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Spotlight on Faculty Research: Center for Human Development

May 16, 2011

…psychology and the behavioral sciences. More… Leslie Carver Leslie Carver is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology. She studies the brain basis of cognitive and social developmental change in the transition from infancy to the early toddler years. More… Christina Chambers Christina Chambers is an associate professor at…

UC Legend Dick Atkinson Digs into Memory

August 15, 2023

UC President Emeritus Richard C. Atkinson, professor emeritus of cognitive science and psychology at UC San Diego, describes the influential Atkinson-Shiffrin model of human memory.

Cognitive Science Researcher Establishes UC San Diego’s First Fellowship in the Field

May 28, 2024

…in the field of cognitive science, has pledged a $1 million planned gift to the University of California San Diego’s Department of Cognitive Science. The Susan E.F. Chipman and Robert G. Fitzgerald Graduate Fellowship Fund in Cognitive Science is the first of its kind in the UC San Diego department,…

Using Artificial Intelligence for Healthy Living

October 5, 2017

…IBM senior vice president, Cognitive Solutions and IBM Research, sign a multiyear commitment to enhance quality of life and independence for aging populations. IBM Research and the University of California San Diego have announced a multiyear commitment to enhance quality of life and independence for aging populations through the new…

Cognitive Science Alumnus Chris Fry Leads Twitter to New Heights

April 3, 2014

Cognitive Science Alumnus Chris Fry Leads Twitter to New Heights Chris Fry It is Chris Fry’s job, as senior vice president of engineering at Twitter, to make sure his flock of engineers continues to fly in formation. Fry is an expert engineer whose team does a number of things, including…

With Age Comes Hearing Loss and a Greater Risk of Cognitive Decline

February 12, 2019

In a new study, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that hearing impairment is associated with accelerated cognitive decline with age, though the impact of mild hearing loss may be lessened by higher education.

Madam President

May 1, 2023

Sian Beilock ’97 talks about how cognitive science influences her work as a leader and what it means to be the first female president in Dartmouth College’s 250-year history.

Study Continues Assessment of Cognition and Decline in Aging Latinos

June 1, 2022

Researchers at UC San Diego have received a $25.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and National Institute on Aging to continue the Study of Latinos-Investigation of Neurocognitive Aging, a 12-year assessment of cognitive and brain aging and impairment among aging Latinos.

More Steps, Moderate Physical Activity Cuts Dementia, Cognitive Impairment Risk

January 25, 2023

UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science study: senior women were less likely to develop mild cognitive impairment or dementia if they did more daily walking and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity.

Passing of Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science Jeffrey L. Elman

June 29, 2018

It is with great and wrenching sadness that we announce the passing of Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science Jeffrey L. Elman, who died suddenly on Thursday, June 28. He was 70.

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