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Explore reporting, interviews, and public talks connecting the lab’s research to everyday questions.
Research in the news
Preventing distracted driving
Professor Zhang’s recommendations on distracted driving, reported by MarketWatch.
Read coverageWhen physical effort competes with cognition
UCR coverage of the lab’s work on physical effort, distraction, and aging.
Read coverageThe contradiction in celebrity sightings
UCR coverage of working memory and familiar faces.
Read coverageWorking memory and social distancing
UCR coverage of individual differences in weighing social-distancing decisions.
Read coverageA good night’s sleep and memory
Riverside Magazine coverage of sleep quality and memory.
Read coverageHow the brain remembers precise information
Coverage of the research program on mnemonic precision.
Read coverageInterviews and public talks
Remembering names and faces
Professor Zhang’s interview with Refinery29.
Read the interviewBook Smart and Street Smart
“What Can We Learn About Human Memory from Pokémon?” Public lecture, February 22, 2017, at 2 p.m. in HUB 355.
Lecture announcementEarlier highlights
Press releases, interviews, and coverage of foundational work.
Pokémon and human memory · Xie & Zhang (2016, 2017)
- UC Riverside Press release, see UCR Today here and here
- Reported in the Press Enterprise, see PE
- Interview on KPCC, see KPCC
- the Poly Spotlight
Capacity and precision · Zhang & Luck (2008)
- Highlighted in Nature Review Neuroscience, see Nature Review Neuroscience
- UC Davis Press release, see UCD News
- Featured on Nature’s Neuroscience Podcast, see Neuropod
- Reported in California Aggie
Memory over time · Zhang & Luck (2009)
- UC Davis Press release, see UCD News
- Featured in Scientific American Mind
- Featured in Scientific American
