Department of Psychology

The UW's Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences is part of a new, privately-funded campaign in South King County that helps parents put into practice the latest findings from infant brain research. UW's Patricia Kuhl is quoted.

The ninth annual Allen L. Edwards Psychology Lecture Series will delve into "The Science of Decision Making," to explain how the brain and an individual's expectations influence decisions made in uncertain conditions.

The results break the longstanding belief that caregiving directly causes psychological distress, and make a case for genetics and upbringing influencing vulnerability.

A UW professor has come up with a 10-minute test to measure the fervor of your Seattle Seahawks fandom.

As Buddhists see it, and as scientists increasingly agree, all organisms are necessarily -- even marvelously and gloriously -- impermanent.

If you're a sparrow and you've flitted into another sparrow's territory, you can expect some warnings before you get attacked -- but not always, and that's puzzling University of Washington researchers.

Turns out your vocabulary doesn't have to be top-notch to help your kid learn more words - baby talk is the key, University of Washington research shows.

Cheryl Kaiser, a psychology researcher at the University of Washington, explained that there are many subtle ways holiday parties can be less enjoyable for members of minority groups.

CNN is honoring 10 emerging ideas in technology and related fields. Number six on the list is a UW team that managed to connect two brains using non-invasive technology.

In 1948 the president of Costa Rica announced something truly extraordinary: Henceforth, the nation would take the almost unheard-of step of renouncing its military.

Like humans, some song sparrows are more effusive than others, at least when it comes to defending their territories.

"I think the sex difference in stereotype strength says something about the extent to which gender stereotypes are established in girls early in life but reinforced pretty continuously thereafter," said Tony Greenwald

Alcohol may not be the social lubricant everyone thinks it is, according to University of Washington health psychologist Jason Kilmer.

In a guest piece, David Barash, professor of psychology, looks at several recent books on evolutionary science that consider reproduction.

UW psychology professor David P. Barash says there's evidence that cooperation may have played just as much of a role in human evolution as war did.