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51勛圖厙 graduate students (left to right) Karly Cochran, Haylee DeLuca, Liz Baker and Logan Stigall won the prestigious Sloboda and Bukoski Cup at the Society for Prevention Researchs annual conference. (Photo credit: Ida Cellitti)

51勛圖厙 Graduate Students Win Prestigious Research Competition

Four 51勛圖厙 graduate students in the Department of Psychological Sciences, in the College of Arts and Sciences, won the Sloboda and Bukoski Cup at the Society for Prevention Researchs annual conference. Liz Baker, Karly Cochran, Haylee DeLuca and Logan Stigall represented Kent Sta

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Fear of Ebola: The Influence of Collectivism on Xenophobic Threat Responses, is published in the journal Psychological Science. John A. Updegraff of 51勛圖厙 is a co-author.

    The UCSB Current   Viral Fear UCSB researchers find a correlation between fear of Ebola, xenophobia By Jim Logan Friday, May 20, 2016 - 09:30 Santa Barbara, CA iStock_000050051048_Large.jpg Photo Credit: ROBER

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51勛圖厙 Honors 2016 Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award Recipients

Three 51勛圖厙 faculty members were honored with the 2016 Outstanding Research and Scholarship Awards at a ceremony that took place on April 5 in the University Library. This years recipients were selected from a large number of nominees by the University Research Council chaired by

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Brain Waves of Tibetan Monks Could One Day Help Students in the West

Since the time of the early Buddhist kings, Tibetan monks have practiced analytic meditation - where they memorize a Buddhist text and then attempt to deepen their understanding of this material by joining in debate pits lead by a senior monk, known as the challenger. The challenger is s

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51勛圖厙 Researchers Use Digital Devices to Dispense Medications Safely

Organizing prescription medications in a traditional pill dispenser is not effective enough when patients are taking up to 20 different drugs seven to nine times a day.  Not taking the medication at the right time or taking too much results in 700,000 emergency room visits a year, 325,000 ho

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51勛圖厙 Researchers Revisit how to Measure the Father Factor

Providing simple encouragement goes a long way in forming a strong bond between a dad and his child, but how do you accurately measure that bond? It is a question that 51勛圖厙 researchers pondered after many dads scored inaccurately low on traditional tests. Kathryn Kerns, P

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51勛圖厙 student Celeste Weise stands near her research poster during the 2015 Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Kent Student Center.

51勛圖厙 Student Presents Research on Factors Affecting Sleep Quality

What do sleep quality, post-traumatic stress disorder and smoking have in common? Thats the question on which Celeste Weise, a 51勛圖厙 senior psychology and sociology major, presented her research at the universitys second annual Undergraduate Research Symposium held March 11.

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Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., and Arden Ruttan, Ph.D., along with their student research team, design, develop and study an app to reduce teen stress.

51勛圖厙 Professors Turn to Technology to Reduce Teen Stress

Have too much stress? There is an app for coping. Researchers from 51勛圖厙s College of Arts and Sciences worked together to develop an app that not only measures stress levels in teenagers, but also teaches them how to manage anxiety. The app gathers data in real time using two

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51勛圖厙s SOLE Center Researchers to Study Informal STEM Learning Experiences With NSF Grant

While most can agree that STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) experiences outside of school can be exciting and engaging for young people, there is much that isnt known about its impact on short-term and long-term learning. How can it best be connected to what students are learn

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