Department News

Graduate Students in Clinical Psychology present at the International Neuropsychology Society (INS) 48th Annual Meeting in Denver, CO

Postdoctoral Fellowship Received from Harvard Medical School

Clinical Ph.D student, Hannah Lawrence, has accepted a postdoctoral research position at Harvard University/ McLean Hospital.

APAGS 2020 Psychological Science Research Grant Awarded

Clinical Ph.D candidate, Colin Bosma, has been awarded a competitive 2020 Psychological Science Research Grant from the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students for his proposal, “Do Digital Behaviors Describe Individual Differences in Emotion Regulation? Using Smartphone Data to Characterize Physiological and Subjective Responses to Sadness.” The intent of this APAGS-sponsored grant is to fund […]

Music Training Boosts Cognitive Function and Well-being

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 […]

Join us for a public panel discussion on January 27th from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the Bangor Public Library

“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 […]

Former graduate student, Katrina Daigle, found that opioid-dependent mothers with reduced oxytocin levels give fewer gentle touches to babies

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

Patented Innovation

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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