Tag Archive for: psychology

The Farrukh siblings posing against a white wall.

Once, twice, three times a Bruin

Graduating senior siblings Umiemah, Qasim and Humzah Farrukh…
From left to right: Edna Bella Salčin, James Ryan Viason Flores, and True Geralds

Student singers uplift and inspire at UCLA College commencement

From left to right, UCLA College 2023 Commencement singers…
Drew Nishikawa with Royce Hall in the background

He found that he had something unique to offer

Gloria Jiyoon Kim at the Getty Center, with trees and building in the background

‘If there was one thing I needed to do, it was to give back’

Patricia Greenfield

Psychologist Patricia Greenfield discusses reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic

Reed Hutchinson/UCLA Patricia Greenfield, UCLA professor of…
Still image from a fairyland virtual reality environmentCourtesy of Jesse Rissman

When using virtual reality as a teaching tool, context and ‘feeling real’ matter

People remember foreign vocabulary better when lessons are associated…

Black Americans’ COVID vaccine hesitancy stems more from today’s inequities than historical ones

UCLA study urges medical community to pursue changes that build…
Yesenia Aguilar Silvan (left) and Lauren Ng

Mentorship enhances mental health research focused on the underserved

Psychology professor Lauren Ng and doctoral student Yesenia Aguilar…
Image of UCLA College Professors Robert Bjork and Rosa MatzkinUCLA

Two UCLA College faculty members elected to National Academy of Sciences

Editor’s note: Congratulations to all three UCLA faculty…
Picture of Maurice Caldwell.

‘I could be killed at any time’: The anguish of being wrongfully convicted of murder

By Stuart Wolpert Maurice Caldwell spent 20 years in prison…