College of Arts & Sciences

Seek reward, avoid punishment – it’s a simple, well-established concept of learning long-known to humans. But new research puts a spin on that concept: rewards can become less appealing and punishments more enduring if the learning took place under ...

The year was 1988 and much was happening across the United States and around the world. The Phantom of the Opera, the longest running Broadway play ever, opened; the Winter Olympics were held in Canada; and NASA resumed space shuttle flights with ...

Katie Witkiewitz, an associate professor of Psychology and scientist at the Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse and Addictions (CASAA) at the University of New Mexico, was recently awarded a Presidential Citation from the American Psychology ...

The University of New Mexico has many hidden gems sprinkled throughout campus. One of the lesser-known gems is the UNM Specialty Clinics, operated by the Department of Psychology and open to the public for services. Three “specialty” area clinics ...

Sports related concussions are a major concern that has drawn national attention over the past several years. The University of New Mexico has engaged in a progressive research program examining concussions in their athletes...

Brain stimulation used to be just a cool idea in science fiction movies, novels and other hard to believe tales when human subjects were stimulated using electrical currents and achieved near super-human feats that couldn’t otherwise perform ...

A new study conducted by The Mind Research Network (MRN) in Albuquerque found that youth 12 to 18 who commit homicide have very different brains than other serious juvenile offenders who have not committed a homicide. The findings of the study, ...

Would you be interested in a shower you could program to flow just the way you want it? That’s the project sponsors of the Innovation Design Clinic capstone design course suggested to students. The course covers two semesters and students must address

Well-known obesity expert Joe Nadglowski, president and CEO of the Obesity Action Coalition, recently visited the University of New Mexico and presented two informative lectures related to obesity, the stigma that surrounds it and how obesity affects ...

The University of New Mexico (UNM) Department of Psychology presents Joe Nadglowski, Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) president and CEO, in a talk, titled "Understanding Obesity: Weight Bias and Its Consequences," on Friday, April 4, from 12 to 1 p.m. ...