With the help of a rat casino, UBC brain researchers have successfully reduced behaviours in rats that are commonly associated with compulsive gambling in humans.
Oct 29, 2013
UBC Psychology Professor Sheila Woody talks about our fascination with terror
Oct 28, 2013
Looking for a great horror movie for Halloween? UBC Film Prof. Ernest Mathijs has a new app that highlights the best (and scariest) in cult cinema
Oct 24, 2013 - by Nick Lewis
Forensic psychologist Stephen Porter looks for truth in the nonverbal cues.
Oct 24, 2013
UBC experts are available to comment on the tentative EU-Canada trade agreement and its expected economic and societal impacts.
Oct 17, 2013
UBC experts are available to comment on politics and policy related to the federal government’s 2013 Throne Speech.
Oct 16, 2013
A 700-year-old book—the oldest in UBC Library’s collection–helps bring history alive
Oct 16, 2013 - by Glenn Drexhage
UBC archeologists have helped to uncover the last known group of hunter-gatherers in Central Europe.
Oct 10, 2013
A new study finds that some people are genetically predisposed to see the world darkly.
The Quebec government is forging ahead with its plans to outlaw all religious symbols worn by workers in the public sector, UBC scholars offer fresh perspectives on the debate.
Oct 9, 2013
Seven UBC professors were inducted into the Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, the highest honour a scholar can achieve in the arts, humanities and sciences in Canada.
Oct 2, 2013
New research shows that making eye contact, long considered an effective way of bringing someone to your point of view, may actually make people more resistant to persuasion.
Students of UBC’s Graduate School of Journalism have completed an investigative report into the global illegal log trade.
Oct 1, 2013
UBC business, economics and politics experts are available to comment on the possible U.S. government shutdown on Oct. 1.
Sep 30, 2013
UBC Theatre Prof. Tom Scholte, star of The Dick Knost Show, talks about director Bruce Sweeney and the world of sports talk radio.
UBC has partnered with renowned French university Sciences Po to launch its first international undergraduate dual degree programs.
Sep 19, 2013
UBC’s Kurt Huebner says management of the Eurozone crisis is at a standstill, waiting for this weekend’s results
In advance of International Talk Like A Pirate Day on Sept. 19, UBC Linguistics Prof. Molly Babel explains why pirates talk that way, or at least why we think they talk that way
Sep 17, 2013
A new book by UBC Psychology Professor Ara Norenzayan Big Gods asks big questions about spirituality.
Sep 16, 2013
Sadism may be more common than we think, according to a pair of University of Britsh Columbia studies published today.
Sep 12, 2013
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