11/22/2024 Xuan Wen: Flexible Learning and Re-ordering of Context-dependent Object Sequences in Nonhuman Primates
Nov. 14, 2024—Neuroscience Brown Bag Xuan Wen PhD Candidate in Neuroscience Womelsdorf Lab Date: Friday, November 22, 2024 Time: 1:25PM-2:15PM Location: 316 Wilson Hall Flexible Learning and Re-ordering of Context-dependent Object Sequences in Nonhuman Primates Intelligent behavior involves mentally arranging learned information in novel ways and is particularly well developed in humans. While nonhuman primates (NHP) will learn...
11/21/2024 Xueying (Caroline) Ren: Understanding the neural basis of math competence in both children and adults
Nov. 14, 2024—CCN Brown Bag Xueying (Caroline) Ren, PhD Postdoc, Vinci-Booher Lab Peabody College Date: Thursday, November 21, 2024 Time: 12:10PM-1:00PM Location: 316 Wilson Hall Understanding the Neural Basis of Math Competence in both Children and Adults Developing math skills early is crucial for success in modern society, yet individuals show significant differences in math...
11/15/2024 Frank Tong: Understanding the Neurocomputational Bases of Robust Object Recognition in Humans through Modeling with Deep Neural Networks
Nov. 13, 2024—Neuroscience Brown Bag Frank Tong, PhD Centennial Professor of Psychology Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Date: Friday, November 15, 2024 Time: 1:25PM-2:15PM Location: 316 Wilson Hall Understanding the Neurocomputational Bases of Robust Object Recognition in Humans through Modeling with Deep Neural Networks Deep neural networks (DNNs) trained on tasks of object classification provide the best...
11/14/2024 Oliver Whilhelm: Exhausting the Utility of Psychological Measures through Indicator Sampling
Nov. 13, 2024—CCN Brown Bag Oliver Whilhelm, PhD Professor of Psychological Assessment Ulm University Date: Thursday, November 14, 2024 Time: 12:10PM-1PM Location: 316 Wilson Hall Exhausting the Utility of Psychological Measures through Indicator Sampling Data reduction is commonly used to condense information inherent in measures of human abilities, traits, and behaviors. Requirements of these techniques are often not met....
10/22/2024 Camille Archer: Interactive Effect of Irritability and Negative Life Events on Internalizing Symptoms
Oct. 17, 2024—Clinical Brown Bag Camille Archer Graduate Student Kaczkurkin Lab Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2024 Time: 12:00PM-1:00PM Location: 316 Wilson Hall Interactive Effect of Irritability and Negative Life Events on Internalizing Symptoms Childhood irritability and the experience of negative life events have independently been associated with the emergence and trajectory of internalizing symptoms. Here, we investigate how...
10/25/2024 Todd Preuss: Discovering Human Brain Specializations — Present at the Creation of a New Science
Oct. 17, 2024—Neuroscience Brown Bag Todd Preuss, PhD Professor Emeritus Emory National Primate Research Center Emory Medical School Date: Friday, October 25, 2024 Time: 1:25PM-2:15PM Location: 316 Wilson Hall Discovering Human Brain Specializations — Present at the Creation of a New Science The development of non-invasive neuroscientific technologies, particularly those involving MRI and genomics, and new comparative methodologies...
10/18/2024 Eli Sennesh: Predictability Modulates, but does not override, Stimulus History in Oddball Processing
Oct. 14, 2024—Neuroscience Brown Bag Eli Sennesh, PhD Post-Doctoral Fellow, Bastos Lab Date: Friday, October 18, 2024 Time: 1:25PM-2:15PM Location: 316 Wilson Hall Predictability Modulates, but does not override, Stimulus History in Oddball Processing Predictive coding hypothesizes evoked, feedforward responses in a canonical cortical microcircuit that depend on stimulus probability, not content. However, previous experiments considered changes...
10/17/2024 Brock Carlson: Preattentive V1 Representations Resolve Interocular Conflict with Laminar Coherence
Oct. 14, 2024—CCN Brown Bag Brock Carlson Graduate Student, Maier Lab Date: Thursday, October 17, 2024 Time: 12:10PM-1PM Location: 316 Wilson Hall Preattentive V1 Representations Resolve Interocular Conflict with Laminar Coherence Psychophysical studies show that attention is necessary for standard dynamics in binocular rivalry (Brascamp & Blake, 2012; Dieter et al., 2016). When attention is diverted, interocular processing occurs...
10/15/2024 Krista Mehari: Understanding Social-Ecological Risk for Firearm Violence Involvement through Participatory Research
Oct. 9, 2024—Clinical Brown Bag Krista Mehari, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Psychology and Human Development Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2024 Time: 12:00PM-1:00PM Location: 316 Wilson Hall Understanding Social-Ecological Risk for Firearm Violence Involvement through Participatory Research Firearms are the leading mechanism of death for youth and young adults in the U.S., but there is very little research that...
Tenured Associate Professor in Computational Cognition, Cognitive Neuroscience, or Visual Neuroscience
Oct. 8, 2024—Description The Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Science at Vanderbilt University invites applications for a tenured associate professor position in the areas of cognition, cognitive neuroscience, or visual neuroscience with a computational or AI focus, to start August 16, 2025. We particularly welcome applications from scientists developing computational models that explain cognition or vision, exploring the...