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Calculated Surprise Leads to Groundbreaking Neuroscience Discovery
Neuroscientists used functional magnetic resonance imaging to provide insights into the role of the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex as a component network of brain regions that support motivated behavior.
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FAU Partners with Palm Beach County School District for Ethics Bowl
FAU's LeRoy Collins Public Ethics Academy has partnered with The School District of Palm Beach County to host the annual Palm Beach County Regional High School Ethics Bowl.
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Hispanics' Consumer Confidence Weakens Entering 2020
Consumer confidence among Hispanics in the U.S. was weaker in the fourth quarter of 2019.
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Immersive Simulator Tests 'Trust' Between Humans and Self-driving Cars
FAU's College of Engineering and Computer Science has developed a unique immersive simulator that provides a convincingly lifelike virtual reality simulation to test trust between humans and self-driving cars.
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Osher LLI at FAU Presents Dana Weiss
The Osher LLI at FAU in Jupiter will present a lecture by Dana Weiss, Israel's Channel 2 chief political analyst and host of the "Saturday Evening News with Dana Weiss," on Thurs., Jan. 23 at 12 p.m.
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Partnership Will Help 6,000 Students Have a Smoother College Commute
FAU has received $375,000 from The Kresge Foundation to lead a first-time transportation collaboration to improve southeast Florida's transit ecosystem for college students.
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Study Examines Fish Consumption and Mercury Exposure in Pregnant Women
A study by FAU's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute evaluated fish consumption, sources, risk, knowledge and hair mercury concentrations in pregnant women in coastal Florida.
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FAU Celebrates Fall 2019 Commencement
Florida Atlantic University will confer more than 2,600 degrees today and tomorrow during four commencement ceremonies in the Carole and Barry Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium.
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First-Generation Graduate, 18, Earns Degree in Neuroscience/Behavior
At just 18 years old, Jessica Baran is the first person in her family to be born in the United States and will be the first to earn a college degree.
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Quadriplegic Veteran, Paralympic Athlete Earns Engineering Degree
From serving for the military in Iraq to a traumatic accident that left him quadriplegic, Carlos Leon has faced adversity time after time and powered through these major challenges only to meet success.