Results for "psychology"

Projects

The Brain and Social Media

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In this project we are examining how participants' behavior outside the scanner (e.g., their personality, their social media usage) relates (or not!) to the  neural activation we observe in the scanner at the UT…

Psychotherapy Effects on Reward Processing in PTSD (PERPP)

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The purpose of this study is to identify how trauma-focused psychotherapy changes the function of brain circuitry in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and how this mediates improvements in the diminished ability…

Youth Depression and Suicide Research Network

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NOTE: AS OF 3-3-2022, WE HAVE REACHED CAPACITY FOR VOLUNTEERS; PLEASE CHECK BACK IN 3 MONTHS FOR UPDATES

The objective of this study is to build the Texas Youth Depression and Suicide Research Network to…

Pediatric Coping and Language Lab

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The Pediatric Coping and Language Lab studies family, linguistic, and sociocultural influences on children’s adaptation to stress. Our research focuses on families faced with chronic stressors, such as a child’s…

Research on couple relationships

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The Williamson Lab is looking for undergraduate research assistants to work on multiple ongoing studies of romantic relationships. See the lab website for current studies.

Students from all backgrounds are…

Improving Learning and Instruction

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How we can empower people to become motivated and effectively self-regulated learners? Learners must have the right mindset—they must be motivated and interpret the experience of difficulty in productive ways—but…

Indicated Project

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The Indicated Project is a six-month longitudinal study. Participants enrolled in Indicated Project complete an eight-week intervention program to help women with eating disorders. After the program, participants…

Body Project

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Body Project is a three-year longitudinal study. Participants enrolled in Body project complete an eight-week prevention program to help address body image concerns and to ward off disordered eating. After the…