, tracked mothers and their offspring from preconception until the children were 5 years old.

Dr. E. Dale Abel, Robert Bjork and Rosa Matzkin were honored for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

When states increased their minimum hourly wage by $1, divorce rates declined by 7% to 15% among those earning low wages.

Dr. Timothy Fong, co-director of the UCLA Gambling Studies Program, shares insight into how something “fun” can become a devastating addiction for some people.

With 85% of students surveyed reporting “speed-watching,” UCLA psychology researchers designed experiments to gauge their comprehension.

A report from UCLA’s Center for Scholars and Storytellers looks at the intersection of race, class and social mobility in shows popular with teens.