Past Colloquia Events
Gerd Gigerenzer, Director, Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Stiteler Hall, B26 (208 South 37th Street) Title: Towards a Rational Theory of Heuristics Faculty Host: Barbara Mellers URL for more info: https://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/en/staff/gerd-gigerenzer
Kristen Hawkes, Distinguished Professor, Anthropology Department, University of Utah
Stiteler Hall B21 (208 South 37th Street)
Title: Grandmothers and human evolution Abstract: The Grandmother Hypothesis may explain why senescence slowed in our lineage but female fertility still ends at about the same age in humans and great apes. Possible consequences of grandmothering range from socially precocious…
Nim Tottenham, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology,Columbia University
Stiteler Hall B21 (208 South 37th Street)
Title: The development of human amygdala-PFC circuitry and the role of the caregiver Faculty Host: Sara Jaffee URL for more info: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/psychology/tottenham/Site/Home.html
Laurie Santos, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Yale University
Stiteler Hall B21 (208 South 37th Street)
Title: Do primates have a theory of mind?: New insights and new questions Faculty Host: Coren Apicella URL for more info: http://caplab.yale.edu/
Marc Ernst, Professor, Cognitive Neurosciences, Universität Bielefeld
Stiteler Hall B21 (208 South 37th Street)
Title: TBD Faculty Host: Johannes Burge URL for more info: http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/biologie/cns/People/mernst.html