The new field of conservation psychology offers valuable lessons for protecting the world’s wildlife — as well as ourselves.

A programme with high ecological depth yields an effect at multiple levels (for example, individual, environment) that endures over extended periods of time. Thus, a short range or personal range ...

We had a particularly great week for new research findings, in my opinion. I mean, stories like a 2% improvement in a ...

The objective of this study is to analyze sociodemographic and environmental variables that are related to the prevalence of depression through correlation analysis and to develop a regression model ...

Researchers identified statistically coherent patterns in whale song that may be a signature of cultural learning.

The Gambling Animal, a book, dives into the psychology behind the dominance. WATCH: Research shows young adults addicted to ...

Why do people often disagree about others' emotions? New research reveals we have stable individual differences in how much ...

Linh Dinh, B.S. Linh graduated from the University of Houston with a B.S. in Psychology and a minor in Human Development and Family Studies. His primary research interest focuses on developing ...

Welcome to Psychology at CMU. With nearly 30 award-winning faculty and almost 150 people in total, we are a vibrant community whose research continues our department’s 100-year tradition of studying ...

Jan. 28, 2025 — A new study explores the effects of both recent and lifetime cannabis use on brain function during cognitive tasks. The study, the largest of its kind ever to be completed ...

Jan. 30, 2025 — Women who go on to develop postpartum depression (PPD) may have characteristic levels of neuroactive steroids, molecules derived from the hormone progesterone, in their blood ...

Geographical psychology examines links between location ... due to the location’s ecological influences (the way they environment shapes psychological characteristics) and social influences ...