Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences

Dr. Lexi Decker is visiting campus from MIT to deliver a special seminar in Mergenthaler 111 at 3:30 pm on Wednesday, February 12th - we hope to see you there! Dynamics of attention and memory formation across time and development Attention is a powerful driver of memory formation. Yet sustaining attention is a constant challenge, and […]

Hippocampal neuronal activity is aligned with action plans Neurons in the hippocampus have been shown to respond to various stimuli, such as space, sensory cues, evidence, or time, depending on which modality is relevant to behavior. However, the extent to which this flexibility reflects direct sensory input versus more generalized computation remains unclear. To disentangle […]

Dr. Jae-Young Son from Brown University will be delivering a talk in Mergenthaler 111 at 3:30 pm on Wednesday, February 19th - we hope to see you there! Mapping the social world: How abstract cognitive maps enable social navigation Human networks contain rich reservoirs of social capital: people learn about job opportunities from ‘weak ties’ such […]

Dr. Jamal Williams from Yale University is delivering a special seminar in Mergenthaler 111 at 3:30 pm- we hope to see you there! Beyond isolated systems: Visual processing is shaped by auditory context and prior knowledge In every moment, our senses work together to help us navigate a noisy, ambiguous world: a rustling of nearby […]