PGSO UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FORUM

Join us for a poster session and research competition showcasing work by undergraduate students conducting research with a faculty mentor Thursday, April 18th, 2023, 4 – 5pm 1st floor of Psychology PGSO Flyer

Recording of Collaborative Colloquium Speaker: Michał Kosiński – Emergent Cognitive Abilities in Large Language Models: Mirage, Miracle, or Mundane?

If you missed Professor Michał Kosiński give his talk about Large Language Models (LLMs) visit our YouTube page for the full presentation. UF Psychology YouTube

Walk Out of the Darkness, walk to end suicide

The 1st Annual Walk Out of the Darkness event was a wonderful success with over 100 participants, well over half of whom were Psychology students!! Faculty and Staff also attended. Many thanks to everyone!

Collaborative Colloquium Speaker: Michał Kosiński, March 21, 2024, 9:30am – 10:30am EDT Malachowsky Hall 7200, 1889 Museum Rd

Emergent Cognitive Abilities in Large Language Models: Mirage, Miracle, or Mundane? Large Language Models (LLMs) trained to predict the next word in a sentence surprised their creators by displaying emergent properties ranging from a proclivity to be racist and sexist, to an ability to write computer code, translate between languages, and solve mathematical tasks. This […]

Graduate student Kylie Wright receives an award from the NIH

Under this supplement Kylie Wright, who is from an underrepresented background in the biomedical, behavioral, clinical, social sciences, will work on parent grant R01AG072658 (Characterizing and Modulating Neurocognitive Processes of Learning to Trust and Distrust in Aging). The parent grant aims to characterize basic cognitive and neural mechanisms in learning to trust and distrust in healthy aging and in […]

Balkhi Foundation Supports Student Use of Innovative Technologies.

New Gift from the Balkhi Foundation Supports Student Use of Innovative Technologies. The UF Department of Psychology is pleased to announce a call for applications for the Balkhi Foundation Experiential Learning Awards. Made possible by a generous gift from Amanda and Syed Balkhi, these awards support students who are participating in hands-on experiences with […]

The Psychology of Sustainability

Through a uniquely psychological lens, The Psychology of Sustainability: Understanding the Relationship between Self and Earth, provides students with insight into the vital connection between humans and our environment. Over the course of 11 chapters, Dr. Chandler presents readers with insight into the applicability of psychological concepts for holistically resolving sustainability problems through the improvement […]

Gator Nation Giving Day 2024 Thank You

Thanks so much to everyone who made a gift to Psychology on Giving Day! We had a record number of folks participating this year. In fact, Psychology had the highest level of participation in the college—a special thanks to our Psychology Advisory Board for their generous and inspirational challenge gift. Again, thanks so much for […]

Older adults rely more on trust in decision making. It could open them up to scams.

Each year, older adults lose more than $28 billion to financial scams targeting the elderly. Nearly three-quarters of that money is stolen by people the elderly adult knows – people they trust. According to new research, this vulnerability may be in part because older adults have a harder time overcoming their first impressions of people’s trustworthiness when […]

UF Psychology is #3 for best online bachelor’s degree

U.S. News recognizes UF’s overall online bachelor’s degree program as No. 2 in the country and ranked several specific programs as among the nation’s best. The online bachelor’s degree program in psychology ranked No. 3, the online master’s program in education ranked No. 2 and the online master’s in business administration ranked No. 6.

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