Southern California Learning and Memory Symposium

UCSD will host this day-long symposium on June 6th. Includes talks by Larry Squire, Jon Wixted, Mark Mayford, Alcino Sylva and Sarah Mednick. READ MORE >>

Newest faculty: Christopher Bryan

Christopher Bryan joins the Social Psychology faculty. Chris studies how subtle changes in framing can change people's attitudes and behavior in ways that benefit them, their communities, and the larger society. READ MORE >>

Norman Anderson

A Bold Challenge

Learn how Prof. Norman Anderson pledged $100,000 in a challege to the UCSD psychology community. READ MORE >>

Laura Schreibman wins Chancellor’s Excellence Award

Dr. Schreibman received the 2012 Excellence Award for Research in Humanities and Social Sciences, one of six prestigious Chancellor’s Associates Faculty Excellence Awards that are given annually to UCSD professors. READ MORE >>

Larry Squire

Larry Squire receives the National Academy of Sciences Award for Scientific Reviewing

A leader in the field of memory and foremost expert in the anatomical and functional basis of mammalian memory, Squire is honored for “his prolific and comprehensive reviews on memory research, for his seminal books that are standards in the field, and critical reviews of books on neuroscience.” READ MORE >>

Adam Aron receives 2012 Young Investigator Award from CNS

Dr Aron will be honored at the Society's annual meeting in March this year in Chicago. The award is given “to recognize the outstanding contributions by scientists early in their careers.” READ MORE >>

Students Use Mirror Therapy to Help Relieve Phantom Limb Pain Suffered by Victims of Haitian Earthquake

UC San Diego students travel to Haiti as part of Clinton Global Initiative University. READ thisweek@UCSD article >>

More News & Events

  • Norman Anderson Tree Dedication

    Norman Anderson Tree Dedication

    A tree dedication honored Norman Anderson's contributions to the psychology department.

  • David Brang

    David Brang in L.A. Times

    An L.A. Times story on synesthesia’s blended senses included the work of graduate student David Brang.

  • Rama

    Rama on metaphors...

    ScienceNOW quoted Rama in a report on how the brain processes metaphors

Department Events >>

  • CNS Series
    • Justin Kiggins, UCSD
    • Topic: Representations of learned sequence statistics in the avian auditory forebrain
    • Tristan Shuman, UCSD
    • Topic: Localizing the neural correlate of cocaine seeking behavior
    • Tuesday, May 15th, Noon (Crick, 3545 Mandler)
    • CNS page
  • Dissertation Defense
    • Nicki Swan
    • Thursday, May 17th, 12:30 PM (NOTE LOCATION: NSB, Auditorium 1205 )
    • Topic: The Spatio-temporal dynamics of a neural network for response control
  • Grad Talk Series
  • Dissertation Defense
    • David Brang
    • Thursday, May 24th, 11 AM (Crick, 3545 Mandler)
    • Topic: When and how does 2 turn blue? The neural timing and mechanisms underlying synesthesia