Psychology
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Man: 3-D movie changed my sight for the better
A CNN web article about psychology professor Bruce Bridgeman's experience gaining significant improvement in his previously poor depth perception after he watched the 3-D movie "Hugo" was carried by television stations across the country. The Guardian newspaper in the U.K. also wrote about the phenomenon. The Canadian Broadcasting Co. aired an interview with Bridgeman, who…
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Why Facebook makes breaking up even worse
The aggregating magazine The Week published an article on psychology professor Steve Whittaker's study on the social media aftermath of romantic break-ups.
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Breaking up in the digital age is difficult, study says
A study by psychology professor Steve Whittaker on how break ups unfold in a digital age was featured in international news outlets from CBSNews.com to publications in Great Britain, India, and the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
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Exclusion and the LGBT life course
Oxford University Press asked psychology professor Phillip L. Hammack to write a blog post about the U.S. Supreme Court hearings on marriage equality.
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This sea lion grooves to a disco beat
Nothing like a beat-keeping sea lion to attract the attention of the world's media. Ronan, at the Pinniped Cognition and Sensory Systems Laboratory at Long Marine Lab, showed she can keep the beat to Earth, Wind & Fire, and the Backstreet Boys. Her story and particularly her music video garnered international media interest from NBC, …
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Despite young leader, N. Korea still cranks out old-style propaganda
Psychology professor Anthony Pratkanis was quoted in a report from Georgia Public Broadcasting on the propaganda campaign waged by North Korea's new leader.
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Most college guys and girls agree men should propose marriage not women: study
The New York Daily News, Redorbit, Indian Express, and Science Express, published articles on the study of marriage proposal preferences by psychology doctoral candidate Rachael Robnett.
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UCSC psychology study reveals students have traditional marriage preferences
TheSanta Cruz Sentinel published a page one article on psychology doctoral candidate Rachael Robnett's study of marriage proposal preferences. The article was reprinted in the San Jose Mercury News and Marin Independent Journal.
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Is It OK for the girl to propose? No way, study suggests
An article in the Journal of Adolescent Research by psychology doctoral candidate Rachael Robnett attracted Internet attention after Live Science, posted a story. Separate articles appeared on the Huffington Post, Cosmopolitan.com, andthe blog jezebel, that contributed its own snarky take. Men's Health weighed in as did a columnist for the Riverside Press-Enterprise.