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The Color Lab Uncovers the Soothing Effects of Light

  • by Greg Watry
  • July 28, 2025
  • Science & Technology
  • Self & Society
An interdisciplinary research collaboration between the California Lighting Technology Center, or CLTC, and the Center for Mind and Brain, or CMB, The Color Lab is part of an effort to implement human-centric lighting designs to optimize well-being.
Emily Wright

New Research Suggests Why Males and Females Respond Differently to Social Stress

  • by Alex Russell
  • October 18, 2023
  • Self & Society
A team of psychologists in the College of Letters and Science has found that testosterone is the key hormone that drives gender-based differences in responses to social stress. The study encompassed six separate experiments with mice to isolate what changes in the brain drive these differences between males and females.
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