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ChatGPT Tricks Teachers

June 27, 2023

Can you tell if what you’re reading right now was written by a human or generated by artificial intelligence? Do you care? Those are essentially the questions that University of California San Diego researchers asked in an experiment with ChatGPT at a regional high school.

A New Replication Crisis: Research that is Less Likely to be True is Cited More

May 21, 2021

Papers in leading psychology, economic and science journals that fail to replicate and therefore are less likely to be true are often the most cited papers in academic research, according to a new study by the University of California San Diego’s Rady School of Management.

32 UC San Diego Professors Named Most Influential in Their Fields

December 6, 2017

Thirty two faculty members at the University of California San Diego are among the world’s most influential researchers in their fields, based on their publications over the past decade.

Nobel Prize Winner, ‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton Has UC San Diego Roots

October 9, 2024

AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for work he began at UC San Diego with cognitive psychology colleagues here four decades ago.

Rady Professor Ayelet Gneezy Receives Robert B. Cialdini Award

November 14, 2011

The UC San Diego Rady School of Management today announced that Professor Ayelet Gneezy is the recipient of this year’s Robert B. Cialdini Award for excellence in a published field study.

Free Online Class Teaches How to Be a Better Parent–and a Better Consumer of Parenting Advice

August 15, 2017

…Barner, a professor of psychology and of linguistics in the UC San Diego Division of Social Sciences. “The class is a-theoretical,” he said. “It’s very applied, very nuts and bolts.” Barner’s course provides a survey on topics that are central to the lives of parents: diet, sleep, discipline, learning, screen…

The Marshmallow Test Revisited

September 9, 2020

…A new UC San Diego study revisits the classic psychology experiment and reports that part of what may be at work is that children care more deeply than previously known what authority figures

Three Times a Charm for Grad SLAM Winner

April 19, 2018

…fifth-year doctoral student in psychology who had competed in the final round twice before, the third time was truly a charm last week when he won UC San Diego’s fifth annual Grad SLAM—a TED-style competition that showcases graduate student research on the campus. “This was the fourth time I’ve competed…

​​​​​​​To Risk It All or Not? We Look to Others When Deciding

April 26, 2023

It is not surprising that we make everyday decisions based on what other people do. But what about more consequential choices, do we stick to our own internal principles? Many of us think (and say) we do. Yet research from UC San Diego suggests that’s not so.

Faculty Mentors Engage Undergraduates in Research

June 5, 2012

…said Aimee Chabot, a psychology and critical gender studies double major researching Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. “I plan to pursue a Ph.D. in psychology and working with my mentor, Professor Lang, in the research-rich environment of UC San Diego has made me confident that I will be able to achieve…

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