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cognitive sciences

If asked the right way, toddlers will choose broccoli over cake, UCI-led study finds

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

2 cognition experts awarded NSF grant to map human decision-making processes via EEG

Joachim Vandekerckhove, associate professor of cognitive sciences, and Ramesh Srinivasan, professor and chair of cognitive sciences, have received a $337,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop new methods of statistically modeling the relationship between brain activity and behavior. Using electroencephalogram technology, they’ll measure neurological signals on very short time scales to map the […]

Cognitive scientist receives grant to study brain’s social awareness neural pathways

Emily Grossman, associate professor of cognitive sciences, has received a $273,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the neural pathways among the areas of the brain involved in how we act and react in social settings. “The skills used for decoding the actions of others and planning responses appropriate to the context are […]

Fountain of Youth

Anthropologist explores how avatars create a Second Life free from Parkinson’s and other impairments

Why are we so afraid to leave children alone?

UCI study finds moral judgments about parents affect perceptions of risk

Looking beyond stroke

Language model developed by UCI cognitive scientist could aid survivors with impaired communication skills

Flipped Reality

Prism goggles trick the brain into rewiring the visual cortex, providing insight into its plasticity

Mind games

Your brain plays tricks on you, UCI research shows

Hands Typing

Bridging the gap

Adaptive learning program developed at UCI supplements and reinforces math and science skills

Crowd mentality

UCI cognitive scientists want to pool people’s opinions to predict the future.