USC Dornsife News

A new experiment centers on how we use language to express common ground with others. Jason Zevin of psychology and linguistics is one of the study’s co-authors.

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.

Mary Helen Immordino-Yang is honored for excellence in research by the American Educational Research Association.

Mary Helen Immordino-Yang of USC Dornsife’s Brain and Creativity Institute is among those honored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science during the group’s annual meeting.

Christoph Haselwandter of physics and astronomy, and Dion Dickman of neuroscience are recognized by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation as researchers who push boundaries.

Daphna Oyserman, Dean’s Professor of Psychology at USC Dornsife, delivers a Dean’s Special Lecture to a packed audience at Joyce J. Cammilleri Hall inside the Dornsife Neuroscience Pavilion.

USC Dornsife’s Mary Helen Immordino-Yang is awarded for her success in engaging with the wider community on the issues and importance of neuroscience.

USC Dornsife University Professor Antonio Damasio’s somatic marker theory has inspired countless experiments in the United States and Europe and has had a major influence in contemporary psychology, neuroscience, neurology, psychiatry and philosophy.

University Professor Antonio Damasio leads a panel on creativity and the brain during the Society for Neuroscience’s annual meeting in San Diego.