Research & Innovation

A new UC Berkeley Psychology study shows that not all emotions are created equal.

The study, titled "Letting Go of the Negative, Holding on to the Positive," tested whether emotions fade at different rates. It found that, over the course of time, negative emotions are more likely to persist.

The study was published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, one of the leading journals in social psychology research. It was designed by former Berkeley Psychology doctoral student...

Keltner, a distinguished professor of psychology at Berkeley, has led the discipline's study of human emotion, power and the concept of awe throughout his career.

Dacher Keltner, a UC Berkeley distinguished professor of psychology who has led the discipline’s study...

UC Berkeley Economics and Haas Professor Jonathan Kolstad is a pioneer in using AI to solve one of the most complex challenges of healthcare: human decision-making.

His work moves beyond simply automating tasks to improving the choices that patients, and even doctors, make every day. From navigating the confusing world of health insurance to making decisions in the emergency room, Kolstad's research explores how AI can act as a partner to help us make better, more informed choices for our health.

Kolstad is the...

Nine years ago, when Long Le-Khac was a newly minted Ph.D., he hit a research roadbump. He’d planned to use data analytics to map the various settings featured in Asian American literature, testing a hypothesis that this fictive geography had become increasingly international. But first, the computer would need answers from him: Of all the literary works in the world, which ones should it include as “Asian American” in its analysis?

That roadbump forced Le-Khac, now an assistant professor...