Department of Psychology
Olive Garden shooting has people asking: Are we really safe in public?
03-01-2019 - courier-journal.com - features Judith Danovitch, professor of psychology
Kentucky lacks access to eating disorder treatment, but this professor is changing that
02-26-2019 - courier-journal.com - features Cheri Levinson, professor of psychology
Closing Time: The Science Behind Nostalgia For Our Favorite Bars
02-22-2019 - WFPL.org - features Keith Lyle, professor of psychology
A&S Researchers part of a task force to study homelessness
searchers include Catherine (Cate) Fosl, MSW, PhD, co-director of CCTSJR, director, Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research, and professor, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Lora Haynes, PhD, associate professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences; Kelly Kinahan, PhD, AICP, assistant professor, Department of Urban and Public Affairs; and Jamie Beard, administrative assistant, Anne Braden Institute.
Dementia and religion: ‘What if I forget about God?’
01-15-2019 - sltrib.com - features Ben Mast, professor of Psychology
Rwandan refugee graduates from UofL with a degree in Psychology
Basenge was born in Rwanda, but her parents fled to South Africa during the Rwandan genocide. They lived in South Africa under asylum and she came to the United States as a refugee in 2014. Carine Basenge officially graduates from the University of Louisville on Friday with a degree in Psychology.
Theory explaining addiction wins Grawemeyer psychology award
University of Michigan researchers Kent Berridge and Terry Robinson have won the 2019 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Psychology for explaining how our brains process “liking” versus “wanting” and how neural sensitization of the “wanting” system plays a key role in drug addiction.
Asthma and Anxiety
Could there be a psychological component to the cause of asthma? Alison McLeish (Psychological & Brain Sciences) has done studies on anxiety and its impact on asthma sufferers. She joined Mark Hebert on UofL Today to discuss her research on the matter.
Eating disorders need personalized treatment, UofL researchers say
Researchers at the University of Louisville’s Eating Anxiety Treatment (EAT) Lab think understanding the causes behind eating disorders could lead improved and personalized treatment.
Profs. Rosen and Fogelman on Kids and ADHD
Paul Rosen and Nick Fogelman are doing research on kids with ADHD and ways to control their emotions.
Cheri Levinson (Psychological and Brain Sciences) on eating disorders
Cheri Levinson and Irina Vanzhula talk about eating disorder research on UofL Today with Mark Hebert.
A&S doctoral student's findings on Alzheimer's and dementia
Is there an easy way to screen for alzheimer's? What's the difference between alzheimer's and dementia? Lauren Flaherty is a doctoral student in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences who has studied these memory issues. Lauren discusses the issue on UofL Today with Mark Hebert.
2018 Grawemeyer Award presentations include religion, world order, and psychology
Winners of the 2018 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Awards include an expert on African genocide, the founder of black liberation theology and a psychologist who explains the many types of intelligence. Learn more about these experts and see a schedule for the 2018 Grawemeyer Award presentation and dinner.
ACCelerate festival showcases faculty & student's work at the Smithsonian
Faculty and students will be attending ACCelerate an ACC Smithsonian Creativity and Innovation Festival in Washington, D.C to present on research.
Lectures highlight broad variety of humanities and science research
A fall luncheon lecture series will feature University of Louisville researchers whose worksites range from Cave Hill Cemetery to a campus clinic, and whose topics range from water politics in India to animal research in Siberia.
How much influence your child’s favorite cartoon characters have over their choice of toys
Psychology Professor Judith Danovitch talks about her research on kids.
From Experienental Psychology to Chemistry A&S Students Present Summer Research Projects
Students present summer research projects.
Resiliency project aimed at helping Louisville's homeless
Professor Lora Haynes (Department of Psychology and Brain Sciences) talks about a resiliency project aimed at Louisville's homeless and the residents of Flint, Michigan on UofL Today with Mark Hebert.
Vision relies on attention to the environment
Prof. Zijiang He (Psychological & Brain Sciences) and his team found that perceived target location was more accurate only when both the textured surface was on the ground and the observers directed attention to the lower visual field. An ambient attention mechanism in the environment selects the ground surface (our terrestrial niche) to use as bases and scaffolds to form the vast visual world.
