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See, Hear, Touch Mental Health Research

The Center for Neuroscience at the University of California, Davis, presents its annual NeuroFest, 12:30 to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 14, inviting the public to put their mind and senses to work learning about research into better treatments and cures for mental disorders.

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Bios Magazine: Making Sense of Your Perceptions

UC Davis College of Biological Sciences neuroscientists like Wilsaan Joiner and Jochen Ditterich are exploring new ways to understand how our brains make sense of our perceptions, in hopes to help diagnose and fight debilitating conditions like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Human and Animal Health

Cynthia Schumann

Associate Professor
Department of Psychology, College of Letters and Science

Research Interests: Cellular and molecular developmental trajectory of brain regions related to anxiety across the lifespan in neurotypical individuals and those with neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders

Biology Year in Review: Our 10 Most Popular Stories from 2019

The new decade is right around the corner, and we're taking a look back at 2019's top 10 performing stories from the College of Biological Sciences website.

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Christine Wu Nordahl

Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine

Research Interests: I use structural and functional imaging to investigate the neural basis of autism spectrum disorder

Perception Inception: Exploring How the Brain Makes Up the World with New Faculty Rishidev Chaudhuri

Assistant Professor Rishidev Chaudhuri is a new faculty member who holds appointments in the Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior and the Department of Mathematics. His research spans the field of neuroscience, from exploring theoretical principles of neural computation to analyzing large neural datasets.

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Rishidev Chaudhuri

Assistant Professor
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences
Department of Mathematics, College of Letters and Science

Research Interests: Developing theoretical frameworks and models to understand neural computation; analyzing neural population activity data.

Randall C. O'Reilly

Professor
Department of Psychology, College of Letters and Science

Research Interests: Computational Cognitive Neuroscience in learning, memory, attention and controlled processes

Steven J. Luck

Distinguished Professor
Department of Psychology, College of Letters and Science

Research Interests: Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention, Working Memory and Schizophrenia

Gene G. Gurkoff

Assistant Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine

Research Interests: Brain Injury and Neuromodulation