For older adults, music training boosts cognitive function and well-being according to a new study led by Rebecca MacAulay, assistant professor of psychology, and Philip Edelman, assistant professor of music education. The study asked whether it was feasible to teach older adults without prior music training how to read music and play the recorder using […]
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“Redemption” in Criminal Justice Policy and Practice Dr. Larisa Heiphetz is an Assistant Professor at Columbia University. Her work explores questions related to perceptions of morality in the criminal justice system. How do people think about the justice system and people who have been inside it? Are people socially “redeemed” by their time in the justice […]
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UMaine Psychology research found that mothers being treated for opioid-dependency showed impaired responsiveness and sensitivity to their babies, compared to mothers not dependent on opioids, but similar in socioeconomic and lifestyle factors. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-11-opioid-dependent-mothers-oxytocin-gentle-babies.html
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The University of Maine was recently issued a patent for a device that detects brain injury by measuring sleep movement patterns. This technology will be licensed by Activas Diagnostics, a UMaine spinoff company. The invention is a fitted mattress sheet equipped with more than a dozen sensors that gather information about sleep-wake and respiratory patterns […]
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Colin Bosma says the data-driven psychological assessments will lead to a better understanding of individual mental health issues, including depression, and accelerate personalized treatment.
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Adherence to a Mediterranean diet has been associated with less cognitive decline over five years in older adults in the United States
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Read the latest news and updates on research, awards, internship placements and post-doctoral fellowships from the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program in the Summer 2019 Newsletter. Summer 2019 Clinical Psychology Newsletter
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https://gsbse.umaine.edu/2019/07/23/three-msls-researchers-expected-to-receive-ph-d-s/
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https://www.foxbangor.com/news/item/48832-smartphone-data-could-predict-how-people-regulate-emotions
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A research article by graduate students Hannah Lawrence, Michelle Buffie, and Clinical Faculty member Doug Nangle is listed as one of the most accessed articles in the journal Adolescent Psychiatry. https://benthamscience.com/journals/adolescent-psychiatry/volume/8/issue/2/page/93/
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