Psychology Department

Michael Hardie hadn’t taken a first sip of his coffee at South Lake Union’s Uptown Espresso when a young man carrying a Bluetooth speaker hurried into the cafe and stood at a nearby pillar. He was agitated, muttering to himself.

“You doing OK?” Hardie asked him. “You doing all right?”…

Such is the state of public consciousness these days that civic authorities are now being forced to tell us how to cross the street like children, or else be punished.

B.C. Justice Minister Suzanne Anton in October drastically increased penalty points for distracted driving. The penalty…

McLaughlin Research Institute on Friday will host speakers who will discuss two inherited, rare and fatal diseases. The seminar will be held at 11 a.m. at the MRI auditorium, 1520 23rd St S.

Jeff Carroll, Ph.D., of Western Washington University, will present "My Life in Huntington…

You must not remember this. Indeed, it may be key to having a healthy brain. Our gray matter evolved to forget things; otherwise we’d have the images of every face we saw on the subway rattling around our head all day long. Yet we’re building computers with the capacity to remember everything.…

A report from the National Institutes of Health in March offers researchers guidance on how to incorporate cultural variables in their health and mental health-care research.
The report is important because research often highlights culture as a powerful force in determining health…