Does a junk food diet make you lazy? UCLA psychology study offers answer
A new UCLA psychology study provides evidence that being overweight makes people tired and sedentary — not the other way around.
Schools have limited success in reducing bullying
UCLA Psychology professor, Jaana Juvonen, and co-author Sandra Graham, a UCLA professor of education have conducted the most thorough analysis to date of studies on school bullying and found that K-12 schools’ efforts to curtail bullying are often disappointing.
UCLA’s Science and Food Series Returns
Professor Amy Rowat’s Science and Food Series is back with a new lineup, which includes Wylie Dufresne, Ole Mouritsen, Lena Kwak and L.A.’s own Morihiro Onodera.
To be Young, Black, and Male
Recent research by Phillip Atiba Goff, UCLA assistant professor of social psychology, and Matthew Jackson, a UCLA postdoctoral fellow in social psychology, examines police officers’ attitudes toward African-Americans, particularly their perception of young black boys.
Nobel laureate Randy Schekman to be keynote speaker at UCLA College commencement
Randy Schekman, Nobel laureate, and undergraduate alumnus of UCLA Life Sciences, will be this year’s keynote speaker at UCLA College commencement
Therapy for your marriage — without the therapy
Andrew Christensen, professor of Psychology, is the lead author of a new book: “Reconcilable Differences: Rebuild Your Relationship by Rediscovering the Partner You Love — Without Losing Yourself”.
Biologist, Kirk Lohmueller, awarded 2014 Sloan Research Fellowships
Kirk Lohmueller, an assistant professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, is one of two outstanding young professors from UCLA to receive 2014 Sloan Research Fellowships.
What do women want? It depends on the time of the month
Martie Haselton, professor of Psychology, and her colleagues have recently published a landmark meta-analysis of sexual preferences at ovulation
Heritable bipolar phenotypes pinned down
A large study led by Carrie Bearden, professor of psychology and psychiatry, has pinpointed brain and behavioural traits that are genetically influenced and associated with bipolar I disorder.
UCLA scientists awarded $6 million to study new ways to restore hand movement after paralysis
Dr. Reggie Edgerton, professor of Integrative Biology and Physiology and UCLA researcher, Dr. Daniel Lu, have been awarded a $6 million, five-year grant to explore new therapies for patients with spinal-cord injuries.