In The News: Department of Psychology
Nevada Assemblywoman Selena La Rue Hatch hears from constituents every year when it’s time to change their clocks at the start or end of daylight saving time.
A little more than a year ago, on Dec. 6, 2023, a man walked into a building on the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ campus, shot and killed three faculty and seriously injured a fourth. The three were Patricia Navarro Velez, Jerry Cha-Jan Chang, and Naoko Takemaru. Daraboth Rith was the seriously injured professor.
She competed in a long list of sports from elementary school to high school to university and adult life. Notably, she competed regionally in running and at the world level in dance. Regarding the latter, she is a World Championship-winning professional Irish dancer, and she now dances for coaching. Meanwhile, she ran her first 10K in 2017 and has remained very involved in running. She is the Graduate Lab Coordinator at the University of Nevada Las Vegas for The Optimum Performance Program in Sport (TOPPS), which blends traditional mental health services with sport culture and customized performance coaching.
Kennedy Jackson, a 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ theater arts major, still remembers the hummingbird she saw fluttering outside of 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s Beam Hall one year ago. She was walking back from studying for finals, and the campus was abuzz with pre-finals stress and pre-holiday anticipation. But in just a few short hours, the excitement and jitters would turn into utter fear.
Sports gambling operators are using artificial intelligence to track and limit problem gambling exposure for their users, but the introduction of this technology and the use of personal data also raises questions about whether it could be used for the wrong reasons.
Strengthening your relationship with your grandchildren can improve your memory and well-being. Have fun with these ideas.
Strengthening your relationship with your grandchildren can improve your memory and well-being. Have fun with these ideas.
Experts say that, depending on your viewpoint, last week’s election might have greatly impacted your mental and physical health. It’s not that unusual, especially in these times.
You might feel sweaty, breathless and exhausted after a workout — but chances are that burst of activity has also left you feeling pretty great too. Beyond building muscle, burning calories, improving flexibility and all the other physical benefits associated with exercise, working out also has a profound effect on your mental health thanks to the release of neurotransmitters such as dopamine and endorphins that can help reduce stress, improve your mood (and sleep!) and contribute to a host of other positives for your overall well-being.
Nostalgic videos about holidays long gone are currently going viral on TikTok, and as millions reminisce about the past, experts say this behavior is happening for a reason.
Does thinking about the holidays make you extra wistful right now? Christmas videos and photos of collective childhood memories from the '80s, '90s and early aughts are going viral on TikTok — and there's a reason it's happening right now.
Family caregiving between child and aging parent or partner to partner often facilitates emotional bonding and feelings of gratitude between caregiver and loved one, but over time, it can also take an emotional, mental and physical toll on caregivers. And when a loved one dies or moves into formal care and the caregiver role ends, you may have to navigate the symptoms associated with post-caregiving syndrome (PCS), in addition to grieving the loss of your loved one.