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Psychology

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Op/ed: Our Early Bonds May Explain Political Divides

Psychology Study Finds Attachment, State Culture Predict Bipartisanship in Congress

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Op/ed: 8 Phrases That Signal a Toxic Friendship

UMD Psychologist Offers Tips on Knowing When to Move On

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Can’t Stand Gossip? Let’s Talk, New Research Suggests

Gabbing About Others Offers Unexpected Benefits in Social Groups, UMD and Stanford Researchers Find

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Putting to Bed Questions About Preschoolers’ Need to Nap

UMD Researchers Co-Lead $6M Study on Brain Development During Nap Transitions

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Winning the Race Against Bullying

Once Targeted, Student Spreads Message of Acceptance Through Books, Presentations and Podcasts

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A Book About Comedy That's No Joke

Alum Chronicles 30 Years of an Underexamined Art Form

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Six UMB, UMCP Researchers Named MPower Professors

Professors Each Awarded $150,000 Over Three Years to Support Collaborative Work

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Op/ed: Why Do We Find Clowns So Creepy?

Answer Lies in the “Uncanny Valley” Effect, UMD Researcher Says

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UMD Tech Tool Aims to Make Workplaces More Inclusive for Autistic People

Video Platform Designed by Neurodiverse Team Could Improve Communications for All

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Roads to Recovery

In Rural Maryland, a New ‘Been-There-Done-That’ Approach to the Opioid Crisis Offers Hope on Four Wheels

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How Repairing a Key Brain Circuit Could Help Avert Drug Relapse

$1.9M NIH Award to Fund UMD Psychologists’ Study of the Neurobiology of Decision-Making

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UMD Researchers to Untangle Language Problems for Tongue-Tied Stroke Survivors

$3.1M NIH Award Allows UMD Speech Clinician, Psychologist to Study Debilitating Form of Aphasia

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