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AI helps explain how covert attention works and uncovers new neuron types

January 15, 2026

Sonia Fernandez

The corpus callosum, in red, connects the two hemispheres of the brain together.

New findings in split-brain science: Even minimal fiber connections can unify consciousness

December 2, 2025

Sonia Fernandez

gaming

Video game addiction in teens likely stems from preexisting mental health issues

August 27, 2025

Keith Hamm

NSF

NSF grant supports advances in cyberinfrastructure for multimodal imaging data

July 17, 2025

The interdisciplinary collaboration is aimed at integrating AI and LLM functionality into UCSB BisQue Platform

James Badham

neural network

Energy and memory: A new neural network paradigm

May 14, 2025

Sonia Fernandez

memory

Hormone cycles shape the structure and function of key memory regions in the brain

May 13, 2025

Sonia Fernandez

Fruit fly larvae will reorient themselves toward the negative pole of an electric field.

Scientists discover that fruit fly larvae can sense electric fields

April 9, 2025

Harrison Tasoff

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

Seeing the future: Michael Beyeler’s work in neurotechnology earns him top faculty award

December 17, 2024

Andrew Masuda

onarch butterflies undertake a multigenerational migration that covers thousands of miles

Neurobiologist Sung Soo Kim receives 2024 Scholar Award from McKnight Foundation

July 11, 2024

Neurobiologist Sung Soo Kim receives 2024 Scholar Award from McKnight Foundation

How We Get Around

How We Get Around

October 26, 2020

Neuroscientist Sung Soo Kim receives prestigious NIH award to study how brains select landmarks for navigation