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.
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.
Students in Rob DeRubeis's lab code sessions of cognitive therapy for depression to identify therapist and client behaviors related to better treatment outcome.
Members of the Kahana Lab have found that brain oscillations associated with successful encoding are reinstated during retrieval.
Colloquium
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Dolores Albarracin, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
December 12, 2022
Levin Auditorium
425 S. University Avenue
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Jean Decety, Professor, University of Chicago
January 23, 2023
Levin Auditorium
425 S. University Avenue
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Gina Poe, Professor, UCLA
February 6, 2023
Levin Auditorium
425 S. University Avenue