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Well-timed timeout could wipe out memory of fear

UT - Office of Public Affairs  Thu, 04/02/2009 - 12:30pm

Banishing a fear-inducing memory might be a matter of the right timing, according to new research. Marie Monfils, an assistant professor of psychology at The University of Texas at Austin, has taken advantage of a key time when memories are ripe for change to substantially modify memories of fear into benign memories and to keep them [...]



 

Study: Use news source diversity for complex topics

UT - Office of Public Affairs  Mon, 03/02/2009 - 11:30am

In order to be well-informed on complex issues such as global warming, people need to get their information from a diversity of news sources such as newspapers, television, magazines and the Internet, according to a University of Texas at Austin researcher.

This may be bad news for people who prefer to let information find them. Assistant Professor [...]



 

White House Nominates LBJ School Professor as Health and Human S...

UT Latest headlines  Mon, 07/30/2007 - 4:30pm

Benjamin Sasse, assistant professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, has been nominated by President George W.

Bush to be assistant secretary of health and human services for planning and evaluation, pending U.S. Senate confirmation.