psychological science

Joseph L. White, ‘father of black psychology,’ is honored by American Psychological Association

Inducing a sense of awe in people can promote altruistic, helpful and positive social behavior, according to new research led by UC Irvine psychologist Paul Piff.

Diagnosis with one or both disorders should trigger rage-focused treatment

Feeling blue? Anxious? Fatigued? Dr. Roger Walsh offers ‘Eight Ways to Wellbeing’

Campus highlights Mental Health Awareness Week Oct. 5-11

Basketball player turns heads on and off court – and not just because of his hair

Jennifer Skeem stresses that the condition is shaped by the complex interaction of both environmental and genetic factors.

Professor’s anger assessment tool predicts severity of PTSD in combat veterans.

The massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Chile in February 2010 left thousands homeless, caused billions of dollars in damages and triggered a deadly tsunami. The psychological impact of such traumatic events over time is the focus of an ongoing research collaboration between UC Irvine psychologists and Chilean academic and government officials. The quake — the […]

Think you know the difference between right and wrong? Let’s say you’re a surgeon with five patients whose survival depends upon organ transplants. A healthy patient of yours would be an ideal donor for all of them. Do you transplant his organs (against his will) into the bodies of the other patients? What if five […]