Psychology
The NUS psychology programme was first introduced during the 1986-87 academic year and is the oldest psychology programme in Singapore.
NUS offers a full undergraduate programme, including an honours course, as well as Masters and Ph.D. programmes. Since its inception, the psychology programme has attracted a strong response from students in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Psychology contributes to society by providing behavioural scientists who are equipped with the skills to use empirical research methods to seek an account of human behaviour and experience. It has been only a little over a hundred years that psychology has been a discipline in its own right.
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When Objective Ambivalence Predicts Subjective Ambivalence: An AffectโCognition Matching Perspective
Have you ever experienced mixed feelings? Objective ambivalence occurs when someone holds both positive and negative evaluations toward the same object. It is typically measured by averaging separate unipolar scales for positive (“P”) and negative (“N”) reactions. The degree of ambivalence is then calculated using the Thompson et al. (1995) formula:ย [(P+N)/2 โ (P-N)], with higher […]
NUS: Reprogrammed for Tomorrow
In just three years since the launch of ChatGPT, NUS has launched ambitious programmes to nurture AI-fluent students and use AI effectively in teaching, research and corporate functions.
Beyond medicine: Health District @ Queenstown and experts explore vital themes shaping Asian healthy longevity
Organised by the West Pacific Rim Consortium and hosted by the Health District @ Queenstown (HD@QT), the West Pacific Rim Consortium for Healthy Ageing Symposium 2025 brought together close to 30 policymakers, healthcare practitioners, researchers, and community leaders from leading institutions in Asia to share regionally grounded approaches to ageing well.
Parental warmth moderates the relation between childrenโs lying and theory-of-mind
Children learn to lie from about the age of two, typically to conceal their wrongdoings. Lying is considered a milestone for childrenโs social and cognitive development. To tell a successful lie, they have to infer and reason about the lie-recipientโs mental state, and realise that other people may believe things that are wrong. This skill […]
The moderating role of trajectories of family hardiness in the relationship between trajectories of economic hardship and mental health of mothers and children
On 20th November 2024, the ComLink+ scheme celebrates its one-year anniversary, having provided support to about 14,000 families across areas such as pre-school education, employment, and home ownership. Minister for Social and Family Development Masagos Zulkifli described the scheme as a significant step towards enhancing resilience and promoting social mobility in Singapore, particularly for low-income […]
Watch the Recording: Technology, Wellbeing, and Policy in Singapore (2 Oct 2025)
Missed the live event? You can now watch the recording of our outreach event on Technology, Wellbeing, and Policy in Singapore, which brought together researchers from NUS Psychology and NUS Social Work to explore how technology shapes mental health and wellbeing in Singapore today. The four presentations discuss digital harms, AI, and the promise and […]
Chatbots could be first responder for mental health issues, but with limits
By D Nur Hani Zainal, Presidential Young Professor in Clinical Psychology at NUS Psychology, and Director of the Optimising Wellness Lab.
Validating the biosocial model of borderline personality disorder: Findings from a longitudinal study
We celebrate World Mental Health Day every 10 October, raising awareness about mental health education and advocacy against social stigma in Singapore and beyond. โValidating the Biosocial Model of Borderline Personality Disorder: Findings from a Longitudinal Studyโ (Development and Psychopathology, 2023) by Dr.ย Stephanie S. M. Lee and Associate Professor Ryan Y. Hong (both from NUS […]
๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ง | ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐, ๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ | ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฐ๐, ๐ฎ-๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐บ
๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ง | ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐, ๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ | ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฐ๐, ๐ฎ-๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐บ ย The Singapore Research Nexus is holding โTechnology, Wellbeing, and Policy in Singaporeโ, an event featuring four presentations: ย 1. โ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐-๐ฅ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ตโ by Dr Jungup LEE, Associate Professor, NUS Social Work ย 2. โ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ ๐-๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ […]
Sensitivity to visual cues within motion events in monolingual and bilingual infants
Early language development research has found that infants begin with a broad understanding of the physical world and their conceptual knowledge becomes increasingly specialised according to their native language as they grow older. This process is known as perceptual narrowing, whereby during the first year of life, infants undergo developmental changes which reduces their sensitivity […]