Anna Papafragou, Professor of Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania
February 26, 2024
Levin Auditorium
425 S. University Avenue
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Kia Nobre, Wu Tsai Professor of Psychology, Yale University
March 25, 2024
Levin Auditorium
425 S. University Avenue
The flexible character of internal focus
Host: Anna Schapiro
URL for more information: https://psychology.yale.edu/people/kia-nobre
Randy L. Buckner, Sosland Family Professor of Psychology and of Neuroscience, Harvard University
December 4, 2023
Levin Auditorium
425 S. University Avenue
Host: Mike Arcaro
Title: Precision Estimation of Large-Scale Network Organization in the Human Brain
Human association cortex is populated by a series of large-scale networks. In terms of organization, the multiple networks form an orderly progression that radiates outwards from sensory-motor networks to transmodal association networks that underlie advanced forms of human cognition. In-depth analysis within individuals reveals anatomical details including that functionally distinct networks are intertwined throughout multiple...
Rich Ivry, Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, UC Berkeley
November 13, 2023
Levin Auditorium
425 S. University Avenue
Title: Probing the Role of the Cerebellum in Sensorimotor Learning and Cognition
Host: Johannes Burge
Abstract: An impressive body of research over the past 35 years has implicated the human cerebellum in a broad range of functions, including motor control, perception, language, working memory, cognitive control, and social cognition. The relatively uniform anatomy and physiology of the cerebellar cortex has given rise to the universal cerebellar transform hypothesis (UCT), the idea that the cerebellum can be conceptualized...
Adam Aron, Professor, University of California, San Diego
September 18, 2023
Levin Auditorium
425 S. University Avenue
Title: Why Social Mobilization Is Essential For Confronting the Climate Crisis And What Academic Psychologists Can Do
Host: Russell Epstein
Abstract: Global heating appears to be accelerating and to prevent it from disrupting organized existence we must quickly and substantially reduce the burning of fossil fuels, reduce consumption and demand, and achieve a just transition to renewable energy. Local decision makers, including university chancellors, and city and state officials generally have not, and will not, implement policy in a timely...
Wendy De La Rosa, Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania
April 17, 2023
Levin Auditorium
425 S. University Avenue
Title: Budgeting Strategies & Consumer Behavior
URL for more information: https://marketing.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/wendyde/
Nick Turk-Browne, Professor, Yale University
March 13, 2023
Levin Auditorium
425 S. University Avenue
Title: Cognitive neuroscience of learning and memory in human infants
URL for more information: https://ntblab.yale.edu/
Mauricio Delgado Professor, Rutgers University
March 20, 2023
Levin Auditorium
425 S. University Avenue
Title: Reward Processing in the Social Brain
From winning a raffle to receiving praise from a colleague, the experience of reward elicits positive emotions, shapes our behavior and influences our emotional well-being. Central to processing rewards is the role of the striatum - the input unit of the basal ganglia and a key node in a putative human reward circuit. This talk will first describe early efforts aimed at characterizing a reward-related signal in the human striatum, its association with other brain regions and...
Duane Watson, Professor, Vanderbilt University
February 13, 2023
Levin Auditorium
425 S. University Avenue
Title: Language experience drives language understanding
Abstract: The language environment is critical for language learning and vocabulary growth in children and in predicting the difficulty of processing words and sentences in adults. However, psycholinguists have traditionally measured language experience by aggregating over populations. In this talk, I will share experimental evidence suggesting that an individual’s specific experience with language is linked to their specific preferences for different constructions. By using NLP...