psychological science

Young children tend to respond to questions of choice with option presented last

Stephen Schueller, assistant professor of psychological science, has been awarded a three-year, $680,000 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to develop and evaluate a crowdsourced anxiety and depression intervention platform. Crowdsourcing is the practice of obtaining input from large numbers of people via the internet. The project will increase understanding of various problems […]

Negative, positive political rhetoric about immigration affects well-being of targets

UCI researchers find that it can heighten people’s anxiety about and response to future events

UCI co-leads first-of-its-kind research on effect of genes, geography on children’s lives

Unfortunately, viewing them exacerbates anxiety, according to first-of-its-kind research

First-of-its-kind research conducted in Florida before Hurricane Irma hit

Elizabeth Cauffman, professor of psychological science at UCI, has received a $780,000 grant from the National Institute of Justice to evaluate the Orange County Young Adult Court. This will be the first randomized control trial in the country of a YAC. Such courts are designed to focus specifically on people between the ages of 18 […]

Elizabeth Loftus, Distinguished Professor of psychological science as well as criminology, law & society, has been awarded the Ulysses Medal, University College Dublin’s highest honor, given to those whose work has made an outstanding global contribution. It’s named in recognition of UCD alumnus James Joyce, and past recipients include linguist Noam Chomsky, former U.S. President […]

Possession, not use, of a mobile phone counteracts feelings of isolation, UCI-led study finds