A team of American and Israeli brain scientists, including Martin Monti, an assistant professor of psychology and neurosurgery at UCLA, tested former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to assess his brain responses, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Surprisingly, Sharon showed significant brain activity.
Bullying, whether it’s physical aggression or spreading rumors, boosts the social status and popularity of middle school students, according to a new UCLA psychology study that has implications for programs aimed at combatting school bullying.
UCLA’s La Kretz Center Field Station opened Tuesday, Jan. 22, in the Santa Monica Mountains, providing a new headquarters and center of operations for the university’s La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science.
Joshua Siskin’s story highlighting UCLA’s seven-acre Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden, located on the Westwood campus, with its collection of more than 5,000 tropical, sub-tropical and Mediterranean plant species.
Shelley E. Taylor, UCLA distinguished professor of Psychology, and her colleagues, including lead author Elizabeth Castle, have found that “older adults seem to be particularly vulnerable to interpersonal solicitations, and their reduced sensitivity to cues related to trust may partially underlie this vulnerability.
UCLA Life Scientists, Genhong Cheng and Jeffery F. Miller, are the latest scholars to be named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and the publisher of the journal Science.
Victoria Sork, Dean of the UCLA Division of Life Sciences; Alvaro Sagasti, associate professor of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology; and Life Sciences student Angelica Riestra were interviewed by Univision about how UCLA is increasing opportunities and scholarships for excellent underrepresented minority students in the sciences.
