USC Dornsife News

Castle in the Clouds

Tue, 7 May 2013 15:30:00 -0500

In a stratospheric leap for neuroscience, researchers at the Brain and Creativity Institute (BCI) are limited only by their imaginations.

Do You Like Me Now?

Tue, 9 Oct 2012 14:20:00 -0500

Whether we like someone affects how our brain processes their movements, according to a new study by USC Dornsife researchers.

Scientists Search for Source of Creativity

Wed, 7 Mar 2012 10:09:00 -0500

It takes two to tango. Two hemispheres of your brain, that is. USC researchers are working to pin down the exact source of creativity in the brain and have found that the left hemisphere of your brain, thought to be the logic...

From the Bottom of My Heart

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:25:00 -0500

Glenn Fox, a neuroscience Ph.D. student in USC Dornsife, conducts the first study on the emotion of gratitude using functional brain imaging and archives from the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, and wins an award from the Oskar Schindler Humanities Foundation.

Making Their Mark

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:51:00 -0500

USC Dornsife's Mary Helen Immordino-Yang and alumnus Thomas Denson recognized by the Association for Psychological Science as 'Rising Stars.'

Who We Are

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:01:00 -0500

Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain, Antonio Damasio, director of the USC Brain and Creativity Institute and David Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience, explores how the brain constructs a mind and how the brain makes that mind conscious. Photo credit Luiz Carvalho." title="In his new book, Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain, Antonio Damasio, director of the USC Brain and Creativity Institute and David Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience, explores how the brain constructs a mind and how the brain makes that mind conscious. Photo credit Luiz Carvalho." /> Antonio Damasio probes the world's most marvelous and complex machine — the mind — in his new book.

Brains and Beauty

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:07:00 -0500

The Brain and Creativity Institute directed by Antonio and Hanna Damasio takes on humankind's biggest neuroscientific questions with intellect and an artistic soul.

Mindful Giving

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:46:00 -0500

With the generous support of David and Dana Dornsife and Joyce J. Cammilleri, the Brain and Creativity Institute advances its groundbreaking research.

Nobler Instincts Take Time

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:24:00 -0500

Emotions linked to our moral sense awaken slowly in the mind, according to a new study from a neuroscience group led by corresponding author Antonio Damasio, director of the Brain and Creativity Institute in USC College. The...

On Your Mark, Get Set, GO!

Thu, 1 Nov 2007 01:53:00 -0500

Dana and David Dornsife donate $1 million to fund the top research priorities for Brain and Creativity Institute.