This seminar is designed to provide valuable information to UCSB students,
postdocs, staff and faculty regarding how to work effectively with vertebrate animals
in teaching and research, including the regulatory infrastructure. Attendance is
required of all UCSB vertebrate animal researchers who have not attended this
seminar previously.

Animals in Research: Doing It Right and Doing It Well

All animal researchers who have not attended this seminar previously are required to attend. Since the seminar covers recent updates in the regulations, it is also recommended for other researchers.

The interplay between virtual reality (VR) technology and psychological science represents a  powerful opportunity, enabling unique ways of bridging laboratory precision with real-world and  clinical relevance. This presentation draws from two decades of work to demonstrate how  immersive technologies like VR are revolutionizing research, education, and practice in health and  medicine.

Suyi Leong's title: Impactful misperceptions in mentorship: Discrepancies in normative views of career preferences affect PhD students’ comfort in discussions

Connor Gibbs title: Who’s in control? A cultural perspective on the process of compensatory control

An Archaic Perspective on Human Origins

Of Neanderthals, Denisovans and Others

Abstract: 

The neural substrates of choking under performance pressure