Author Archives: EMILY TOWNER

SAND Lab’s Undergraduates Present Research at PURC!

PURC is the Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference hosted by UCLA. Four of our outstanding research assistants presented posters at the 2019 annual conference. More information on PURC can be found here.  Zoey’s research explored the differential effects of early caregiving adversity on parental warmth and child anxiety symptoms. She found that while children exposed to

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SAND Lab members awarded a Center for Open Science Preregistration Challenge Prize

João Guassi-Moreira, Sarah Tashjian, Dr. Galvan, and Dr. Silvers were awarded a Center for Open Science Preregistration Challenge prize for their study entitled “Assessing the Impact of Parents and Peers on Decision Making During the Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood”. Great work team! The Center for Open Science Preregistration Challenge is part of an educational

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