Graduate student Kylie Wright receives an award from the NIH

Under this supplement Kylie Wright, who is from an underrepresented background in the biomedical, behavioral, clinical, social sciences, will work on parent grant R01AG072658 (Characterizing and Modulating Neurocognitive Processes of Learning to Trust and Distrust in Aging). The parent grant aims to characterize basic cognitive and neural mechanisms in learning to trust and distrust in healthy aging and in […]

Gator Nation Giving Day 2024 Thank You

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Balkhi Foundation Supports Student Use of Innovative Technologies.

New Gift from the Balkhi Foundation Supports Student Use of Innovative Technologies. The UF Department of Psychology is pleased to announce a call for applications for the Balkhi Foundation Experiential Learning Awards. Made possible by a generous gift from Amanda and Syed Balkhi, these awards support students who are participating in hands-on experiences with […]

The Psychology of Sustainability

Through a uniquely psychological lens, The Psychology of Sustainability: Understanding the Relationship between Self and Earth, provides students with insight into the vital connection between humans and our environment. Over the course of 11 chapters, Dr. Chandler presents readers with insight into the applicability of psychological concepts for holistically resolving sustainability problems through the improvement […]

Older adults rely more on trust in decision making. It could open them up to scams.

Each year, older adults lose more than $28 billion to financial scams targeting the elderly. Nearly three-quarters of that money is stolen by people the elderly adult knows – people they trust. According to new research, this vulnerability may be in part because older adults have a harder time overcoming their first impressions of people’s trustworthiness when […]

UF Psychology is #3 for best online bachelor’s degree

U.S. News recognizes UF’s overall online bachelor’s degree program as No. 2 in the country and ranked several specific programs as among the nation’s best. The online bachelor’s degree program in psychology ranked No. 3, the online master’s program in education ranked No. 2 and the online master’s in business administration ranked No. 6.

Human connections power artificial intelligence

Psychologists find natural partners across the health professions, philosophers employ mathematics, and linguistics leads to anthropology. Now, the emergence of artificial intelligence offers a set of tools that is redefining interdisciplinary scholarship. Dr. Andreas Keil’s research into attention and emotion uses AI in a variety of ways. Among them, generative AI models provide responses to […]

Vivian Ibañez tackles pediatric feeding disorders with cultural compassion

Vivian Ibañez, a research assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, specializes in navigating the complex challenges faced by families grappling with feeding disorders. As part of her role, she oversees a pediatric feeding disorders clinic at the Florida Autism Center(opens in new tab), a division of BlueSprig, in collaboration with the UF Health Center […]

Save The Date: Giving Day 2024

On February 15, we call upon Psychology Gators everywhere to join us on Gator Nation Giving Day by making a gift of any size to the UF Department of Psychology. Save the date: 2-15-24 https://givingday.ufl.edu/campaigns/psychology-2037

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