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.
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.
This image depeicts a stimulus used in David Brainard's lab for studies of how object shape and material properties influence object color appearance.
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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Koraly Perez-Edgar, McCourtney Professor of Child Studies and Professor of Psychology, Penn State
April 7, 2025
Levin Auditorium
425 S. University Avenue