Do fidget spinners really work?
July 30, 2020
The study will assess whether a high-tech fidget device increases focus and relieves anxiety in adults with ADHD.
Ready for a cognitive workout?
July 16, 2020
Joint UC Riverside-UC Irvine study seeks volunteers to assess memory training.
Do we know what we want in a romantic partner? Probably no more than a random stranger would
July 9, 2020
It sounds like the setup for a reality show, but science says it's true: Our stated preferences may not be so meaningful.
What’s next: The future of compassion
July 2, 2020
How to ward off emotional exhaustion as the pandemic continues.
Five years ago, love won. Here's how research helps make progress possible
June 26, 2020
In 2015, the Supreme Court upheld a right to marriage for gay couples in Obergefell v. Hodges. One of the key elements to winning this battle was research — particularly one UC researcher's groundbreaking study in the 1940s that showed being gay was not a mental illness.
FDA approves video game based on UCSF brain research as ADHD therapy for kids
June 25, 2020
This is the first video game therapeutic to be approved for the disorder in children.
Feeling anxious? Why a cat may be your purr-fect companion
June 11, 2020
The emotions that benefit our relationships with cats.
Newly funded COVID-19 research aims to protect the most vulnerable
June 5, 2020
Researchers across UC rapidly pivot from their usual research areas to address gaps in knowledge and care with COVID-19.
How (and why) coronavirus is changing our sense of time
May 7, 2020
Radical social changes brought have induced “temporal disintegration,” says psychologist E. Alison Holman.