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Psychology's David Sattler given IGE grant to research climate change and mental health in Mongolia 2018-01-09
Why kids need to know their family history

Remembering is a social activity, connecting us to one another as well as to the past.

“This is what memory is for,” said Ira Hyman, a psychologist at Western Washington University. “By sharing memories and having memories in…

2017-12-14
Huntington’s disease: Why scientists are so excited at ‘game changing’ breakthrough

Finding a cure for any disease is a complex process. The first goal has to be ensuring any potential drug does not have toxic side effects. Therefore, the main aim of the UCL study was determining whether the experimental drug – given to the majority of the 46…

2017-12-13
Our search for answers in the face of evil

Unfortunately, the search for meaning can be frustrating and even frightening.  Psychologists say the randomness of terrifying violence is destabilizing to society. That’s why terrorists use it.  The math is always in our favor, but one cannot help thinking, “If it could…

2017-10-04
WWU's Center for Cross-Cultural Research to host Dalal Katsiaficas Oct. 16 2017-09-22
WWU Receives New $1 Million Grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute 2017-06-09
WWU researcher trying to find a cure for Huntington's disease before it kills him

After Jeff Carroll got tested to see if he’d die prematurely from a hereditary disease that killed his mother and grandmother, a doctor unfolded the results, checked to see if Carroll still wanted them, then read them aloud.

2017-05-31
Joe Trimble to Present 'Disseminating Research in Alaska Native Yup’ik Communities: Challenges and Ethical Considerations' May 18 2017-05-16
WWU graduate students give free counseling

Graduate students in Western Washington University’s psychology program are available to give individual counseling services, free of charge, under faculty supervision. The Counseling Training Clinic has openings for individual counseling of adults, adolescents…

2017-04-19
WWU Offers Free Counseling 2017-03-28
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