Posts by Jessica

The Conte Center @UCI will host guest speaker Dr. Catherine Hartley, an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at New York University. Interactive development of reinforcement learning and episodic…

Neuroscientists and science educators gathered during the Brain Awareness Campaign Event: Understanding the Impact of Neuroscience Outreach at Neuroscience 2023 to celebrate neuroscience outreach efforts around the world. In this video, keynote…

Irvine, Calif., May 14, 2024 — A research team led by the University of California, Irvine has revealed the link between the frequency of sleep apnea events during the rapid-eye-movement stage…

Irvine, Calif., May 14, 2024 — A night spent dreaming can help you forget the mundane and better process the extreme, according to a new University of California, Irvine study. Novel…

Dyane Velazquez graduated from Vanguard University on Thursday morning, one of hundreds of graduates at the commencement ceremony at Mariners Church in Irvine. Velazquez looks forward to a bright future. The Santa…

April 19, 2024  Dear colleagues, As our Center continues to grow and thrive, we are also expanding our team. Please join me in welcoming Cecilia (Cece) Szarnyasi to the CNLM…

The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a request for information last week about how to counteract the effects of structural racism on brain health and research. The request, or RFI,…

Celebrating Excellence in Mentorship   Dear Friends, We are thrilled to share that CNLM Director Professor Michael Yassa was recently awarded the University of California, Irvine Academic Senate Distinguished Faculty Award…

University of California, Irvine biomedical engineering researchers have uncovered a previously unknown source of two key brain waves crucial for deep sleep: slow waves and sleep spindles. Traditionally believed to…