We are a cognitive neuroscience research lab at UCSB. Participate in our paid research study!
We study the changes of s*x steroid hormones in women and men as they transition to midlife (45-55 years old), a time when women go through menopause.
10/28/2021
Learn more about the motivation for Dr. Emily Jacobs' research on women's brain health!
How s*xism hinders brain research Neuroscientist Emily Jacobs will discuss the understudied topic of women’s brain health.
10/13/2021
Dr. Emily Jacobs from the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, UCSB and principal investigator of the Jacobs Lab at UC Santa Barbara will be giving a free public lecture at the UCSB Library on Tuesday, October 26th at 4pm PST on her research!
The title of the talk is: "The Scientific Body of Knowledge - Whose Body Does it Serve? A Spotlight on Women's Brain Health".
Register link and learn more here: https://www.library.ucsb.edu/events-exhibitions/scientific-body-knowledge-whose-body-does-it-serve
09/18/2021
Hi folks! We are continuing to recruit for our lab's Hormones and Cognition Study. This is a PAID research study where you can earn up to $145 for your participation!
Please share widely with your friends, family, and colleagues if you are interested in participating and receiving a free picture of your brain! 😊🧠
07/31/2019
Scientists believe that differences in memory may be due to hormones like estrogen.
Estrogens and Memory Loss in Women Research suggests that the family of hormones has a crucial role in the hippocampus
06/26/2019
UCSB launches its summer lecture series, GRIT: "Ground-Breaking Research and Innovative Technologies". Emily G. Jacobs, PhD kicks off the series will a talk on gender diversity driving scientific discovery.
Talks are free and open to the public, starting at 5:30pm at Girvetz Hall Room 1004!
Impact and Inspiration Summer Sessions presents a new season of GRIT Talks, a series of free public lectures by notable faculty
06/04/2019
"Dr. Lisa Mosconi’s grandmother had two sisters and a brother. All three sisters died of Alzheimer’s. Their brother was spared. Why?"
Menopause and Alzheimer’s Dr. Lisa Mosconi’s grandmother had two sisters and a brother. All three sisters died of Alzheimer’s. Their brother was spared. Why?
05/17/2019
Women. Deserve. Better.
Opinion | Post-Roe America Won’t Be Like Pre-Roe America. It Will Be Worse. The new abortion bans are harsher than the old ones.
04/02/2019
The assumption that everything we know about women can be learned from studying men is not just profoundly wrong, but disproportionately harmful to women, especially in the context of understanding and treating brain disorders.
Dr. Larry Cahill, Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior at the University of California, Irvine, chimes in on the neuroscience of s*x differences and why it is important to study s*x influences on brain function.
Denying the Neuroscience of S*x Differences - Quillette A review of The Gendered Brain: The new neuroscience that shatters the myth of the female brain, by Gina Rippon. The Bodley Head Ltd (March 2019). Imagine your response to picking up a copy of the leading scientific journal Nature and reading the headline: “The myth that evolution applies to human...
03/14/2019
"Science has to represent society, especially since the bulk of academic research is publicly funded by tax payer dollars. For that to happen, we need a DIVERSE pool of scientists who bring radically new perspectives to the table."
Dr. Emily G. Jacobs, Assistant Professor of Psychological and Brian Sciences at UC Santa Barbara and the PI of the Jacobs Cognitive Neuroendocrinology Lab at UCSB, gave a TEDx talk in partnership with Laguna Blanca School discussing gender diversity in science!
How Gender Diversity Drives Scientific Discovery | Emily Jacobs | TEDxLagunaBlancaSchool It’s interesting to consider that scientific discoveries are driven both by what is studied, and who is doing the studying. In her talk, Emily Jacobs, Ph.D. ...