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Are there equitable pathways to college for the Central Valley's students? CIS Prof. Aguirre-Muñoz has the data

November 20, 2024
Prof. Zenaida Aguirre-Muñoz has released a progress update from the first phase of "Advancing Educational Opportunity in the Central Valley Project," a research initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Do high school students in the Central Valley, especially students...

Study: People Facing Life-or-Death Choice Put Too Much Trust in AI

September 4, 2024
In simulated life-or-death decisions, about two-thirds of people in a UC Merced study allowed a robot to change their minds when it disagreed with them -- an alarming display of excessive trust in artificial intelligence, researchers said. Human subjects allowed robots to sway their judgment...

Prof. Morten Christiansen (Cornell & Aarhus) receives Distinguished Cognitive Scientist Award from Cognitive & Information Sciences Department

August 20, 2024
The Cognitive & Information Sciences Department at the University of California, Merced, is pleased to announce that the 15th recipient of the Distinguished Cognitive Scientist Award is Professor Morten Christiansen (Cornell University & Aarhus University). Professor Christiansen has...

Cognitive Science for the Common Good Workshop on Genocide

May 20, 2024
Understanding Genocide: Neural, Psychological and Political Science Perspectives Interdisciplinary Online Workshop | 5.17.24 The Department of Cognitive and Information Sciences recently organized an online workshop, “Understanding Genocide: Neural, Psychological and Political...

CIS Ph.D. Student Zunaira Iqbal Named ARCS Scholar for Research on Neuroscience of Bilingualism

November 13, 2023
Four UC Merced graduate students can focus fully on their research and academic studies this year thanks to a generous gift from the Northern California Chapter of the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation. ARCS, a national organization established and operated entirely by...

Professor Paul Smaldino's First Book Released by Princeton University Press

November 6, 2023
Cognitive and Information Sciences Professor Paul Smaldino has written a new textbook, "Modeling Social Behavior," a textbook that will educate generations of students who want to better understand social and cultural dynamics. Read more about the book.

Prof. Aguirre-Muñoz Brings Biliteracy Education Resources to Local Teachers

October 6, 2023
Cognitive Science Professor Zenaida Aguirre-Muñoz has a passion for biliteracy that has driven her to improve the quality of learning in both English and Spanish at schools in Texas and Central California. A $3 million National Professional Development grant from the U.S. Department of Education...

CROSSTALK series to host talk on climate change communication

September 6, 2023
This year’s Cognitive Science for the Common Good event will be jointly organized with the CROSSTALK talk series and will take place on October 25th, 2023 at 3pm in Conference Center 110. Dr. Edward Maibach, MPH, PhD will speak about The power of health professionals to build public and...

CogSci Undergraduate Students Can Now Earn Honors for Research

July 26, 2023
Starting this fall, the Department of Cognitive and Information Sciences is offering an honors program for undergraduate students. Read more here.

Matlock Retires After Stellar UC Career

July 25, 2023
In the early days of building UC Merced, founding faculty member Teenie Matlock took on lots of tasks that were well outside her job description. Over the years, she expanded her service to the campus and UC in many ways, from designing and developing courses and majors to co-authoring foundational...

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