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Study Suggests Epigenetic Age May Predict Memory Function Better Than Actual Age

A study led by researchers at Stony Brook University shows that age acceleration, when one’s so-called biological clock runs quicker than one’s actual age, is linked to poorer memory and slower rates of processing...

October 30, 2023

5 min read

College of Business Faculty/Staff News Highlights Research University

Business Professor’s Research on Random Acts of Kindness Featured in ‘The Conversation’

An article by Margaret Echelbarger, an assistant professor of marketing in the College of Business, has been published in The Conversation, a nonprofit, independent news organization that provides informative articles...

July 13, 2023

1 min read

Academics Alumni News College of Arts & Sciences University

Q&A with Heather Berlin ’97, Host of NOVA Series ‘Your Brain’

An interview with Stony Brook alumna Heather Berlin '97, host of the two-part NOVA series "Your Brain," is featured in SB Matters

June 12, 2023

2 min read

Academics Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff University

Lerner Elected to Board of Directors of International Society for Autism Research

Matthew Lerner, associate professor of psychology, psychiatry, and pediatrics at Stony Brook University was elected to the board of directors of the International Society for Autism Research

May 31, 2023

3 min read

Academics Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff News Highlights University

Lauren Richmond, Department of Psychology, Receives Early Career Award

Lauren Richmond, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, was recently awarded the J. Don Read Early Career Award by the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition

February 17, 2023

3 min read

College of Arts & Sciences Research Student Spotlight University

Undergrad Participates in Research on Alzheimer’s Disease

Lyrikah Rodrigues — the URECA Researcher of the Month for February — is a junior in the Honors College at Stony Brook University, pursuing dual majors in psychology and biology (neuroscience track). She has been a...

February 1, 2023

2 min read

Academics Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Research University Wellness

Schleider Wins ISRII Rising Star Award

Psychology Professor Jessica Schleider received the award in recognition of her outstanding and impactful work and research in digital mental health.

October 4, 2022

3 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Graduate School Student Spotlight University

Fellowship Is Helping PhD Candidate Set Sights on “Fake News”

Brianna Gonzalez’s research focuses on integrating social psychology topics with neuroscience methods to better understand real-life problems and their implications on society.

June 9, 2022

5 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Graduate School Research University

GAANN Fellowship Funds Critical Psychology Research

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need program (GAANN) provides funding for fellowships to assist graduate students in fields designated as areas of national need important to the...

May 26, 2022

3 min read

Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Stony Brook Matters

Suparna Rajaram Named a 2022 Guggenheim Fellow

Her research focuses on the experimental study of social transmission of memory and emergence of collective memory.

April 15, 2022

3 min read

College of Arts & Sciences COVID-19 Faculty/Staff News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters

Online Interventions Help with Teen Depression

A study of more than 2,400 adolescents ages 13 to 16 shows two online, single-session interventions designed to help curb teen depression works.

December 10, 2021

3 min read

Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Medicine

Professor Marci Lobel Receives Excellence in Health Psychology Mentoring Award

Marci Lobel, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Psychology and the Renaissance School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, was awarded the 2021...

September 16, 2021

2 min read

Arts & Entertainment Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight University

Overcoming Multiple Challenges with Artful Resilience

International students add enrichment, excitement and diversity to Stony Brook University, but their struggles and hardships often go unnoticed as they seek to blend into the American way of life. Such is the case for...

August 17, 2021

4 min read

Academics Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Main University Research School of Medicine Stony Brook Matters University

SBU Places Two Subjects in U.S. News 2021 Global Top 100

Stony Brook University has placed two subjects in the top 100 in the U.S. News & World Report 2021 rankings of the Best Global Universities. The subject of Psychiatry/Psychology climbed to 63 in the publication’s...

March 26, 2021

3 min read

Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences News Highlights Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight

Psychology PhD Student Named Health Policy Research Scholar

PhD student Jenna Sung has been selected for this leadership program that connects changemakers across the country who will work toward creating more just communities.

November 4, 2020

3 min read

Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Research Stony Brook Matters

Professor Matthew Lerner Honored for Contributions to Autism Research

As one of the top autism researchers in the world, he has been awarded the American Psychological Association Division 33 Sara Sparrow Early Career Research Award.

August 10, 2020

2 min read

Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff News Highlights

Suparna Rajaram Elected to AAAS

Suparna Rajaram, distinguished professor of cognitive science in the Department of Psychology at Stony Brook University, has been elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Academy members are world...

April 30, 2020

2 min read

Events Faculty/Staff News Highlights Research Social Sciences Stony Brook Matters

Movie by SBU Scientists to Premiere at Directors Guild Theater

The indie film Sensitive and in Love — largely based on research done at Stony Brook University — will have its world premiere on Wednesday, January 29, at the prestigious Directors Guild of America Theater in New York...

January 17, 2020

2 min read

Tag: Psychology

Study Suggests Epigenetic Age May Predict Memory Function Better Than Actual Age

Business Professor’s Research on Random Acts of Kindness Featured in ‘The Conversation’

Q&A with Heather Berlin ’97, Host of NOVA Series ‘Your Brain’

Lerner Elected to Board of Directors of International Society for Autism Research

Lauren Richmond, Department of Psychology, Receives Early Career Award

Undergrad Participates in Research on Alzheimer’s Disease

Schleider Wins ISRII Rising Star Award

Fellowship Is Helping PhD Candidate Set Sights on “Fake News”

GAANN Fellowship Funds Critical Psychology Research

Suparna Rajaram Named a 2022 Guggenheim Fellow

Online Interventions Help with Teen Depression

Professor Marci Lobel Receives Excellence in Health Psychology Mentoring Award

Overcoming Multiple Challenges with Artful Resilience

SBU Places Two Subjects in U.S. News 2021 Global Top 100

Psychology PhD Student Named Health Policy Research Scholar

Professor Matthew Lerner Honored for Contributions to Autism Research

Suparna Rajaram Elected to AAAS

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