January 25, 2013
A new USC Dornsife study has found evidence suggesting that the brain works hard to understand those who have different bodies when watching them in action.
According to the study’s lead author, the finding supports… more>
categories: research, graduate research, diversity, faculty diversity
tags: lisa aziz-zadeh, national science foundation graduate research fellowship, research, sook-lei liew, tong sheng, usc brain and creativity institute
October 9, 2012
Hate the Lakers? Do the Celtics make you want to hurl?
Whether you like someone can affect how your brain processes their actions, according to new research from the Brain and Creativity Institute (BCI), housed in USC… more>
categories: research, faculty research, graduate research
tags: brain and creativity institute, jonas kaplan, lisa aziz-zadeh, mona sobhani, natural sciences, neuroscience, plos one, psychology
March 7, 2012
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… more>
categories: research, faculty research
tags: brain, brain and creativity institute, creativity, lisa aziz-zadeh, neuroscience, publication, study