Frontiers in Mind, Brain & Behavior
Our mind, brain and behavior initiative investigates one of the greatest current scientific challenges—how the human mind work and its functions. Innovative research focuses on attention, memory and information processing; hearing and language; and vision and perception. Findings impact the scientific understanding of diseases and disorders including Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia and autism, to name a few.
Centers, departments and programs involved in accomplishing these goals include:
Read on to learn how our mind, brain and behavior research impacts the world around us:
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UCI robot being given ability to 'think' Study by Jeff Krichmar, UCI cognitive scientist, is featured in the OC Register November 10, 2009 |
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Iverson receives Society for Mathematical Psychology Best Paper Award Honor recognizes work in theoretical psychophysics |
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UCI cognitive scientist studies how background noise helps and hinders hearing Findings will help explain how we separate and hear sounds in an acoustically cluttered world |
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Unsolved mysteries Professor Barrett is searching for answers to one of philosophy and physics’ deepest mysteries |
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Understanding the human mind is focus of two new graduate fellowships in Social Sciences |
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Study combines EEG and MEG imaging to understand how brain processes attention Data will be used to create computerized model for future non-invasive cognitive and clinical studies of attention disorders |
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UC researchers to use robots to study brain processes involved in decision making Findings could lead to advancements in understanding human behavior and further developments in neurorobotics |
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A perfect match UCI professor creates new mathematical model to explain how the human eye sees color; findings may help bridge gap between colors seen in real-life and those reproduced on televisions, computer monitors and digital cameras |
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Cognitive scientists receive grant to study how humans learn language Findings will help researchers learn if humans are hardwired to pick up language more quickly than other skills. |
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Social sciences alumnus impacts healthcare in third world countries Efforts earn Sam Downing 2009 Lauds & Laurels Outstanding Alumnus in Social Sciences Award |