Psychology Dissertation Seminar: Min Gong
DISSERTATION SEMINAR
Min Gong
Friday, July 10, 1:30 pm
B35, Solomon Labs
Title: GROUP COOPERATION UNDER UNCERTAINTY
Abstract:
Previous research has shown an ‘interindividual-inter-group
discontinuity effect’: inter-group interactions generally lead to less
cooperative outcomes than interindividual interactions. In this
dissertation, I replicate the discontinuity effect in the deterministic
prisoner’s dilemma, but find that groups are more cooperative than
individuals in a stochastic version of the game.
Positive Health Lecture: Special Lecture
Positive Health Lecture: Special Lecture on How Positive Emotions, Diverse Social Networks, and Social
Status Contribute to Lower Morbidity and Mortality
Dr. Sheldon Cohen, June 24, 2009 at 12 pm
Psychology Dissertation Seminar: Norah Simpson
TITLE: Effects of partial sleep restriction on biological markers of cardiovascular risk: Evidence for differential vulnerability within a healthy population.
Psychology Dissertation Seminar: Daniel Drucker
TITLE: Neural Object Representation Spaces and their Metric Properties
ABSTRACT: A central focus of cognitive neuroscience is identification of the neural codes that represent stimulus dimensions. This work
investigates the relationship between stimulus similarity for several sets of parameterized shapes and the evoked patterns of activity in
the brain. First, lateral and ventral portions of the lateral occipital complex are found to have differences in their tuning and
Psychology Dissertation Seminar: Julia Hormes
DISSERTATION SEMINAR
Julia Margaretha Hormes
Friday, May 8th, 2pm
Room B35, Solomon Labs
Penn Neuroscience & Society Talk Series : Deep Brain Stimulation and the Scientific Commons
Joseph Fins, MD
Chief, Division of Medical Ethics, Professor of Medicine, Professor of Public Health and Professor of Medicine in Psychiatry
Weill Cornell Medical College
http://www.neuroethics.upenn.edu/index.php/events/public-talk-series
Psychology Colloquium: Professor Dianne Tice
Psychology Colloquium: Professor Dianne Tice, Florida State
3:30PM in Stiteler Hall room B21. Refreshments will be served at 3:00PM in the Silverstein Forum
Dr. Roy Hamilton of Penn Cognitive Neurology: CCN Talk
Psychology Colloquium: Professor Ken Dodge
Mon, Apr 13 2009
Psychology Colloquium: Professor Ken Dodge, Duke University
3:30PM in Stiteler Hall room B21. Refreshments will be served at 3:00PM in the Silverstein Forum
Penn Neuroscience & Society Talk Series : The Coming Integration of Humans and Machines
Michael Chorost, PhD
Author of Rebuilt: How becoming part computer made me more human
http://www.neuroethics.upenn.edu/index.php/events/public-talk-series