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Understanding Online Toxicity
In 2022, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience Dean Mobbs began to investigate the relationship between social media use and mental health and well-being. As his research program ramps up to test brain activity and physiological markers of stress during social media use, Mobbs and his colleagues, postdocs Swati Pandita, Ketika Garg, and Jiajin Zhang, have constructed […]
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Caltech Grad Student Named as Quad Fellow
Caltech graduate student Honami Tanaka has been named to the 2024 cohort of the Quad Fellowship, an initiative of the governments of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States designed to promote social good and foster intercultural ties through scientific and technological innovation. This year, the cohort also includes students from Southeast Asian countries in […]
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Chen Institute and Science to Hold Innovative Conference in Shanghai Spotlighting Latest Developments in “Artificial Intelligence and Mental Health”
Registration is open for the Nov 7-8, Shanghai Meeting Aug 21, 2024. Redwood City. Today, the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute (the Chen Institute) and Science announced that they are holding the second of their annual conference series focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Mental Health in Shanghai, November 7-8, 2024. The meeting is being […]
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Autism Research Via Smartphone
One of the most effective means of investigating and understanding autism is eye tracking. Participants are shown photos or videos, and computer software records where their gaze rests. Autistic individuals are more likely to focus on nonsocial aspects of an image, such as objects or background patterns, while neurotypical subjects have an increased propensity to […]
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AAAS and Chen Institute inaugurate new prize recognizing innovative applications of AI techniques
Redwood City, August 14, 2024. In collaboration with the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is announcing the establishment of the Chen Institute and Science Prize for Al Accelerated Research. Submissions are now open for the first year of the prize, which will be awarded in 2025. […]
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Genetic Foundations of Regeneration Remain Elusive
Throughout the animal kingdom, several species have the ability to regenerate body parts after cuts or damage. Lizards can regrow their tails, salamanders can regrow arms and legs, certain flatworms can even regrow their entire heads. But humans do not have the ability to regenerate damaged body parts. Why? To answer this question, researchers first […]
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NeuroPSI- Chen Institute Joint Conference on Brain, Behavior, & Beyond
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Top International BCI Academic Conference to Be Held in Asia for the First Time
July 24, 2024 (Redwood City, USA) – The Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute (TCCl) and the BCI Society announced today the BCI Society & Chen Institute Joint BCI Meeting, which will be held in Shanghai, China on December 6 – 7 this year, marking the first time that the world’s top academic conference in the […]
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Two New Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators Named
Caltech professors Viviana Gradinaru (BS ’05) and André Hoelz have been named among 26 new investigators of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). They join a community of more than 250 HHMI investigators across fields ranging from neuroscience to immunology to structural biology. Gradinaru is the Lois and Victor Troendle Professor of Neuroscience and Biological […]
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‘Magic Mushrooms’ Work By Scrambling Key Brain Network
In a new study researchers report that psilocybin, the active compound in magic mushrooms, temporarily scrambles a critical network of brain areas involved in introspective thinking such as daydreaming and remembering. People who consume psilocybin-containing mushrooms—otherwise known as magic mushrooms—typically undergo a surreal experience in which their sense of space, time and self is distorted. […]