Dr. Natalia Vélez from Princeton University is visiting campus to deliver a special seminar in Olin 305 at 9:30 am on Monday, February 3rd. We hope to see you there! Thinking Collaboratively Since the cognitive revolution, psychologists have developed formal theories of cognition by thinking of the mind as a computer. This metaphor, however, is typically applied to individual […]
Natalia Vélez's chalk talk will take place in Ames 217 on Tuesday, February 4th, 2025 from 9:30 to 10:30 am. We hope to see you there!
Dr. Marina Dubova from the Santa Fe Institute will be delivering a talk in Mergenthaler 111 at 3:30 pm on Wednesday, February 5th - we hope to see you there! Carving nature at its joints: the double-edged sword of theory-driven discovery To understand and navigate our world, both individuals and scientific communities create simplifying representations, […]
Marina Dubova's chalk talk will take place in Ames 217 from 12:30 to 1:30 pm today, February 6th.
Ames 234 PBS Graduate & Postdoctoral student presentation series CM & AB presenting
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 […]
Lexi Decker's chalk talk will take place in Ames 217 from 12:30 to 1:30 pm on Thursday, February 13th.
Ames 234 PBS Graduate & Postdoctoral student presentation series NK & AB presenting
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 […]
Ipshita Zutshi's chalk talk will take place in Gilman 130 D from 10:00 to 11:00 am on Tuesday, February 18th.
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 […]
Jae-Young Son's chalk talk will take place in Ames 217 from 12:30 to 1:30 pm on Thursday, February 20th.