Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues recently co-authored 8 peer-reviewed publications this summer that advance research on behavioral addictions, sexual health, and mental health. Appearing in high-impact journals including Psychiatry Research, Archives of Sexual Behavior, International Gambling Studies, Sexual Abuse, Journal of Sexual…

Shane Kraus (Psychology) recently appeared on The Last Show with David Cooper podcast, "How Depression and Pornography Use Are Linked," to discuss a recent article published in Psychiatry Research. 

Researchers from the CANE (Cognitive Aging & Neuropsychological Equity) Lab: Stacey Moeller (Clinical Psychology), Katie Singsank (Clinical Psychology), Grace Goodwin (Clinical Psychology), and Samantha John (Brain Health), along with collaborators, published a study in Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical…

Shane Kraus (Psychology) spoke on The Gambling Files podcast about research on addictions in U.S. veterans, "Addiction 33: Shane Kraus on Veteran addiction issues, plus the legendary Howard Stutz."

Renato (Rainier) M. Liboro (Psychology) recently published a book chapter, "Improvisation and Social Justice in Contemporary Music Therapy," in the Oxford Handbook of Improvisation in Music Therapy. This book chapter delves into the realm of music academia in order to examine and interrogate the roles of and the work in the field of…

Margaret McMullin (Psychology), a former UNLV Ph.D. student, Nathan Higgins (Psychology), a UNLV former post-doctoral fellow, Rohit Kumar from Johns Hopkins University, Mounya Elhilali from Johns Hopkins University, and Joel Snyder (Psychology) have published 'Object and setting identification in natural auditory scenes' in a special issue of…

Graduate students Pratik S. Paranjape and Tahoura Mohammadi Ghohaki, along with faculty member Samsoon Inayat (all Psychology), published a new article in Scientific Reports titled “A transparent wheel-based platform for locomotion-on-demand and multi-view body and facial kinematics in head-fixed mice.” The study introduces a modular behavioral…

Diana Beltran and Rachael Robnett (both Psychology) recently published their paper, “Mentoring, Academic Belonging, and Imposter Phenomenon Among Undergraduate Women: A Critical Feminist Perspective,” in Education Sciences. Their mixed-methods study examined mentoring, imposter phenomenon, and academic belonging among undergraduate women through a…

Alumna Melanie Garcia published her honors thesis completed under the mentorship of graduate student Maegan Nation and faculty member Kara Christensen Pacella (all Psychology) in the Journal of American College Health. This project used a case-control design to compare eating disorder risk among documented and undocumented Latinx college students.

Richard Chang, Diana Beltran, Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt, and Rachael Robnett (all Psychology) recently published their paper entitled, "‘Feeling out of place’: A mixed methods investigation of the impostor phenomenon among BIPOC and LGBTQ STEM college students" in Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy. Their mixed-methods study…

Lilla Brody, Berlyn Fife, Sataya Otoo, and Brenna Renn (all Psychology) published their manuscript, "Methodological Considerations for Comorbidity of Anxiety and Depression in Later-Life Psychotherapy Trials: A Scoping Review" in the Clinical Gerontologist. This paper reviewed 91 randomized controlled trials of psychotherapy for anxiety and/or…

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues recently published three articles:  Compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD) and problematic pornography use (PPU): A comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and expert-informed narrative review with suggested future directions was published in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions. …