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CU REACH @ICS is pleased to announce that Dr. Monika Fleshner has been awarded $3200 to support a pilot study investigating the potential for cannabidiol (CBD) to ameliorate the effects of stress, such as anxiety and problems sleeping.

May Ly, Srinjita Bhaduri, Stephen Hutt, and Rick Parker received prestigious nominations and awards as students associated with ICS.

Institute of Cognitive Science, Psychology and Neuroscience Combined Triple PhD graduate student Marianne Reddan wins the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Dosier/Muenzinger Award for Teaching.

Conference papers are being solicited from behavioral and social sciences. The deadline to submit long and short papers is May 1, 2018.

Congratulations to ICS graduate students Yoni Ashar, Hee Jung Jung and Marianne Reddan for receiving highly prestigious Beverly Sears Research Grants. Originally know as the Dean's Small Grants Program, grants have been awarded to over 1,500 students. In 1999, in recognition of her longstanding loyalty to and efforts on behalf...

Dr. Marie Banich spoke on how Banich Lab uses brain imaging techniques to understand the neural systems that process emotion, social information and rewards.

What helps and hurts the teenage brain ? A revolutionary new study hopes to find out how kids’ minds are shaped during this crucial and turbulent stage of life. Researchers are following more than 11,000 children for the next decade, studying how dozens of factors — including drugs and alcohol,...

'Wired' Magazine's Robbie Gonzales interviewed ICS faculty Dr. Cinnamon Bidwell the article "The Future of Weed Science is a Van in Colorado." Bidwell explaines about the purpose of the CU Change Mobile Laboratory : "The idea is: If we can’t bring real-world cannabis into the lab, let’s bring the lab...

ICS, Psychology and Neuroscience Professor Tor Wager was interviewed by Knowable Magazine for his research on the placebo effect. "In early April, several hundred scientists converged in the Netherlands for the first-ever meeting of the Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies. The topic drew psychologists, psychiatrists, physiologists, ethicists and neuroscientists, all...

Dr. Jennifer Jacobs and Dr. Katie Van Horne were recently promoted to ICS Research Professors.