UW Psychology

Promo image for Department of Psychology's 2026 Distinguished Alumni lecture featuring photo of Cynthia Berg. Event is 3:30-4:30 March 18 in Hans Rosling Center, Room 155.

Join us March 18 for our annual Distinguished Alumni lecture, featuring Dr. Cynthia Berg, Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Utah. Register now: events.uw.edu/event/cdbd1a...

Congrats to Professor Priscilla Lui, who was selected to serve as an Associate Editor for Psychological Bulletin, a leading journal in psychological sciences and adjacent fields.

Move Your Eyes, Change Your Life EMDR has entered the Zeitgeist and mainstream therapists’ offices. Does it matter that some practitioners have no idea how (or why) it works?

Clinical Psychology Emeritus Gerald Rosen was quoted in a recent article in The Cut about Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy.

Jennifer and Philip Yerkes on either side of UW's Huskey dog mascot, Dubs.

Jennifer and Philip Yerkes found love as UW Psychology students. The College of Arts and Sciences recently highlighted several UW love stories, including Jennifer and Philip's. Read their story here: artsci.washington.edu/news/2026-02...

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation funds 16 UW postdocs across the College of Arts & Sciences, the College of Engineering and the College of the Environment The University of Washington was awarded $2.5 million from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to fund 16 postdoctoral fellows in a number of fields across the College of Arts & Sciences, the...

Congrats to postdoc Mateo Lopez Espejo, who received an award for his research on active sensing from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation!

Portrait of UW Psychology Professor Chantel Prat

UW Psychology Professor Chantel Prat was one of 20 UW faculty members to join the newly formed Research Impact Advocates program. The new program helps faculty scientists engage and inspire the public about the benefits of research. research.washington.edu/research-imp...

Washington state legislators are considering a bill that would require age verification to access pornographic websites. Professor Nicole McNichols spoke with KUOW about the implications of the proposed legislation.

New UW study to assess sleep and wellness in young adults New UW study to assess sleep and wellness in young adults

@thedailyuw.bsky.social wrote about Project RestUp, a research study led by UW Psychology Professor Mary Larimer. The study aims to offer new insights into how young adults can achieve better sleep. www.dailyuw.com/article/new-...

UW’s sex professor Nicole McNichols releases debut book ‘You Could Be Having Better Sex’ UW’s sex professor Nicole McNichols releases debut book ‘You Could Be Having Better Sex’

ARTS + CULTURE: UW’s sex professor Nicole McNichols releases debut book ‘You Could Be Having Better Sex’ (via @anikkab.bsky.social)

www.dailyuw.com/article/uw-s...

The kids have spoken: Teens’ holistic approach to school phone policies rivals adult rules The University of Washington’s Youth Advisory Board, a group of teens from Seattle-area schools, tackled school phone policies, highlighting the need for student input.

As debate continues about whether students should be allowed to use phones during school, @geekwire.com highlighted UW Psychology Professor Lucía Magis-Weinberg's research on school phone policies.

How to raise an unbiased child | Opinion If parents want to limit biases in their child, they have to start early.

UW Psychology Professor Andrew Meltzoff was featured in a Newsweek article that explores how to raise an unbiased child.

Applications for NeuroHackademy 2026 are now open! This is a two-week NIH-funded summer experience that combines neuroimaging and data science in a summer school / experiential hackathon: neurohackademy.org/apply/

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Exciting to see our own Dr. Nicole McNichols featured in the New York Times!

Fellows-to-Faculty Awardee Sama Ahmed Studies the Neuroscience of Multitasking Simons Foundation Fellows-to-Faculty alumnus Sama Ahmed spoke with the foundation about his experiences with the fellowship.

In 2021, Sama Ahmed received our Fellows-to-Faculty Award to establish his lab at @uwpsychology.bsky.social, where he focuses on the neurobiology of multitasking: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/fellows-to-faculty-awardee-sama-ahmed-studies-the-neuroscience-of-multitasking/ #science #neuroscience

UW Psychology Professor Andrew Meltzoff co-authored a study showing AI systems can pick up culture-specific values such as altruism by observing people play a cooperative video game, then carry those learned values into a completely different situation. Read more: www.tun.com/home/ai-lear...

Collage of photos from UW Psychology Newsletter

📣 It’s here! Our Winter Newsletter is out now. Learn about all the incredible things our faculty, staff and students have accomplished this quarter. Read it now 👇 psych.uw.edu/newsletter/w...

Join the UW Center for Child and Family Well-being and the Holistic Life Foundation on April 25 for a #free public lecture about trauma-informed #mindfulness practices that empower youth. RSVP: bit.ly/hlf-lecture

We're excited to see two psychologists featured in the UW Public Lectures spring lineup - Steven Pinker on rational thought and Mahzarin Banaji, coauthor of Blindspot with UW Psychology Professor Emeritus Anthony Greenwald, on hidden biases.

Register here: events.uw.edu/qLRQXZ?_gl=1...

A Tiny, Welsh Mouse Likes to be Clean and Tidy, and so do Other Animals Apparently humans aren't the only animals who are neat freaks. Find out how this small rodent and other animals also declutter.

Have you seen the viral video of the tiny Welsh mouse cleaning a shed? Emeritus prof James Ha explains that the mouse's compulsive tidying behavior triggers its dopamine receptor system, flooding its brain with feel-good neurotransmitters🧠🐀

Please join us on Wed., Feb 14 from 3:30-4:30pm PT for an Edwards Colloquium with @sylviapperry.bsky.social, Assoc. Prof of Social Psych at Northwestern University. This is a hybrid event offered in Kincaid Hall 102/108 and on Zoom. Event details: psych.uw.edu/events?trumb...