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Decision-making mechanisms go awry in OCD brains: study

18 Oct 2023

The research sheds light on the biological basis of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia honours five UNSW academics

09 Nov 2021

New Fellows elected in recognition of their excellence in the social sciences.

Newly discovered memory process influences decision-making: neuroscience study

02 Apr 2020

Learned connections between stimuli and reward – like the positive emotions associated with popular brands – have a powerful influence over our future decisions. Scientists have started to discover why.

New light shed on neuronal circuits involved in behaviour, learning and dysfunction

31 Jan 2020

Two types of neuronal circuit in the brain that acquire and update voluntary actions are much more intertwined than previously thought.

UNSW appoints 16 new Scientia Professors

16 Dec 2016

A computer scientist calling for bans on 'killer robots', an internationally respected drug researcher, and a chemist developing 'smart' nanoparticles to target tumours are among 16 new Scientia Professors.