At the USC Image Understanding Laboratory, Irving Biederman and the late Bosco Tjan’s pioneering research into vision and the mind seeks to unlock the mystery of how our brains can recognize previously unseen scenes, objects or faces in a fraction of a second.
USC Dornsife researchers pinpoint the regions of the brain that spark during humor creativity — and find those regions are different for professional and amateur comedians.
Renowned for his pioneering research in visual cognition and perception, Bosco Tjan was a devoted teacher and a beloved professor of psychology.
A new bachelor of science degree in computational neuroscience gives undergraduates a rare opportunity to apply mathematics to the study of the brain and nervous system. One is Sarah Herald, winner of the 2014 Rakusin Neuroscience Scholarship Award.
