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Psychology is a thriving department at Boston University, perennially among the most popular undergraduate major concentrations. The Department of Psychology’s faculty, more than 30 strong, continues to attract agency-funded research, publish extensively, and maintain a serious commitment to teaching BA, MA, and PhD students. The department’s affiliated research centers, the Center for Anxiety & Related Disorders and the Center for Memory & Brain, offer opportunities for research experience, as do affiliated laboratory studies in topics including child cognition, neurophysiology, developmental behavior genetics, neuroscience, psycholinguistics, and vision sciences.
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Department chair: David Somers
Campus address: 64 Cummington Street
Phone: 617-353-2580
Fax: 617-353-6933
Website: www.bu.edu/psych
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Predictors of self-perceived stigma in Parkinson’s disease
(Elsevier, 2019)OBJECTIVE: The burden of PD extends beyond physical limitations and includes significant psychosocial adjustments as individuals undergo changes to their self-perception and how others perceive them. There is limited ... -
Two-year-olds use past memories to accomplish novel goals
(Elsevier BV, 2022-02)Memory-guided planning involves retrieving relevant memories and applying that information in service of a goal. Previous studies have shown substantial development in this ability from 3 to 4 years of age. We investigated ... -
Assessment of binge-like eating of unsweetened vs. sweetened chow pellets in BALB/c substrains
(Frontiers Media SA, 2022)Binge eating disorder (BED) is defined as chronic episodes of consuming large amounts of food in less than 2 h. Binge eating disorder poses a serious public health problem, as it increases the risk of obesity, type II ... -
Spontaneously hypertensive rat substrains show differences in model traits for addiction risk and cocaine self-administration: implications for a novel rat reduced complexity cross
(Elsevier BV, 2021-08-06)Forward genetic mapping of F2 crosses between closely related substrains of inbred rodents - referred to as a reduced complexity cross (RCC) - is a relatively new strategy for accelerating the pace of gene discovery for ... -
Intensive cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders in adolescents: a case study
(SAGE Publications, 2022-08-23)Anxiety disorders are one of the most common psychiatric conditions in youth and can contribute to impairment in social, academic, and family functioning. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has been shown to be efficacious ... -
Changes in apathy, depression, and anxiety in Parkinson's disease from before to during the COVID-19 era
(MDPI AG, 2023-01-24)Apathy, depression, and anxiety are common non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD). Tracking the changes in such symptoms over time would be valuable not only to determine their natural course during the disease, ... -
Smartphone-based neuropsychological assessment in Parkinson's disease: feasibility, validity, and contextually driven variability in cognition
(Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2022-04)OBJECTIVES: The prevalence of neurodegenerative disorders demands methods of accessible assessment that reliably captures cognition in daily life contexts. We investigated the feasibility of smartphone cognitive assessment ... -
Perceived stigma and quality of life in Parkinson's disease with additional health conditions
(BMJ, 2022)BACKGROUND: Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with perceived stigma and affects quality of life (QoL). Additional health conditions may influence these consequences of PD. AIMS: This study assessed the impact of health ... -
Menstrual cycle length and modern living: a review
(Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2021-12-01)PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The aim of this review is to evaluate biological, life history, environmental, and lifestyle factors and exposures that cause variability in menstrual cycle length (MCL). RECENT FINDINGS: Recent literature ...
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