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Maital Neta

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Sharing positive feelings may ease loneliness-based negativity

April 27, 2023

Society & Culture

Surprised facial expressions

Study indicates mindfulness training promotes positivity

March 29, 2022

Society & Culture

Faculty 101 heads to the Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior

October 7, 2019

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Maital Neta (front) was recently awarded a Faculty Early Career Development Program award from the National Science Foundation to study how humans respond differently to uncertainty. In this photo illustration, graduate students Catie Brown and Nick Harp react to a man dressed in a bodysuit to represent ambiguity.

Project explores why aging brains stay on the sunny side

July 3, 2018

Science & Technology

Surprise! Researchers explore links between stress, decision making

December 1, 2017

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

14 earn teaching, junior faculty awards

April 12, 2017

A new eyetrack study from UNL psychology professor Maital Neta showed participants several images of surprised faces. Researchers found that those who seemed to interpret uncertainty in a more positive way clearly focused more quickly on the images’ mouths.

Are you positive? It may depend on where you look

April 22, 2016

Society & Culture

Maital Neta

Study documents scale of error-based brain activity

January 12, 2015