Interview with Miaoqi Zhu, a Computer & Social Scientist working in Hollywood How are psychology, computer science, and data analysis related? In the past ~40 years, since the early days in computing, there have been a number of attempts at bringing those fields together. The field of cognitive science and […]
Interview with Andy Walshe at Redbull High Performance: Hacking Extreme Creativity What is a sport? The answer to that question used to be clear for Americans: Football, baseball, and basketball. But today the definition of sports is less clear. People are watching professional players play games like League of Legends. […]
Gamification Ramifications With Michael Fergusson Small changes in behavior can make a huge impact, especially in health. One way to get people to make small changes is to make it fun for them to change, by using games and gamification. Most of us know what games and video games are, […]
Getting Into The Nuts and Bolts of Bioinformatics and Vaccine Selection By analyzing large amounts of data, researchers are learning to solve new and important problems in health and medicine. We’ve gained the ability to predict outbreaks of disease, to determine how genes will lead to disease, and to find […]
Unlocking Infant Psychology With Dr. Scott Johnson Dr. Scott Johnson works at UCLA’s innovative Baby Lab. He also studies the development of perception and cognition in humans, human brain development, developmental disabilities, and learning how neurons in the brain connect to vision. Dr. Scott Johnson is a UCLA professor […]
