Institute for Applied Neuroscience
  • Home
  • About
  • News
  • Leadership Team
  • Advisory Board
  • Contact
  • Science of Learning

Neurolaw: MacArthur Scholar Dr Uncapher presented findings to foundation's network on Law and Neuroscience 

11/18/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
Dr. Melina Uncapher presented her research from Stanford's Memory Lab to members and scholars of the MacArthur Research Network on Law and Neuroscience. Findings included demonstrating that people can use simple strategies to 'beat' a brain-based (fMRI) memory detector. Collaborators Dr. Anthony Wagner and Dr. Jesse Rissman presented related work. Dr. Uncapher has been recognized as a MacArthur Scholar for her work in the field.
0 Comments

IAN welcomes policy strategist Samantha Graff to advisory board

8/28/2014

1 Comment

 
Picture
Picture
IAN welcomes Samantha Graff to our advisory board! Samantha is a Harvard- and Yale-trained public interest lawyer who will guide our translation of research into effective policy recommendations. Samantha has helped shape local, state, and federal policies to combat tobacco marketing, junk food advertising to children, unhealthful school and neighborhood environments, and online privacy threats. She has published and supervised scores of academic journal articles, amicus briefs, model ordinances, and op-eds clarifying how various constitutional doctrines shape options for government to promote public health and safety. IAN is thrilled to welcome Samantha to our senior team!
1 Comment

National Bar Association presented with findings of Dr. Melina Uncapher and Dr. Anthony Wagner

8/2/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
Dr. Anthony Wagner of Stanford University spoke in the National Bar Association's 89th annual convention about work from his lab that is positioned at the intersection of law and neuroscience. This work included findings from Dr. Melina Uncapher on how our brains respond differently to faces from our own race vs. other races, and how that may affect memory. The findings have implications for eyewitness memory that includes other-race faces. 
0 Comments

IAN's Dr. Melina Uncapher appointed to editorial board of Journal of Science & Law

8/1/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
IAN's Dr. Melina Uncapher was appointed to the editorial board of the Journal of Science & Law, a journal that provides a forum for scholarship at the intersection of scientific research and legal policy. Dr. Uncapher will be bringing to the journal her experience as a MacArthur Scholar conducting novel neuroscientific research for applications to law policy and practice, as well as her background in communicating neuroscientific issues in law to judges, attorneys, and the general public.   
0 Comments

Dr. Melina Uncapher on panel discussion of memory and law for SF Public Defender's Justice Summit

4/23/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
Picture
IAN's co-founder and CEO, Dr. Melina Uncapher, sat on a panel for public officials and law policymakers to discuss issues of memory in the law, held by the San Francisco Public Defender's Office. Topics included how false memories can occur, how eyewitness identification should be corroborated because our memories are inherently incomplete and often jumbled, but that this should not discourage victims or eyewitnesses from coming forward. 

The Justice Summit was televised and airs throughout the year on SFgov.tv

Press coverage
0 Comments

Dr. Melina Uncapher named MacArthur Scholar

10/15/2013

0 Comments

 
Picture
IAN's co-founder and CEO, Dr. Melina Uncapher, named a MacArthur Network Scholar in recognition of the depth and impact of her ongoing work with the MacArthur Foundation's Research Network on Law and Neuroscience.
0 Comments

PBS TV show with Alan Alda features Dr. Melina Uncapher

9/11/2013

0 Comments

 
Picture
The work of IAN's co-founder and CEO, Dr. Melina Uncapher, is featured on a PBS special, Brains on Trial with Alan Alda. She is featured in episode one, highlighting her work with Dr. Anthony Wagner on memory detection using functional brain imaging, as well as their work using wearable technology to study real-world memories in the brain.
0 Comments
    Donate Now

    Archives

    March 2016
    February 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    April 2014
    October 2013
    September 2013

    Categories

    All
    Academic Journals
    Advisory Board
    Blogs
    Career Decision-making
    Cool Findings
    Documentary
    Economics
    Education
    Educational Neuroscience
    Film
    High School Students
    Honors And Awards
    Intervention Studies
    Kids And Tech
    Leadership
    National Conferences
    National Recognition
    Neuromyths
    Neuroscience
    Neuroscience And Law
    New Research
    Next Generation Leaders
    Parents
    Public Communication
    Quality Of Life
    Science Of Learning
    Teacher Training
    Teenagers
    Textbooks
    TV Shows
    Underserved Youth

    RSS Feed

Support Brain Science for Good
About  
News
Leadership Team
Advisory Board
Contact
Institute for Applied Neuroscience is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization based in Palo Alto, CA.