Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at UMass Amherst
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Department News
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Ronnie Janoff-Bulman Appears on the Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
The discussion includes a variety of psychological topics, including implicit beliefs, human emotional reactions, blaming yourself for random events, flawed theories of motivation and types of morality. -
How Children's Evaluations Change Based on a Leader's Conforming or Nonconforming Behaviors
In a new study, children from ages 4-11 from the United States and China evaluated leaders versus nonleaders violations of group norms -
Unprecedented Research Probes the Relationship Between Sleep And Memory In Napping Babies And Young Children
UMass Amherst study seeks more than 300 infants and preschoolers to assess the importance of napping on brain development in neurotypical and neurodiverse children
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Our department has a reputation for excellence in research which is further strengthened by our participants from the student body and the general public.
This valuable service also elicits benefits to our students. Students can experience first hand what it's like to be a human subject and learn about how psychological data is gathered. Students also have opportunities to work inside labs as research assistants as well as pursue their own research projects as part of a lab or special course.
Your help makes all of this possible—enriching our student experience and boosting our research capabilities.
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Alumni News
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Alicia Duca '13
User Experience Researcher -
Restoring Employee Health and Safety by Applying Occupational Health Psychology
As an assistant professor at Louisiana State University in the Industrial/Organizational Psychology Program, Rebecca Brossoit ’15 PhD strives to improve the lives of employees at work and set them on a path to better health. -
Seda Korroch '22
Legislative Aide to the Office of State Representative Kenneth Gordon
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