Adults Show Poorer Cognition, Better Well-Being with Age
September 16, 2022
A UC San Diego study identifies neural mechanisms contributing to poorer cognition in aging adults; results may inspire new clinical interventions
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Art Exhibit Explores Distributed Consciousness at the UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute
January 12, 2024
An art exhibit exploring AI and non-human consciousness opens with the UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute Thursday, January 25 in Atkinson Hall.
Team Assembled by UC San Diego’s Makeig Wins $300K Award for Music-and-Science Initiative
December 10, 2014
Scott Makeig, research scientist and director of the Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience at the Institute for Neural Computation of UC San Diego, has brought together a research group from four UC campuses who have won a $300,000 President’s Research Catalyst Award, one of five such awards across the UC…
Brain Function Boosted by Daily Physical Activity in Middle-Aged, Older Adults
January 31, 2022
Remote UC San Diego School of Medicine study finds brain function boosted by daily exercise in middle-aged and older adults.
Brain Powered: Increased Physical Activity Among Breast Cancer Survivors Boosts Cognition
September 19, 2017
…survivors experience problems with cognitive difficulties following treatments, perhaps lasting years. Currently, few science-based options are available to help. University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers report in a pilot study of 87 female breast cancer survivors that an increase in physical activity more than doubled the women’s…
Intermittent Fasting Improves Alzheimer’s Pathology
August 21, 2023
New results from researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine suggest that intermittent fasting could be an effective treatment approach for Alzheimer’s disease. Mice fed on a time-restricted schedule had better memory and less accumulation of amyloid proteins in the brain compared to controls.
HDSI Appoints Bradley Voytek to Faculty Fellowship
October 30, 2018
…of Bradley Voytek, a Cognitive Science associate professor with a strong following in science-related social media, as a Faculty Fellow of the pioneering institute. Voytek works with students in Cognitive Science, Neuroscience and Data Science, and is a leader of the neuroscience graduate program as well as the HDSI undergraduate…
In the Wake of a Wildfire, Embers of Change in Cognition and Brain Function Linger
January 18, 2023
Five years after the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history, UC San Diego researchers document persistent differences in cognitive function among survivors.
Hearing Loss and High Blood Sugar Linked to Poorer Learning and Memory among Older Latinos
December 17, 2020
Researchers report that hearing loss and high blood sugar are associated with poor cognitive performance among middle-aged and older Latinos.
Can Field Sobriety Tests Identify Drivers Under the Influence of Cannabis?
August 2, 2023
UC San Diego scientists evaluate how accurate law-enforcement administered field sobriety tests are at measuring cannabis exposure and impairment.
