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Psychological and Brain Sciences

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Matt Perko

Using virtual reality, an AI module for future vision prostheses, designed by Michael Beyeler’s Bionic Vision Lab, creates practical and useful artificial vision.

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Matt Perko

August 29, 2023

When the brain leaves the body, does identity move with it? Depends on who you ask.

June 26, 2023

People in power who are guilt-prone are less likely to be corrupt

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June 21, 2023

Researchers at the 2023 Mellichamp Mind & Machine Intelligence Summit contemplate and discuss the state of artificial intelligence

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Mike Eliason

June 14, 2023

University names winners of Thomas More Storke Award and other major prizes for 2023 graduates

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Left to right: Tanya Atwater, Leda Cosmides and Nelson Lichtenstein

May 1, 2023

Joining one of the world’s premier honorary societies, three professors are named to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

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Photo illustration by Matt Perko. Original image by David Matos on Unsplash.

April 7, 2023

Researchers use artificial intelligence to hunt for human intelligence

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Clockwise from top left, the newest Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science are: Mark Bowick (Physics), Richard Mayer (Psych & Brain), Chris Palmstrøm (Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Materials), Julie Simpson (Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology) and Dar Roberts (Geography)

January 31, 2023

Five UC Santa Barbara professors have been elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science