Psychology and Neuroscience
There's a reason it's difficult to get started on spring cleaning: The brain is wired to be very cautious and conservative in starting big projects.
A clinic at ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder is helping lower-income families determine why their children have trouble learning and is assisting those families as they seek the right treatment.
People who have social anxiety disorder are more likely to internalize criticism than those who do not, research from ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder suggests.
Marie Banich, a leading brain researcher who truly does understand what teens are thinking, and Adam Bradley, who makes the case for pop music as poetry, are among the featured presenters on the first stop of the ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder Next national tour.
Marijuana may not be as damaging to the brain as previously thought, according to new research from the University of Colorado Boulder and the ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Change Lab.
Doctoral candidate wins Visionary Grant to determine if timely monetary incentives encourage exercise as well as they foster better eating habits.
Do you learn more if you study for hours without breaks or if you take short study breaks every so often? That question not only occurred to Robert Mason Eastwood but also formed the basis of his honors thesis.
¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder program helps underserved and underrepresented students in the STEM fields gain valuable research experience for graduate school.
Many scholarships go to the most gifted students: the smartest, the most talented and, of course, the fastest and strongest. ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder’s Robert Wyant Scholarship is granted to students who might be none of the above, but somehow achieve academic success while overcoming the challenges of disability.
Achieving a healthy weight may be more about what’s going on between your ears than between your lips. That’s according to Eliza Kingsford (Psych’03) in her new book, Brain-Powered Weight Loss. It’s getting rave reviews.