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The Power of Stories in Helping Disadvantaged Students Stay in College

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David Yeager. Photo via Charlie Pearce / The Daily Texan. Research shows that 30 percent of college students drop out after their first year, and half never graduate....

 
 

UT Researchers: Running May Help Treat PTSD

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The physical benefits of exercise, particularly running, have long been established. But researchers have begun to expand the understanding of mental benefits...

 
 

The Supernatural Meets The Scientific

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If you thought ghosts and witches were things of childhood, think again. A new study led by assistant professor of psychology Cristine Legare shows that not...

 
 

Psych Out

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Frank Richardson didn’t enter the field of psychology bent on being a radical. As a young professor in the 1970s, he practiced and taught behavior therapy,...

 
 
Top Army General Says Brain Injury Blood Test to be “Huge”

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Top Army General Says Brain Injury Blood Test to be “Huge”

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It happens all the time on the football field: A linebacker takes a hard hit to his head, shakes it off, and plays the rest of the game. He may have a concussion,...

 
 

Economist Hamermesh Goes on The Daily Show [Watch]

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Couples Benefit From Stress Early in Marriage, UT Researcher Finds

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Newlyweds, take note: There just might be a silver lining in the next stressor coming your way. UT researcher Lisa Neff has found that couples who face stressful...

 
 
Speaking up for Arab Americans

Speaking up for Arab Americans

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Germine Awad was a psychology graduate student in Illinois on Sept. 11, 2001. As people flocked to TV sets blaring footage of burning buildings, a professor approached...

 
 
 
 
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