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ILST Seminar: Sudha Arunachalam

November 19, 2018
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Sudha Arunachalam NYU/Boston University   Input and intake in verb acquisition   The challenges of lexical acquisition, and young children’s solutions to these challenges, have been well studied. In recent work, I’ve been focusing on two aspects of this research program: refining our understanding of how children use linguistic information to learn new verb meanings, […]

How to write a successful research grant MindCORE Professional Development Series   We are excited to announce that we are launching the MindCORE Professional Development Series, formerly known as SCIPS (Successful Careers in Psychological Science). Our mission is to support and enhance the professional development of trainees within MindCORE. Panelists: Dr. Konrad Kording (Professor, Dept […]

CNI Seminar: Benjamin Machta

November 27, 2018
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Benjamin Machta Department of Physics Yale University   Information geometry and Bayesian priors for model selection    Science is filled with toy models: abstractions of complicated systems that ignore microscopic details even when they are known. These toy models are often as good and even better than more accurate models. But why? In this talk […]

Penn graduate students, postdocs, and RAs are invited to lunch with Penn faculty. Not a talk – they’ll take 10 minutes to introduce their work, then it’s pure conversation. Sandwiches and drinks served.   Dom Sisti, Asst Prof of Medical Ethics: Neuroethics of Psychiatry   Location: 200 Goddard Labs