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Alan Spector Department of Psychology Florida State University   Gastric Bypass: Taste, Palatability, and Food Selection   Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) has become a common bariatric surgical procedure because of its long-term effectiveness at promoting weight loss and curtailing type-2 diabetes mellitus. In addition to decreasing appetite and food intake, RYGB is currently thought to […]

Charan Ranganath Department of Psychology UC Davis   The Where, When, and How of Episodic Memory, and Why it Matters   Many theories of learning and memory do not differentiate between features of an event (who? and what?) and its associated context (when? where? how?). I will highlight evidence showing that information about people and […]

Jerome Busemeyer Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Indiana University – Bloomington   What Is Quantum Cognition, and How Is It Applied to Psychology?   Quantum cognition is a new research program that uses principles from quantum theory as a framework to explain human cognition, including judgment and decision making, and conceptual reasoning. This research […]

The mission of SCIPS (Successful Careers in Psychological Sciences) is to support and enhance the professional development of predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees in psychological sciences and related disciplines in the neural and behavioral sciences. Please join us on Wednesday, May 16th for the final event of the year, hosted in conjunction with MindCORE.   4:00-5:00: […]