Psychology
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From prison isolation to a sense of doom
The Los Angeles Times quoted psychology professor Craig Haney in an article about a former inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison who now attends UC Berkeley.
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Data-Mining Our Dreams
Dream research work of Bill Domhoff, professor emeritus of social psychology, was discussed in an opinion piece in the New York Times.
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Are Marmoset Monkeys Taking Turns To Talk?
Psychology professor Margaret Wilson commented for a National Geographic article on a study that suggested Marmoset monkeys take turns communicating. Wilson disputed the study's conclusions.
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Why Is Dancing So Good for Your Brain?
Psychology Today magazine featured associate professor of dance Ted Warburton and his research on the cognitive benefit of movement in a story about how dancers maximize cognitive function and musicle memory through practice.
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Rich People Just Care Less
A New York Times opinion writer quoted Tom Pettigrew, emeritus professor of psychology, in an piece about how people with the most social power pay scant attention to those with little such power.
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Break ups are both harder and easier today
A columnist writing on divorce in Psychology Today quoted from psychology professor Steve Whittaker's study on breakups and Facebook.
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Immodest proposal
The New York Times Sunday Magazine referred to psychology grad student Rachael Robnett's study that found not one male or female surveyed preferred that a woman propose marriage to a man. The mention was in the "One-page Magazine" feature.
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Messages galore, but no time to think
The New York Times talked to psychology professor Steve Whittaker, an expert in human-computer interaction, for a Sunday business column on the ubiquity of email and other communication tools used in business.
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Man: 3-D movie changed my sight for the better
A CNN web article about psychology professor Bruce Bridgeman's experience gaining significant improvement in his previously poor depth perception after he watched the 3-D movie "Hugo" was carried by television stations across the country. The Guardian newspaper in the U.K. also wrote about the phenomenon. The Canadian Broadcasting Co. aired an interview with Bridgeman, who…
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Why Facebook makes breaking up even worse
The aggregating magazine The Week published an article on psychology professor Steve Whittaker's study on the social media aftermath of romantic break-ups.
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Breaking up in the digital age is difficult, study says
A study by psychology professor Steve Whittaker on how break ups unfold in a digital age was featured in international news outlets from CBSNews.com to publications in Great Britain, India, and the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
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Exclusion and the LGBT life course
Oxford University Press asked psychology professor Phillip L. Hammack to write a blog post about the U.S. Supreme Court hearings on marriage equality.