UCI Center for Neuropolitics

04/24/2026

TOMORROW is the Spring Lecture! 🎉
Register now to hear from this quarter's featured speaker, Sam Wang, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience at Princeton University. Link in bio

03/27/2026

Spring is right around the corner and that means its time for the Spring Lecture! Register on our website today (linked in bio)

02/17/2026

This Friday is the ❄️ Winter Lecture ❄️ featuring political scientist and psychologist Roderik Rekker, PhD. Last call to register for the event is this week (register with the link in our bio or on our website)

01/05/2026

New year, new Winter Lecture! Register for the next installment of our Lecture Series on our website or using the link under our profile

09/05/2025

03/24/2023

FREE VIRTUAL EVENT—REGISTER NOW: https://uci.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NnSKjq4xTf-B_gOZSPJI8g

In one of the most extraordinary cases in the history of science, the mating calls of insects were mistaken for a “sonic weapon” that led to a major diplomatic row. This lecture will trace the origins of the syndrome, the response of the U.S. government, the results of scientific investigations and opinions, the evolution of the syndrome over time and similar phenomena that have occurred in the past.

Robert W. Baloh, MD is Professor of Neurology and Head and Neck Surgery (Emeritus) at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Author of 14 books and more than 350 articles in peer reviewed journals, he is a pioneer in the study of the vestibular system and clinical neurotology. He has a recent book on Havana Syndrome co-authored with Robert Bartholomew, a sociologist from New Zealand. Two other recent books are: “Medically Unexplained Symptoms” and “Exercise and the Brain”.

For more information, please visit: https://sites.uci.edu/centerforneuropolitics/

01/12/2023

FREE VIRTUAL EVENT—REGISTER NOW: https://rb.gy/2nivgf

🧠Brain scans are remarkably good at predicting political ideology🏛️, according to the largest study of its kind. People scanned while they performed various tasks—and even did nothing—accurately predicted their political leanings.

Learn more about the and its implications at our free, virtual lecture featuring and experts. Register now!

Events Liberals, Conservatives, and the Political Brain:fMRI Studies of Political Ideology Friday, January 20, 2023 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. PT FREE Virtual Event Registration Required Is there a brain basis for political ideology?  Are there differences in brain function for conservatives vs liberals?....