Spotlights
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AI Has Much to Learn From Childhood Curiosity
Spotlights ·Edited by Maedbh King
Eliza Kosoy grew up in New York and attended Emmanuel College where she studied Mathematics. She then spent three years at MIT in the lab of Josh Tenenbaum. She is starting her second year in the psychology graduate program at UC Berkeley where she studies developmental psychology. She is supervised by Prof. Alison Gopnik. -
Leveraging Big Data to Understand Emotion
Spotlights ·Edited by Maedbh King
Alan Cowen grew up in Chicago and attended Yale University where he double majored in Cognitive Science and Applied Math. He graduated from the psychology graduate program at UC Berkeley where he studied cognitive neuroscience and social-personality. He was supervised by Prof. Dacher Keltner. -
Context is Crucial in Identifying Emotions
Spotlights ·Edited by Maedbh King
Mandy Chen grew up in Zhongshan in southern China and attended Peking University in Beijing where she studied Psychology. She is starting her fourth year in the psychology graduate program at UC Berkeley where she studies cognitive neuroscience. She is supervised by Prof. David Whitney. -
Structural Forces at Play in Guiding Child Development
Spotlights ·Interview by Maedbh King
Monica Ellwood-Lowe grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and attended Stanford, where she majored in Psychology. She is starting her third year in the psychology graduate program at UC Berkeley where she studies developmental psychology. She is supervised by Profs. Mahesh Srinivasan and Silva Bunge. -
Listen to Your Heart: What Cardiovascular Health Can Teach Us About Sleep
Spotlights ·Interview by Maedbh King
Vyoma Shah grew up in Mumbai, India and attended UC Berkeley where she majored in cognitive science. She is starting her third year in the psychology graduate program at Berkeley where she studies cognitive neuroscience. She is supervised by Prof. Matt Walker.
Opinion
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From Brains to Bitcoin: Why One Psychology Graduate Left Academia for Industry
Opinion ·Edited by Maedbh King
Darius Parvin, PhD is a recent graduate of the psychology program at UC Berkeley. He studied in the Cognition and Action laboratory under the supervision of Prof. Richard Ivry. -
17th Grade: What We Wish We Had Known
Opinion ·Edited by Maedbh King
A new cohort has recently joined the psychology graduate program and it has all of us reminiscing about our first day in 17th grade. We asked the current graduate students to offer their pearls of wisdom on staying afloat and succeeding over the coming years. They had a lot to say!
Outreach
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Academia is for Everyone: Popping the Science Bubble
Outreach ·Interview by Juliana Chase
Elena Leib believes that science is for everyone. As a 2nd year Psychology PhD student working with Professor Silvia Bunge, she is on a mission to demonstrate that research can be both accessible and meaningful no matter a person’s background.