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cognitive sciences

UC Irvine study finds mismatch between human perception and reliability of AI-assisted language tools

Adding uncertainty phrasing to large language model responses can help users better gauge accuracy

Xiangmin Xu, UC Irvine Chancellor’s Professor of anatomy and neurobiology and director of the campus’s Center for Neural Circuit Mapping.

UC Irvine-led study reveals new insights into how we navigate space and store memories

UC Irvine-led study reveals new insights into how we navigate space and store memories

Man in a lab coat looking at a computer screen.

UC Irvine discovery of ‘item memory’ brain cells offers new Alzheimer’s treatment target

Finding significantly deepens understanding of crucial component of cognitive function

Beautiful african american woman sleeping in her bed at night

Dreaming is linked to improved memory consolidation and emotion regulation

UC Irvine-led study is first to pinpoint role of dreams in processing bad experiences

A student wearing a head cap with sensors attached for a sleep study.

Wake-Up Call

UCI researchers dive deep in search of health-sleep links

Karishma Muthukumar and her brother Pratyush.

Bringing emotional intelligence to artificial intelligence

UCI alumni siblings to present at UN’s AI for Good 2023 global summit

UCI researchers develop hybrid human-machine framework for building smarter AI

Model uses human and algorithmic predictions and confidence scores to boost accuracy

Professor of cognitive science Sara Mednick in her sleep lab.

UCI-led study is first to find that long- and short-term memory vie for brain space

Competition for cognitive processing resources during sleep comes at a cost to each

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UCI Podcast: The perils and benefits of dream incubation

Professor Sara Mednick discusses how sounds and smells can influence our sleeping minds

The Loh Down on Science logo and 6 students who are writers on the show

Science made simple – in Spanish

Prompted by UCI grad student, popular radio podcast goes bilingual, starting with series on the pandemic