Content about Psychology
Editor's Note: These photos are part of an ongoing personal project of senior photographer Shannon Kintner.
“You go bye-bye?” says Charlie Minto, 5, to Kari Hughes, a behavioral therapist. Charlie was diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified, or, in layman’s terms, non-severe autism October of this past year and receives in-home therapy provided five days a week. When he’s ready for playtime and done with behavior therapy, he doesn’t keep it to himself.
My name is Katherine Taylor, and I’m an introvert.
No, I’m not a social misfit. Yes, I still have friends.
Seemingly harmless jokes about mental illnesses, such as depression and bipolar disorder, can actually have devastating effects on those who suffer from these conditions, students learned at an awareness event Monday.
From the literary outpourings of poets to the breakthroughs of inventors, many of us have this idea that creative brilliance is something that just happens. In reality, creativity is not some force that acts upon us — although it can sometimes feel like it — and it isn’t only reserved for artists, inventors or “creative types.”
In August 2008, Congress created “a new national center founded to spur breakthrough technologies that can help transform the way teachers teach and students learn.” Digital Promise, also known as the National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technologies, brings leaders and innovators from tech giants, such as Qualcomm, to educational institutions, such as the American Association for the Advancement of Science, in order to bring technology and
As the end of the semester draws near, many undergraduate students will submit their senior theses, final projects and long-term assignments. Although many of these tasks were assigned at the start of the semester, many UT students will wait until the last moments to complete them.
Starting tonight, buildings in downtown Austin will shine blue in honor of Autism Awareness Month.
Autism Speaks U and Tau Kappa Epsilon hosted an Autism Block Party Monday to raise awareness for this growing disorder as well as fundraising to support research.
Assertive professional women often face social consequences for their boldness, said business assistant professor Emily Amanatullah.
Amanatullah researched the role of gender in the workplace and said in her lecture on Wednesday that there are still gender disparities in the professional environment despite great strides made by women in the past century.
According to her research, only 14.1 percent of Fortune 500 corporate officers are female, while 16.1 percent of Fortune 500 board seats are occupied by women.
In conjunction with National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, University Health Services (UHS) promoted its annual “Love your body week” campaign last week. The purpose of the UHS campaign is to stimulate discussion and raise awareness about body image, health and general nutrition through various events, workshops and exhibits. While UHS's week-long mission has good intentions, the scheduled programs are doing too little to bring meaningful attention to issues that are both important and widespread.
Legendary football coach Darrell K Royal left behind a legacy on the football field that will also continue into the field of Alzheimer’s research.
The Darrell K Royal Fund for Alzheimer’s Research was launched Tuesday during the testimony of his wife Edith Royal at a Texas Senate Interim Joint Committee hearing on Alzheimer’s disease.
I am writing in response to a story that ran earlier this month titled “Students with disabilities seek better accommodations from UT.” Overall I thought the article was very well done. It shared student concerns while also reflecting the work that the University is doing to try and meet students’ needs and uphold the Americans with Disabilities Act.
ST. LOUIS — Sometimes the men emerge from out-of-town police cruisers that stop at homeless shelters and then quickly drive off. Others turn up still wearing gowns from suburban hospitals.
Surrounding communities have long been accused of using downtown St. Louis as a dumping ground to dispose of homeless men with nowhere else to go. But as the weak economy and foreclosures push more people onto the streets, overwhelmed city officials say enough is enough.
Editor's note: This is part of a bi-weekly series showcasing some of the many fascinating projects undertaken by UT faculty.
The story behind School of Social Work professor Namkee Choi's passion for helping older adults is a common one among students of gerontology, she says. Growing up in Korea, Choi had a wonderful relationship with her grandparents, particularly her grandmother.
While underage drinking in the United States has become an unexceptional occurrence, the financial consequences of hospitalization from drinking may not be as commonly known as the physical ones.
The Daily Texan published a column Tuesday about why the new camping ban is good. When the University updates its policies after seeing what is happening nationally, it looks fishy, and it actually is. Students sleep on the South Mall, in their classes and in the Texas Union without tents and sleeping bags all the time already, so why have a policy outlawing camping when nobody has set up tents?
If people had a window of opportunity for more time off work, they would spend it on leisure activities rather than efficient actions such as studying or cleaning, according to a new economics study.
Executive Director Stephani Wolfe, left, and Disabilities Services Coordinator Justin Rogers, middle, listen to students give their imput during an open forum of Services for Students with Disabilities Tuesday night in the Student Services Building.
Do schools kill creativity? Ken Robinson, TED talks lecturer, international educational adviser and author of “The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything,” argues that they do.
A psychological connection exists between the use of Facebook profiles and the physical behavior of Facebook users, according to a study by a University psychology professor.
Psychology professor Samuel Gosling and partner Sam Gaddis were both involved in a collaborative study between the UT Department of Psychology and the Department of Psychology at Washington University in St. Louis. The study found that users who are more heavily involved in their social circles offline are more likely to have an active virtual social life.
A recent discovery by a security researcher, Trevor Eckhart, created a media firestorm around the Mountain View, Calif. startup Carrier IQ. In a Youtube video, Eckhart details how the Carrier IQ software logs every text message, Google search, phone number and URL of visited websites on a variety of smartphones such as HTC and BlackBerry. This development put Carrier IQ under a microscope, and it raises new privacy concerns regarding the collection of personal data from consumers.
Finals week is a period during which students are desperate to keep their bodies awake and their minds alert to be the most productive students they can be. Our university is not unique in its experience of a widespread all-night epidemic that rages in December and May.
Why are you reading this article?
It’s a simple question, but if there’s any truth to the findings of neuroscience, the answer you give is a justification by a part of your brain that had nothing to do with the part that made the decision in the first place. Scientists can analyze brain scans and note that a person’s brain makes the decision for a patient to lift his arm before the patient himself realizes he has. How is this even possible?
