CCU Psychology Department

What Makes Certain People So Nice, and How They Stay That Way The nicest people seek experiences that can make them nicer.

By developing a new cortex model, researchers have provided fresh insight into how receptor density variation helps shape brain activity.

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The Psychology of Saving the Good Candles I found a candle I'd been saving for four years. The scent had faded and I still hadn't lit it. Turns out there's psychology behind why we save joy for later, and ways to stop.

AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. JUDITH BECK This is a very special interview we did with Judith S. Beck, Ph.D.,...

Do I need to cite my own ideas in an APA Style (7th edition) paper? In this question from an APA Style webinar, we answer the question ...

Why Being Great at Your Job Can Be Bad for Your Career The most indispensable people may be kept from leadership opportunities.

Call for papers for a special issue of Emotion: "Bridging the gap between emotion and clinical science." Letter of intent deadline: August 31, 2026 https://bit.ly/4ybAD2s

This special issue aims to collect articles stimulating insight into all aspects of clinically relevant emotion disruptions that is reflective of the leading edge of clinical emotion science across the translational spectrum. This includes emotion-linked processes that 1) confer vulnerability or risk for psychopathology; 2) explain psychopathology course and maintenance; or 3) can serve as novel targets or inform methods for precision intervention.