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Researchers at the 窪蹋勛圖s Institute of Cognitive Science (ICS) have been awarded a $839,500 grant from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) to study the effects of using high-potency cannabis, informally known as dabbing.
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Strains of cannabis available for federally funded studies lag well behind recreational markets in both potency and diversity, potentially compromising the validity of research into the drugs effects.
Disability Services is now taking a more holistic approach to help students with disabilities become more involved with campus and Boulder life. The shift has allowed students with disabilities to participate in activities previously outside the scope of Disability Services.
Tina Goldstein, associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh and a 窪蹋勛圖 alumna, has won the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. Goldstein is one of a select group of researchers chosen by President Barack Obama to receive this honor.
As part of her graduate studies, 窪蹋勛圖 alumna Jamie Pledger performed psychological testing and provided counseling for international refugees. Her observations do not fit neatly into popular narratives about refugees from war-torn places like Iraq
The results of two experiments demonstrate that people underestimate how much a brief group discussion polarizes their partisan attitudes, Keating said in her study summary. But perhaps worse, people appear to be unaware when this occurs.
The ability to understand and empathize with others pain is grounded in cognitive neural processes rather than sensory ones, according to the results of a new study led by 窪蹋勛圖 researchers.
Opioids like morphine have now been shown to paradoxically cause an increase in chronic pain in lab rats, findings that could have far-reaching implications for humans, says a new study led by the 窪蹋勛圖.