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  • Gender Differences in Depression: The Role of Inflammation

    Gender Differences in Depression: The Role of Inflammation

    This article is authored by Eva Li, Samantha Eisert, and Danny Rahal and is part of the 2020 pre-graduate spotlight week.  According to the National Institute of Mental Health, depression is one of the most common mental disorders in the US affecting 7.1% of the adult population (NIMH, 2017), and it can greatly reduce individuals’…

  • What Does Psychology Research Have to Say about Toxic Masculinity?

    What Does Psychology Research Have to Say about Toxic Masculinity?

    What do psychological studies on masculinity tell us about the social pressures that lead to “toxic masculinity”? This article summarizes information from the recently released APA Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Boys and Men.

  • “Ballot Behavior: Politics & Psychology” – May 23, 2016

    “Ballot Behavior: Politics & Psychology” – May 23, 2016

    Psychology in Action is proud to announce our fifth annual interdisciplinary symposium, Monday, May 23rd, 2016, from 4 to 6pm in UCLA’s CNSI Auditorium. The discussion will focus on factors that influence voters’ beliefs and behavior. The event is completely FREE and open to the general public! We hope to see you there!   During the first hour…

  • Is the way to a woman’s heart through her funny bone?

    Say what you will about the findings in evolutionary psychology—they certainly have good narratives. One of the latest, published in the July issue of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, uses sexual selection theory to argue that humor is important to men and women in heterosexual romantic contexts, albeit in different ways.

  • Women’s Health and Perceptions of Gender

    For many pressing health issues, including HIV/AIDS, cancer (in particular lung cancer), and suicide completion, women have lower rates than men. Women are the minority at birth, but the number of women (in the national surveys) far surpass men in survival rates across the lifespan, with a broad gender difference easily noticed when visiting my…