News: Department of Psychology
Tony Sanchez, ’88 BA Political Science, receives association's top honors.
Does the thought of an algebra test strike fear in you? Psychologist Mark Ashcraft is getting to the root cause of math anxiety.
UNLV student shares tip for not tripping up before the crowd of thousands ready to hear the big speech.
Nine students, including a mother of two who after years of working as a dental hygienist received her dental degree and became class valedictorian, are being honored as spring 2012 Outstanding Graduates.
UNLV employees recently were honored at the 2012 Academic Recognition Ceremony with systemwide and universitywide awards for notable research, teaching, and service.
Christopher Kearney's work offers insight about why kids might refuse to go to school.
The UNLV Psychological Assessment and Testing Clinic provides a much-needed, low-cost service to the community by evaluating cognitive and academic skills of kindergarteners through adults.
Study of Local Teens Shows Latina Girls Are More At-Risk than Latino Boys for Developing Eating Disorders
The UNLV Baby and Child Rebel Lab researches why babies stereotype and how stereotyping can be curbed before children reach adulthood.
The work of one UNLV master’s student and her supervisor on the psychological and social consequences of gastric bypass surgery led them to compile their findings in a new book, which explores the reasons why patients undergo the procedure and the varied ways that the dramatic weight loss changes their lives.
Psychology professor Marta Meana appears on The Oprah Winfrey Show and discusses what ignites desire in women.