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THE SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (SURE)
We believe that our department should reflect the society that it serves, and thus we are committed to increasing racial and ethnic diversity among its students and faculty. The Department is also committed to enhancing research on multi-cultural issues, and to training students to work with, teach, and serve individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences. We endeavor to create a climate of tolerance and understanding for students, staff, and faculty that respects differences in background and life experiences, including differences in ethnic and racial heritage, gender, sexual orientation, age, social-economic standing, and physical abilities.
INFORMATION AND APPLICATION TO THE SURE PROGRAM...
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 James Pennebaker analyzes the President's speech: States of the Union: Truman to Obama
"President Barack Obama’s word choice in the State of the Union Address reveals a complex and dynamic thinker who is surprisingly cool and distant, according to James Pennebaker, chair of the Psychology Department." Read more... | Read full analysis on Dr. Pennebaker's blog. | Pennebaker Web Site
(posted 01/29/10)
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 Dr. Marie Monfils research published in Nature: Preventing the return of fear in humans using reconsolidation update mechanisms
A study led by Drs. Daniela Schiller and Liz Phelps from New York University, in collaboration with UT assistant professor of psychology Marie Monfils, was recently published in the weekly science journal, Nature. In this study on changing the fear response, the authors find that "By introducing new information during the reconsolidation period, it may be possible to permanently change the fear memory." Read more... | Download PDF
This study was a follow-up to another study, published last spring in Science magazine, "Extinction-Reconsolidation Boundaries: Key to Persistent Attenuation of Fear Memories", where a procedure that attenuates the fear memory without the use of drugs is discussed.
Dr. Monfils has received an NIH R21 grant to fund research based on her studies of the fear response.
See also the article on Monfils' research on fear in The New York Times, published in December 2009, "Study Suggests Methods and Timing to Treat Fears".
Monfils Web Page
(posted 01/20/10)
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The Center for Perceptual Systems
Correlation transfer and coding in neuronal populations
KRESIMIR JOSIC, PH.D.
Department of Mathematics
University of Houston
Monday, February 8
12:00 pm
SEA 4.244 | Read more...
The Center for Perceptual Systems
The second CPS workshop on "Natural Environments, Tasks, and Intelligence" (NETI) will be held April 9-11, 2010.
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