Sentences with phrase «psychology at»

«Understanding where emotional eating comes from is important because such behavior can increase the risk for being overweight and developing eating disorders,» according to the study's lead author, Silje Steinsbekk, associate professor of psychology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

«We know that maltreated children can have really low self - esteem,» said Louisa Michl, a doctoral student in the department of psychology at the University of Rochester.

The curriculum's purpose was not to lead students to a predetermined best answer but to raise their awareness about making responsible and reasoned decisions, said Xin Zhang, a doctoral student in psychology at the University of Illinois and the lead author on the paper.

«The take - home message is that a smartphone can help a child be healthier across a number of health care behaviors, like making sure they get vaccines or eat a healthy diet,» said Christopher Cushing, assistant professor of clinical child psychology at the University of Kansas, who co-authored the findings.

In taking a game - based and playful approach to learning, we created an intervention that was not only effective, but also one in which the children were engaged and wanted continue doing,» said Bruce Homer, associate professor of educational psychology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and a Project Hope investigator.

A team of researchers led by Marvin Diaz, assistant professor of psychology at Binghamton University, determined that even a small to moderate amount of alcohol exposure produces significant amounts of anxiety in offspring, lasting through adolescence and into adulthood.

Writing in the January 2012 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, principal investigator Claudia Fahlke from the Department of Psychology at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and her colleagues found that alcohol's ability to reduce serotonin neurotransmission, was «telescoped» in alcoholic women compared with their male counterparts.

Researchers expected an increase in testosterone levels to inevitably lead to more aggression, and this didn't reliably occur, says Frank T. McAndrew, a professor of psychology at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill..

Clearly, the Heymans Professor of the History of Psychology at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands is a bit of a tease.

«These findings provide one more piece of evidence that decisions made in the heat of the moment are not as far - sighted as those made in advance,» said George Loewenstein, PhD, the Herbert A. Simon University Professor of Economics and Psychology at Carnegie Mellon, and senior author on the study.

Martin Monti, assistant professor of psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), took a different path to boost his technological bona fides.

Although these manuals are helpful and even necessary for identifying and treating mental illnesses, Lee Anna Clark, William J. and Dorothy K. O'Neill Professor of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame, along with a small team of other experts, wants researchers and clinicians to revisit how these illnesses are approached.

She was an undergraduate studying psychology at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, her native country.

Since 2004, when she was an undergraduate studying psychology at the University of New Mexico, Martinez - Kaigi, who is now a doctoral student in clinical psychology at the University of North Texas in Denton, has attended the conference every year that she has been able.

Between 20 and 40 percent of men reported feeling dissatisfied with their overall physical appearance, weight, and / or muscle tone and size,» said David Frederick, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology at Chapman University and lead author of the study.

Brian Nosek, COS executive director and a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville who studies the gap between research values and practices, also points out that using the Registered Report format can offer valuable feedback for junior researchers and help support their career development as they decide what research directions to pursue.

Caryn J. Block is an associate professor of social - organizational psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University.

As he approached the end of his postdoc in experimental psychology at the University of Cambridge, Josh Keeler was motivated to escape from academia.

Michael P. Kaschak, an associate professor of psychology at Florida State University, offers an explanation

«An imagined or perceived «Clash of Cultures» may indeed underlie violence and hostility between some Muslims and non-Muslims,» says Dr. Milan Obaidi, researcher at the Department of Psychology at Uppsala University.

«It provides a unique vantage point from which to consider the intricate interface between capacities inherent in the human infant and the shaping force of experience,» said Sandra Waxman, senior author of the study, director of the Project on Child Development, faculty fellow in Northwestern's Institute for Policy Research and the Louis W. Menk Chair in Psychology at Northwestern.

But aging - related jobs were few when she graduated in 1987, so she took a 2 - year research assistant position in the former Department of Medical Psychology at the University of Utrecht.

«There are papers already out there that I've reviewed that I kind of wish my reviews were published with because I think it's important for any reader of the paper to take into account some of the concerns that I and other reviewers were bringing up — and I think that's true for a lot of science that's out there,» says Michelle Wirth, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana who has published a paper with F1000Research, another journal experimenting with open peer review.

«This is important because there's a robust body of research showing that the ability to talk about sexual health with a partner, such as a willingness to talk about condoms, is one of the strongest predictors of whether a couple will engage in safer sex,» says Laura Widman, lead author of a paper describing the work and an assistant professor of psychology at NC State.

«Drunkorexia refers to a complex pattern of drinking - related behaviors that take place before, during, and after a drinking event,» explained Dipali V. Rinker, a research assistant professor in the department of psychology at the University of Houston.

This is the take - home message from a new study published online in PLOS ONE by a team of researchers including Arthur Aron, PhD, a Research Professor in the Department of Psychology at Stony Brook University.

«This study provides assurance that whatever obstacles preterm infants face in later language and cognitive development, these are unlikely to reflect difficulties in establishing the foundational link between language and core cognitive processes,» said Danielle Perszyk, the study's first author and a Ph.D. candidate in psychology at Northwestern.

But we found that measuring their skills in English, while not perfect, is a helpful predictor of future success,» said Katie Whiteside, a PhD student in the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London, the study's lead author.

Professor Tsakiris, from the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway, explained, «There is much existing evidence to show that people are more likely to misidentify harmless objects as weapons when held by Black people.

Carried out by Dr Ian Tharp, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Greenwich, the study was led by Chris Merritt, a Greenwich psychology graduate who is currently studying for a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at King's College London.

Steven Pinker is professor of psychology at Harvard University.

Speaking about the research, Dr Elliot Freeman, author of the study and a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at City, University of London, said:

«The tendency to base classroom observation on the gender and race of the child may explain in part why those children are more frequently identified as misbehaving and hence why there is a racial disparity in discipline,» added Walter S. Gilliam, director of The Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy and associate professor of child psychiatry and psychology at the Yale Child Study Center.

Dr Louise McDowell, Dr Deborah Wells and Professor Peter Hepper from the School of Psychology at Queen's, recruited 44 cats for the study and found that while there was no overall population preference like the human preference for right handedness, there was a gender preference.

Dan Kahan, professor of law and psychology at Yale Law School, sees public understanding of science through what he and other researchers call cultural cognition.

Retirement can also affect your identity and sense of purpose, says Nancy Schlossberg, a professor emerita in counseling psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park.

This study was funded by a National Institutes of Health career award to Sara C. Mednick, assistant professor of psychology at UC Riverside, of $ 651,999 over five years.

Sander van der Linden is a doctoral researcher in social experimental psychology at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Notre Dame Associate Professor of Psychology James Brockmole, who specializes in human cognition and how the visual world guides behavior, conducted the research at Notre Dame with Adam Biggs, currently a post-doctoral fellow in the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences and the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, and Jessica Witt, associate professor of cognitive psychology at Colorado State University.

«It remains to be determined why the United States is an outlier with respect to its clinical trials,» added Alexander Tuttle, a doctoral student in psychology at McGill, and co-first author of the paper.

The mathematician Dr. Gediminas Luksys from the transfaculty research platform at the Psychiatric University Clinics Basel and the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Basel has now been able to successfully describe the various human memory processes for the first time.

In 1987 Mahadevan enrolled as a graduate student in psychology at Kansas State University, where he was employed as a participant in memory experiments.

«People in many western countries see mixed feelings as undesirable — as if to suggest that someone experiencing mixed feelings is wishy - washy,» said Igor Grossmann, a professor in the Department of Psychology at Waterloo, and lead author of the paper.

«Reduced reporting of ASD symptoms may contribute to missed or delayed diagnosis in black children, since healthcare providers often rely on parent report about typical behavior,» said Meghan Rose Donohue, a co-author of the study and Ph.D. candidate in clinical psychology at Georgia State.

The study, which will appear in a forthcoming edition of the journal Aggressive Behavior, was conducted by Chester and C. Nathan DeWall, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at the University of Kentucky.

Daniel Yudkin is a doctoral candidate in social psychology at New York University.

The study, published online in Developmental Psychobiology, was conducted by Marguerite O'Haire, Ph.D., from the Center for the Human - Animal Bond in the College of Veterinary Medicine of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, and colleagues in the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia.

When the way we are working starts interfering with normal functions such as sleeping, eating, relationships, social interactions, and physical health, «we know we've tipped the balance,» says Cullen, a past chair of the Division of Education and Child Psychology at The British Psychological Society.

Daniel J. Levitin: the James McGill Professor of Psychology at McGill University and author of the bestselling book «Your Brain on Music.»

Edgar Bresó, lecturer in Social Psychology at the UJI and one of the creators of the Emotional Test, explains that the first part of the test is already running.