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Op-ed: We're really bad at judging risk to kids. We're really good at judging parents.

December 16, 2016

Courtesy of social scientists Kyle Stanford, Barbara Sarnecka and Ashley Thomas, featured in The Washington Post, Dec. 16, 2016

Social sciences recognizes outstanding faculty researchers

December 7, 2016

Awards carry $5,000 prize to support continued research

Farm School founder and early campus administrator dies

December 5, 2016

Michael D. Butler, social sciences professor emeritus, was also dean emeritus of undergraduate studies and a founding director of the UCI Farm School

We survive because reality may be nothing like we think it is

December 4, 2016

Don Hoffman, cog sci, in the Big Think

Questioning the nature of reality with cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman (Audio)

December 2, 2016

Don Hoffman, cog sci, on You Are Not So Smart, Dec. 2, 2016

Donald Trump rejects reality? That might make him a great president, cognitive science says

December 2, 2016

Cog sci prof Don Hoffman's research featured by OregonLive, Dec. 2, 2016

The digital divide: Host Rabia Yeaman interviews Donald Hoffman (Audio)

October 14, 2016

Don Hoffman, cog sci, on KBOO, Oct. 14, 2016

UCI's promise

October 12, 2016

New programs guide a changing student population to success

Is reality just perception? (Audio & TED talk Video)

October 9, 2016

Don Hoffman, cognitive sciences, via CBC Radio, Oct. 9, 2016

Moral judgments distort perceptions of risk to a child

October 2, 2016

Social scientists Ashley Thomas, Barbara Sarnecka and Kyle Stanford via Psychology Today, Oct. 2, 2016

California's moral superiority complex

September 29, 2016

Research by social scientists Ashley Thomas (cog sci), Barbara Sarnecka (cog sci) and Kyle Stanford (LPS) via American Spectator, Sept. 29, 2016

What 'stranger things' can teach us about parenting

September 28, 2016

Research by social scientists Ashley Thomas (cog sci), Barbara Sarnecka (cog sci) and Kyle Stanford (LPS) in Psych Central, Sept. 28, 2016

Fact-checking is largely irrelevant because deceit is not what's causing moral outrage, Clinton's gender is (Contributor)

September 27, 2016

Social scientists Ashley Thomas (cog sci), Barbara Sarnecka (cog sci) and Kyle Stanford (LPS) in The Huffington Post, Sept. 27, 2016

Welcome back!

September 22, 2016

Message from dean Bill Maurer

Breakthrough study explains why we arrest moms for putting kids in nearly non-existent 'danger'

September 22, 2016

Social scientists Ashley Thomas (cog sci), Barbara Sarnecka (cog sci) and Kyle Stanford (LPS) in Reason, Sept. 22, 2016

Op-ed: We're really bad at judging risk to kids. We're really good at judging parents.

Social sciences recognizes outstanding faculty researchers

Farm School founder and early campus administrator dies

We survive because reality may be nothing like we think it is

Questioning the nature of reality with cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman (Audio)

Donald Trump rejects reality? That might make him a great president, cognitive science says

The digital divide: Host Rabia Yeaman interviews Donald Hoffman (Audio)

UCI's promise

Is reality just perception? (Audio & TED talk Video)

Moral judgments distort perceptions of risk to a child

California's moral superiority complex

What 'stranger things' can teach us about parenting

Fact-checking is largely irrelevant because deceit is not what's causing moral outrage, Clinton's gender is (Contributor)

Welcome back!

Breakthrough study explains why we arrest moms for putting kids in nearly non-existent 'danger'

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