Anytime we are using our coordination – whether taking a shot in golf or just reaching for a coffee mug – the cerebellum is at play. The small structure at the base of the brain is well-known to be... Read more
Ever wonder why children can so easily figure out how to work the TV remote? Or why they "totally get" apps on your smartphone faster than you? It turns out that young children may be more open-... Read more
Professor Jonathan Wallis is part of a team of scientists selected to build a brain implant for the treatment of neuropsychiatric disease. The multi-institution team received one of the first awards... Read more
Harrison Gough passed away on Sunday, May 4, 2014. Prof. Gough was a long-time member of our Department. He joined the Department in 1949, straight from his PhD program at Minnesota and remained at... Read more
Chimpanzees may throw tantrums like toddlers, but their total brain size suggests they have more self-control than, say, a gerbil or fox squirrel, according to a new study of 36 species of mammals... Read more
Prof. Tania Lombrozo has been selected as a Psychonomic Society Outstanding Early Career Awardee for 2014. Several awards are made each year to “young scientists who have made significant... Read more
Attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most controversial and misunderstood medical conditions today. Skyrocketing rates of diagnosis and medication treatment have generated a... Read more
Ever notice how Harry Potter’s T-shirt changes from a crewneck to a henley shirt in the “Order of the Phoenix,” or how in “Pretty Woman,” Julia Roberts’ croissant inexplicably morphs into a pancake?... Read more
The 2014 Roger Brown Award will be presented to Dan Isaac Slobin, UC Berkeley, for his contributions to the field of language acquisition at the 13th International Congress for the Study of Child... Read more
First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes baby in a baby carriage – and then what? That was the question bugging UC Berkeley psychologist Robert Levenson in the 1980s when the U.S. divorce... Read more