Psychology
The laboratory of Alan Stocker studies the effects of sequential decision making in perception. For example, the selection of a target affects the subsequent percept of the target's orientation: the perceived angle relative to the distractor orientation is larger than it actually is.
By analyzing participants' eye movements to task-relevant display as they follow spoken instructions to manipulate one of the pictured objects on the display, research in Delphine Dahan's lab examines speech comprehension in real time.
From the Flanagan-Cato lab: Behavioral circuits: Oxytocin-containing fibers (green) surround hypothalamic neurons (red). Daniels, Miselis and Flanagan-Cato.
The origin of social relationships: Robert Seyfarth, Dorothy Cheney, and their colleagues have recently found that, among baboons in the Okavango Delta of Botswana, survival is greatest in the offspring of mothers who have the strongest bonds with other females.
Colloquium
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Kimberly Noble, Professor of Neuroscience and Education, Columbia University
February 3, 2025
Levin Auditorium
425 S. University Avenue
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Steven Heine, Professor, Distinguished University Scholar, and Sauder Distinguished Scholar, The University of British Columbia
February 24, 2025
Levin Auditorium
425 S. University Avenue
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Koraly Perez-Edgar, McCourtney Professor of Child Studies and Professor of Psychology, Penn State
April 7, 2025
Levin Auditorium
425 S. University Avenue