October 10, 2013
Taking A Mindful Approach to the BRAIN Initiative Ralph Greenspan led the panel “Facilitating Success—The Role of Research Institutions and the Private Sector,” relating the importance of partnerships between researchers and industry to enable the success of the BRAIN Initiative. Photos by Erika Johnson/University Communications “As the epicenter of scientific…
March 26, 2020
…says Karen Dobkins, a mindfulness advisor and a professor of psychology at UC San Diego, to then take a moment and assess: “What is in my control? What isn’t in my control? And what do I need to do to get clear on which is which?” This is the best…
October 1, 2015
…Rubinstein’s “Cultivating the Creative Mind” curriculum, which draws on both neuroscience and theatre disciplines to investigate and ignite the creative mind. The workshop also incorporated techniques from the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University in New York. One of the key goals was to teach students…
September 20, 2024
A survey of Syrian refugees living in Jordan reveals that higher levels of self-compassion are associated with better mental health. The findings suggest that interventions teaching self-compassion have the potential to boost the mental health of displaced individuals.
April 1, 2019
Using the Comet supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego, campus researchers have demonstrated they can efficiently analyze more than 1,000 EEG 128-channel high-density data sets via the new Open EEGLAB Portal running on SDSC’s Neuroscience Gateway.
April 23, 2020
…as nutrition tips and mindfulness practices. The daily video mail is sent at 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. and includes short exercise videos that can be followed from the comfort of your home or office. Led by Recreation trainers, no professional equipment is needed; however, some of the exercises…
April 27, 2022
The Kavli Foundation has given $5 million to UC San Diego for the Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, matching the gifts of generous donors including Joan and Irwin Jacobs; William and Marisa Rastetter; Sandra Timmons ’81 and Rick Sandstrom ’72, Ph.D.
May 18, 2022
People who are highly responsive to food lost more weight and kept it off using a new weight loss program that targets internal hunger cues and the ability to resist food, reports University of California San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science.
April 17, 2018
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have determined that psychological resilience has a positive effect on health outcomes for people living with schizophrenia. This is the first study to quantitatively assess the effects of both childhood trauma and psychological resilience on health and metabolic function in…
August 28, 2017
Washington Monthly has named the University of California San Diego the second best public university in the U.S. for promoting upward social mobility, producing groundbreaking research and serving the nation’s public interest. The national magazine’s annual rankings recognize what universities are doing for the public good and have consistently rated…
