UCI researchers develop hybrid human-machine framework for building smarter AI
Model uses human and algorithmic predictions and confidence scores to boost accuracy
March 07, 2022
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cognitive sciences
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
December 14, 2021
UCI Podcast: The perils and benefits of dream incubation
Professor Sara Mednick discusses how sounds and smells can influence our sleeping minds
July 01, 2021
Science made simple – in Spanish
Prompted by UCI grad student, popular radio podcast goes bilingual, starting with series on the pandemic
December 17, 2020
Megan Peters receives TWCO grant to help consciousness researchers secure funding
Megan Peters, associate professor of cognitive sciences, has received a three-year, $234,000 grant from the Templeton World Charity Organization to enhance and accelerate National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation funding opportunities for consciousness researchers. “This is a complex concept and writing a compelling proposal can be challenging,” Peters says. The project will involve […]
December 08, 2020
Cognitive scientist will use NSF grant to study tie between math skills, equity understanding
Nadia Chernyak, UCI assistant professor of cognitive sciences, has received a $736,366 National Science Foundation CAREER grant to investigate how cognitive skills shape our understanding of equity. Previous research suggests that math skills – particularly comprehension of fractions – can help explain whether or not a child understands fairness and inequality. Chernyak and her team […]
August 14, 2020
Robots to the rescue
Socially assistive devices can help people cope in times of crisis
August 05, 2020
UCI Podcast: Top Chef winner and UCI alumna Melissa King dishes out college cooking tips
Melissa King, a 2005 UCI alumna with a bachelor’s degree in cognitive sciences, won Top Chef: All-Stars L.A., the 17th season of the show. In this episode of the UCI Podcast, King dishes on the final moments of the show and her unique California-Asian culinary style. She also shares cooking tips for college students and […]
July 02, 2020
UCI professor receives NIH grant to develop model to explain child neurobehavioral disorders
Michael Lee, UCI professor of cognitive sciences, has been awarded a five-year, $81,956 grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop mathematical models of brain activity to help understand behaviors in children diagnosed with ADHD and other neurobehavioral disorders. His work is part of a larger study being conducted by Vinod Menon, the director […]
May 28, 2020
Grudges before gratitude
Retaliation comes naturally to children, while positive reciprocity must be learned, says UCI cognitive scientist
January 06, 2020