Two new studies suggest that smiling and other positive interactions with caregivers help shape infants’ emotional development.

On University of Miami Week: To maximize the impact of research on youth anxiety, asking the right questions matter.

A new study by a University of Miami psychology assistant professor will delve into whether spirituality can help buffer the effects of loneliness.

Children are vulnerable to disease, yet are poor at recognizing and avoiding sickness. We recruited 5–9-year-olds (N = 120, 38% female, 60% White, 48% Hispanic/Latine) to test whether children's sick...

Developmental Science is an international journal publishing contemporary scientific developmental psychology and developmental cognitive neuroscience research.

Spanish-English dual language learners’ (DLLs’) linguistic, cognitive, and academic outcomes are related to their preschool teachers' use of both lang…

Foote Fellow and neuroscience major Etienne Atangana has spent four years at the College of Arts and Sciences pushing the boundaries of what an undergraduate researcher can do.

More than 40 members of the faculty received awards this year for projects that ranged from looking at how AI can help children learn about data to unlocking the origins of black holes.

A new special topics course will explore one of the world’s most influential cultural movements through the lens of psychological science.

University of Miami researchers will use real-world exam stress and cutting-edge computational tools to study the neural dynamics of anxiety and depression.

Collective human motion reveals a sharp transition in how individuals align.