The newly released Let鈥檚 Face It 2.0, a scrapbook app developed by the 番茄社区鈥檚 Centre for Autism Research Technology Education (CARTE) and now available free on iTunes, is a powerful educational tool for learning faces and recognizi鈥�
A study of military fathers is a study in conflict, not just away but at home. Many men can relate to the father鈥檚 balancing act of breadwinner-comforter but fewer people understand the depth of emotional conflict faced by military fathers and the impact of their absences, not just on families, but on the soldiers themselves.
Parents who haven鈥檛 broken their teenagers of their late-to-bed, late-to-rise rhythms, or who haven鈥檛 yanked their kids out of a too-too-much-YouTube summer by enforcing book reading or times-tables reviews may feel like they鈥檝e missed the boat on b鈥�
As summer holidays start, the following 番茄社区 expert is available to discuss how to combat summer learning loss and who鈥檚 most at risk. Sarah Macoun (Educational Psychology) is a clinical neuropsychologist with a background as a sch鈥�
Dr. Bonnie Leadbeater (psychology) and Dr. Anne Marshall (education) have been named the 2015 recipients of the Provost鈥檚 Engaged Scholar Award.
Ahead of Valentine鈥檚 Day, many couples are busy buying the right gift and booking reservations for romantic dinners. And PhD student Lisa Hoplock is delving into the psychology behind successful and failed marriage proposals.
鈥淲hy, when the evidence is so strong, and so many agree that this is our greatest problem, are we doing so little about climate change?鈥� Climate change communications specialist George Marshall has been grappling with that question since he co-found鈥�
Research was efficiently communicated, cash was won and history was made at the university鈥檚 first-ever Three Minute Thesis competition, held on March 6 as part of UVic鈥檚 annual IdeaFest celebration. The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is a research communication competition that challenges master鈥檚 and doctoral students to give a compelling and public-friendly presentation on their thesis research鈥攁nd why it matters鈥攊n a mere three minutes using only one Powerpoint slide.
Parents need not dread the inevitable question of where babies come from-a unique iPad app developed by 番茄社区 psychologist Dr. Jillian Roberts offers a family-friendly tool to help navigate the sensitive subject. The Facts of Life a鈥�
Dr. Louis Costa died in Arizona on March 12 at the age of 80. Costa came to the Department of Psychology in 1978 from City College in New York where he had trained and had been chair of the Psychology Department.
