Psychology and Neuroscience
- Giving opioids to animals to quell pain after surgery prolongs pain for more than three weeks and primes specialized immune cells in the spinal cord to be more reactive to pain, according to a new study by CU Boulder.
- Americans who admit to having extramarital sex most likely cheat with a close friend, according to research from CU Boulder’s Department of Psychology and Neuroscience.
- There's a reason it's difficult to get started on spring cleaning: The brain is wired to be very cautious and conservative in starting big projects.
- A clinic at CU Boulder is helping lower-income families determine why their children have trouble learning and is assisting those families as they seek the right treatment.
- People who have social anxiety disorder are more likely to internalize criticism than those who do not, research from CU Boulder suggests.
- Marie Banich, a leading brain researcher who truly does understand what teens are thinking, and Adam Bradley, who makes the case for pop music as poetry, are among the featured presenters on the first stop of the CU Boulder Next national tour.
- Marijuana may not be as damaging to the brain as previously thought, according to new research from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ and the CU Change Lab.
- Doctoral candidate wins Visionary Grant to determine if timely monetary incentives encourage exercise as well as they foster better eating habits.
- Do you learn more if you study for hours without breaks or if you take short study breaks every so often? That question not only occurred to Robert Mason Eastwood but also formed the basis of his honors thesis.
- CU Boulder program helps underserved and underrepresented students in the STEM fields gain valuable research experience for graduate school.