Women with impaired stress hormone before pregnancy have lower-birthweight babies
UCLA psychologists, Christine Guardino and Chris Dunkel Schetter, lead a recent study that finds cortisol level is a key predictor
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Why people oppose same-sex marriage
UCLA psychology study– led by David Pinsof, lead author and Martie Haselton, senior author– points to self-interest as a leading cause
UCLA’s Science and Food lectures are returning for Spring 2016
UCLA Professor Amy Rowat’s high-profile “Science and Food” series is back this Spring, with two events on March 8 and May 11– and a third one to be announced.
UCLA life scientists promote pathways to graduate studies for undergraduates from historically black colleges and universities
Life scientists– Paul Barber, Alexander Hoffmann, and Tracy Johnson– are leading research programs and promoting graduate studies for undergraduates from historically black colleges and universities.
“Primed” stem cells may be better for use in regenerative medicine
Professor Amander Clark and UCLA colleagues find that “naïve” stem cells, commonly used regenerative medicine studies today, are not as stable as “primed” stem cells.
Don’t use body mass index to determine whether people are healthy
A study led by A. Janet Tomiyama, an assistant professor of Psychology, finds that using BMI to gauge health incorrectly labels more than 54 million Americans as “unhealthy,” even though they are not.
UCLA study shows anti-bullying program focused on bystanders helps the students who need it most
Jaana Juvonen, professor of Psychology, leads a new study that shows that the most tormented children — can be helped by teaching bystanders to be more supportive
UCLA psychology study explains when and why bystanders intervene in cyberbullying
UCLA psychologists report people on social media are often unsupportive of cyberbullying victims who have shared highly personal feelings
When air is polluted, homing pigeons find their way home faster
UCLA scientists find that despite air pollution, racing pigeons on the North China Plain actually flew faster on days when the air quality was worse.