Anne Christophe Ecole normale supérieure, Paris Title and abstract forthcoming Location: 3401 Walnut Street, Room 401B
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Gasper Tkačik IST Austria Towards a unified theory of efficient, predictive, and sparse coding A central goal in theoretical neuroscience is to predict the response properties of sensory neurons from first principles. To this end, “efficient coding” posits that sensory neurons encode maximal information about their inputs, given internal constraints. There exist, however, […]
Navigating the academic job market: How to give a successful job talk and interview 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 […]
Charles Yang Department of Linguistics University of Pennsylvania The Linguistic Basis of Natural Number Only humans learn language and only humans develop the concept of natural number: How are these two abilities related? We propose that the Successor Function, which provides the infinity of natural numbers, becomes available to children through learning the […]
Catherine Hartley Department of Psychology NYU Developmental tuning of action selection Computational reinforcement learning models provide a framework for understanding how individuals can evaluate which actions are beneficial and which are best avoided. To date, these models have primarily been leveraged to understand learning and decision-making in adults. In this talk, I will […]