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How Your BMI Might Affect Your Brain

There are plenty of reasons it's important to maintain a healthy weight, and now you can add one more to the list: It may be good for your brain.

Researchers from the University of Arizona have found that having a higher body mass index, or BMI, can negatively impact cognitive functioning in older adults.

How? They say inflammation is to blame.

Post date: Tue, 10/18/2016 - 13:39

Psychologist Creates Tool for Measuring Memory

With support from a $2.9 million grant, Jamie Edgin is testing the effectiveness of an innovative touchscreen children's memory assessment that started as a homemade project.

Psychologist Jamie Edgin studies human memory at the University of Arizona, where her research often involves working with very young children and children with intellectual disabilities.

Post date: Fri, 10/07/2016 - 10:34

Jamie Edgin Awarded 5 Year Grant from National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Congratulations to Jamie Edgin, who has just been awarded a 5-year grant from NICHHD. The goal of the multi-site study (with UC Davis and Drexel University) is to develop valid and sensitive measures of cognitive functioning in individuals with fragile X syndrome and Down Syndrome that can be used as primary outcome measures in clinical trials.

Post date: Fri, 09/23/2016 - 15:18

First Alfred W. Kaszniak Graduate Fellowship

Congratulations to graduate student Aubrey Wank. She is the first recipient of the fellowship established in honor of Dr. Al Kaszniak, to support first-year graduate students with research interests in the neuropsychology of emotion and aging.

Donate Now if you would like to help support the Kaszniak Graduate Fellowship

Post date: Thu, 09/22/2016 - 09:52

UA Partners on Study to Improve Cognition in Older Adults

Cognitive decline is a normal part of aging, but as the world’s population of older adults grows, researchers are looking at ways to prevent it. The University of Arizona, the University of Florida and the University of Miami have been awarded a five-year, $5.7 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to study whether a combination of computer-based cognitive training exercises and direct electrical stimulation to the brain can help improve cognitive functioning in older adults. Dr.

Post date: Wed, 09/21/2016 - 08:29

UA Researchers Develop New Way to Look Deep Inside the Brain

Researchers at the University of Arizona may be on the cusp of a breakthrough when it comes to examining the deepest parts of the brain. Their new technology, similar to an ultrasound, has the potential to measure electrical activity deep inside the brain. They have dubbed the project, Acoustoelectric Brain Imaging, or ABI. Stephen Cowen, assistant professor of psychology, believes ABI has much to offer the world of psychological research as well in the areas of diagnosis and treatment.

Post date: Wed, 09/21/2016 - 09:26

NEW Psychological Science Major!

Starting this Fall 2016, we have a new major available within the Psychology Department. The BS in Psychological Science prepares students for careers that require an in-depth understanding of the research methods used to study the mind, brain, and behavior. With special topic seminars and intensive hands-on research opportunities, the BS program emphasizes critical thinking, analytical thinking, and quantitative skills that prepare students for a Ph.D.

Post date: Fri, 09/09/2016 - 16:25

New Faculty Join the Department

The department would like to welcome four new faculty this fall.

Post date: Fri, 08/12/2016 - 14:38

New Graduate Seminar Offered

The department is pleased to announce a new graduate seminar being offered this fall by Dr. Vicky Lai, who is joining our faculty from the University of South Carolina. Psy 542 Special Topics in Psycholinguistics: Language and Cognition will be on Tuesdays from 9:30am-12:30pm in Psychology 317B for the 2016 Fall Semester. This seminar introduces students to a diverse array of theoretical and empirical issues in language and cognition.

Post date: Fri, 08/12/2016 - 11:30

Lauren Nguyen Awarded 2016-17 Theodore H. Koff Scholarship

Congratulations to graduate student Lauren Nguyen who has been awarded the prestigious Theodore H. Koff Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded annually to outstanding UA graduate students who are pursuing studies in Aging and Gerontology. Lauren is in the Clinical Psychology program conducting research on various factors affecting healthy aging. Particularly, investigating the effects of blood pressure variability on brain structures and cognition in healthy aging.

Post date: Mon, 08/15/2016 - 15:23

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Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor Award

Congratulations to Ariana Stickel, who was just given the Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor award by UBRP - Undergraduate Biology Research Program.

Post date: Wed, 10/26/2016 - 15:19

How Your BMI Might Affect Your Brain

There are plenty of reasons it's important to maintain a healthy weight, and now you can add one more to the list: It may be good for your brain.

Researchers from the University of Arizona have found that having a higher body mass index, or BMI, can negatively impact cognitive functioning in older adults.

How? They say inflammation is to blame.

Post date: Tue, 10/18/2016 - 13:39

Psychologist Creates Tool for Measuring Memory

With support from a $2.9 million grant, Jamie Edgin is testing the effectiveness of an innovative touchscreen children's memory assessment that started as a homemade project.

Psychologist Jamie Edgin studies human memory at the University of Arizona, where her research often involves working with very young children and children with intellectual disabilities.

Post date: Fri, 10/07/2016 - 10:34

Jamie Edgin Awarded 5 Year Grant from National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Post date: Fri, 09/23/2016 - 15:18

First Alfred W. Kaszniak Graduate Fellowship

Donate Now if you would like to help support the Kaszniak Graduate Fellowship

Post date: Thu, 09/22/2016 - 09:52

Lynn Nadel Receives 2016 Norman Anderson Lifetime Achievement Award

Lynn Nadel has been awarded the prestigious Norman Anderson Lifetime Achievement Award by the Society of Experimental Psychologists. The Society is the oldest in the field of Psychology, established over a hundred years ago by Edward B. Titchener, the British psychologist who studied under Wilhelm Wundt. We congratulate Dr.

Post date: Wed, 09/21/2016 - 09:33

UA Researchers Develop New Way to Look Deep Inside the Brain

Post date: Wed, 09/21/2016 - 09:26

UA Partners on Study to Improve Cognition in Older Adults

Post date: Wed, 09/21/2016 - 08:29

NEW Psychological Science Major!

Post date: Fri, 09/09/2016 - 16:25

Dave Sbarra's New Book Explores Love's Many Layers

David Sbarra self-published the collection of 37 essays, culling from scientific research and Sbarra's personal experiences. University of Arizona psychologist David Sbarra has spent most of his career studying love and relationships. He shares some of his insights in a new e-book, titled "Love, Loss and the Space Between: The Relationship Expert Essays."

Post date: Wed, 08/17/2016 - 14:31