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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UC San Diego Philosophy Department Offers Another ‘Big Idea’
February 8, 2016
The University of California, San Diego is not short on big ideas. Just ask Craig Callender, chair of the Department of Philosophy, who was recently featured in San Diego Magazine’s “Big Ideas” feature for his vision to establish the Institute of Practical Ethics on campus. Callender conceptualizes UC San Diego…
Want a Young Child to “Help” or “Be a Helper”? Word Choice Matters
April 30, 2014
How do you get a preschooler to help with chores and other household tasks? A new study suggests that adults’ word choice can make a big difference. The study, by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, the University of Washington and Stanford University, appears in the journal Child…
Q&A with John Wixted
April 17, 2012
…about the field of psychology? Wixted: Fascinating is the right word. In fact, it would be fair to say that I am infatuated with my research. I guess what I find fascinating about psychology is the constant experience of discovering that the way the mind works is even more interesting…
Making of Modern World Lecture Series to Focus on What It Means to Be Musical
January 10, 2013
…by UC San Diego psychology professor Diana Deutsch. The series of lectures is an extension of Eleanor Roosevelt College’s Making of the Modern World multi-course general education sequence. The academic program is designed to provide the college’s undergraduate students with a broad, global overview of the past, from the emergence…
UC San Diego Named 15th Best Among World Universities
August 15, 2012
The University of California, San Diego is ranked the 15th best university in world and its life sciences program is ranked 9th, according to the 2012 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) that was released Aug. 15, 2012 by the Center for World-Class Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
UC San Diego Admits Most Diverse Class of Freshman and Transfer Students for Fall 2016
July 6, 2016
The University of California San Diego has admitted a record 30,273 freshman and 9,802 transfer students for the fall 2016 term. The number of new freshmen is up 3,773 compared to last year and there is also an increase among transfer admits by 1,652 students. Of the 40,075 admitted students,…
Facebook Beats Books - and Faces - in Memory Test
January 15, 2013
If this were a Facebook post, you would remember it – better than a stranger’s face or a line from a published book.
Your Brain Needs to Be Ready to Remember?
June 1, 2020
What happens in the hippocampus even before people attempt to form memories may impact whether they remember. Study suggests ‘encoding mode’ may play an important role in memory formation.
The MADURA Program
September 5, 2023
MADURA (Mentorship for Advancing Diversity in Undergraduate Research on Aging), a National Institute of Aging funded R25 undergraduate training program, aims to improve diversity in research and clinical careers that are focused on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) and other aging-related topics. MADURA provides paid research lab placements and…
