Posts by Michael
Why Our Brains Love Story
We all love to sit down with a good book or a movie and feel transported to an alternate reality. What makes a story so captivating? How does the brain…
Read MoreScientist Spotlight: Joren Adams
Interview by Maria Montchal Art by Blake Miranda Position at UCIResearch Specialist in the Yassa Lab What do you study?I study how memories are affected by mood and mood-related disorders…
Read MoreCNLM Ambassadors partner with community to enhance public engagement with science
Last Saturday October 20, four UC Irvine CNLM Ambassadors spent their morning at Newport Beach’s Oasis Senior Center participating in the Oasis Senior Health and Resource Fair. The event brought…
Read MoreDr. James L. McGaugh draws capacity audience to Irvine Barclay Theatre for Inaugural McGaugh-Gerard Lecture on Learning and Memory
“From the day UCI opened its doors almost exactly 53 years ago to the day, neuroscience and the study of the mind have been among our towering academic strengths. This…
Read MoreResearch Update: New study by CNLM Director Michael Yassa suggests your 10 minute walk may be doing more than you think!
A new study published today in PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) reports that just 10 minutes of light exercise is sufficient to enhance memory and change connections…
Read MoreUCI Founding Professor and world renowned neuroscientist Dr. James L. McGaugh to give inaugural McGaugh-Gerard Lecture
McGaugh-Gerard Lecture aims to encourage public education, scientific discourse and exposure to world-class science. IRVINE, CA— On October 8, 2018, the UC Irvine Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and…
Read MoreNeurobiological Correlates of Aging Memory | Dr. Carol Barnes, Ph.D.
Carol Barnes, Ph.D. is a Regents’ Professor in the Departments of Psychology, Neurology and Neuroscience, the Evelyn F. McKnight Endowed Chair for Learning and Memory in Aging, Director of the…
Read MoreHow thinking about memory has changed in the past 35 years | Dr. Lynn Nadel, Ph.D.
Dr. Lynn Nadel, Ph.D. is Regents’ Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Arizona. His work focuses on the functions of the hippocampus in memory and spatial cognition. Together…
Read MoreHistorical Perspectives on Brain and Memory | Dr. James L. McGaugh
Dr. James L. McGaugh, Founding Director of the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (CNLM) at UC Irvine gives the introductory lecture at the 2018 International Conference on…
Read MoreTraining the world’s youngest brain scientists
Young students embrace science at UCI’s Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory Story by Cathy Lawhon Neuroscientists are accustomed to defining problems, developing experiments, testing hypotheses and analyzing…
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