Department of Psychology News

August 17, 2021
The study provides a lens into the magnitude and nature of differences not just between the two networks, but also of a volatile and divided time in American social and political life.

July 15, 2021
For the longitudinal mixed study, researchers will recruit and enroll 750 older drivers, establish their baseline cognitive function and driving behavior profiles and repeat the testing every three months for three years...

June 23, 2021
U.S.-born children who live in Spanish-speaking homes and who also are exposed to English from infancy tend to become English dominant by age 5.

May 05, 2021
Florida Atlantic University has announced the winners of the 2021 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition organized by the Graduate College.

April 15, 2021
About 580,000 people aged 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s disease in Florida and that number is expected to soar to 720,000 by 2025.

March 09, 2021
In the current social climate of the world, internalizing conditions like anxiety and depression are becoming increasingly common in children and adolescents. Meanwhile, the availability and accessibility of computer and...

February 10, 2021
Infants of depressed and breastfeeding mothers showed neither behavioral nor brain development dysregulation previously found in infants of depressed mothers.

February 09, 2021
Children with mean friends described increases in relationship negativity over time, whereas children with nice friends reported that relationship negativity declined.

February 02, 2021
Re-entry programs are not as effective for African American men when compared to others. The vast number of them return within one to three years of their release.
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May 14, 2020
Edward Ester, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology was awarded the National Science Foundation (NSF) Career Award, which provides a grant of $553,436.