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Researchers note that, in contrast, slightly older subjects tend to like victors better

An interdisciplinary UCI team is improving assistive robotic technology for homebound children, limited-mobility adults

Karishma Muthukumar’s “Promoting Empathy-Based AI” project has been chosen as one of 33 finalists in the National Science Foundation’s 2026 Idea Machine competition. The entry from the cognitive sciences major, who just completed her freshman year, was one of 800 nationwide. If selected as one of the four winners, her “big idea” will help guide […]

Young children tend to respond to questions of choice with option presented last

California’s first active learning building opens at UCI, giving tech-savvy students a hands-on role in their education

In studying the effectiveness of telepresence robots in classrooms, a postdoctoral researcher who was homebound herself as a child finds that they can be life-changing

Hiring of 78 educators goes a long way toward strategic plan goal of adding 250 by 2021

First ‘active learning’ building in California opens at UCI

Everybody loves a winner, but when in comes to toddlers, they also care about how they win, according to a new study from University of California, Irvine cognitive science researchers. In a series of experiments involving toddlers aged 21 to 31 months, Ashley Thomas, ’18 psychology Ph.D., and Barbara Sarnecka, associate professor of cognitive sciences, […]

UCI expert on climate and environment is first to hold new endowed position