Psychology
People differ in the degree to which they will choose larger, delayed rewards over smaller, immediate ones. Joe Kable and colleagues have found that activity in specific parts of the brain, striatum and medial prefrontal cortex, reflects the subjective value that particular person places on future rewards.
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.
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.
From the Flanagan-Cato lab: Behavioral circuits: Oxytocin-containing fibers (green) surround hypothalamic neurons (red). Daniels, Miselis and Flanagan-Cato.
Colloquium
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Terry Davidson, Professor of Psychology, American University
February 25, 2019
Levin Auditorium (425 S. University Ave.)
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Dima Amso, Associate Professor of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences Department, Brown University
March 18, 2019
Levin Auditorium (425 S. University Ave.)
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Rebecca Saxe, Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
March 25, 2019
Levin Auditorium (425 S. University Ave.)