Posts Tagged Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences

In fantasy sports, “your brain can twist and interpret fantasy results in ways that are suboptimal, lazy, and illogical,” explains brain and cognitive scientist Renee Miller.

Six Rochester researchers have received the National Science Foundation’s most esteemed recognition for early-career faculty members.

A multidisciplinary team from Arts, Sciences & Engineering and River Campus Libraries builds a virtual reality replica of Kodak Hall to be used in studies of how the brain processes light and sound.

New findings about how the brain interprets sensory information may have applications for treating brain disorders and designing artificial intelligence.

Rochester vision scientists uncover new information about the role of tiny “fixational” eye movements in enabling us to see clearly.

The annual award honors the contributions of graduate students in classrooms and laboratories across the University. This year’s recipients come from different disciplines, but share many things in common.

Lulu Abdullahi (right), a junior at East High School in the Rochester City School District, practices soldering to repair an experiment component with Manuel Gomez-Ramirez, an assistant professor in the University’s Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. For six weeks, Abdullahi and a classmate visited campus as part of NEUROEAST, a new Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience program.

Assistant professors Martina Poletti and Manuel Gomez-Ramirez have received Sloan Awards for their research on how the brain perceives the world.

National vision research organization recognizes David Williams for his research, the organization’s third consecutive honoree with University of Rochester ties.

New Rochester research indicates some neurons can shift to process information about movement depending on the brain’s current frame of reference.