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The Benefits of Higher Social Status: Climbing the Social Ladder
This article is authored by Samantha Eisert and Danny Rahal and is part of the 2020 pre-graduate spotlight series. We live within a complex social hierarchy where access to resources is unequal, and the richest people with the most resources and respect are considered to be at the top of the hierarchy and the poorest…
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Use of Technology in Dementia Care: Benefits and Ethical Considerations
A crisis has emerged in dementia care due to caregiver burden, high costs of care, and a growing aging population. Intelligent Assistive Technologies could be the answer to some of these problems, but they carry a unique set of ethical issues. How can we address these issues and use technology to improve dementia care?
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What’s the Latest from the World of Social and Health Psychology? Reporting from the Social Personality and Health Network Conference
What do Facebook, biological assays, virtual reality, recording devices, and civic engagement programs have in common?
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Inflammation: What Is This Health Buzzword and Why Should You Care About It?
Chronic inflammation has been linked with many physical health issues, including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, arthritis, and cancer. Interestingly, the impact of inflammation isn’t limited to physical health issues.
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Surrendering to Creativity: The Psychology of Remembering to Breathe (Part 3 of 3)
Up until graduate school, I often indulged the myth that good writing was a sacred thing to be done under the most precise conditions. Akin to knowing without a timer when the soufflee has finished (sorry, I have holidays sweets on the mind), the creativity dedicated to a well-written piece had to be carefully cultured…
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A Meditation On Meditation: Behavioral Flexibility and Success
As an undergraduate I worked for a man who was, if nothing else, compelling. Tall and trim, with a bushy handlebar mustache, slicked back hair, and a propensity for pulling out and smoking an e-cigarette in the middle of lab meetings, my adviser could often be heard shouting expletives at his computer from down the…
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A Day in the Life of a Grad Student
It is probably a cliché to say that no two days are alike for a graduate student. For me, this variety makesthe hard work and long hours of graduate student life worth it. What makes up those long hours? It varies from student to student and as your program progresses. In the first few years,…
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The anti-inflammatory effects of music
Can music help us heal? The first piece of research evidence that turned me on to my field was a finding presented in a Health Psychology course as an undergraduate. Researchers found that after surgery, patients healed faster, and were released from the hospital sooner, if they had a window that looked out on to…
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Graduate Program Interviews: Health Psychology
This post is part of an ongoing series about applicant interview weekends in Psychology departments. Check back for posts about interviews in other areas of Psychology, and visit our Careers in Psychology section. So you want to be a Health Psychologist? Here are some tips from current Health graduate students on questions they asked [or wish they had…