Event Category: MindCORE Seminar Series

Jon Freeman Department of Psychology Center for Neural Science NYU   TA domain-general dynamic framework for social perception   Initial social perceptions are often thought to reflect direct “read outs” of facial features. Instead, we outline a perspective whereby initial perceptions emerge from an automatic yet gradual process of negotiation between the perceptual cues inherent […]

Tirin Moore Department of Neurobiology Stanford University   Robust Encoding of Abstract Rules by Distinct Neuronal Populations in Primate Visual Cortex   I will discuss our recent evidence showing that information about abstract rules can be decoded from neuronal activity in primate visual cortex even in the absence of sensory stimulation. Furthermore, that rule information […]

Naomi Leonard Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Princeton University   Stability-Flexibility Dilemma in Cognitive Control: A Dynamical System Perspective   Constraints on control-dependent processing have become a fundamental concept in general theories of cognition that explain human behavior in terms of rational adaptations to these constraints. However, theories miss a rationale for why such […]

Dedre Gentner Department of Psychology Director, Cognitive Science Program Northwestern University   Structure-mapping in Human Learning   Across species, humans are uniquely able to acquire deep relational systems of the kind needed for mathematics, science, and human language. Analogical comparison processes are a major contributor to this ability. Analogical comparison engages a structure-mapping process (Gentner, […]

Perry Zurn Department of Philosophy and Religion American University   “Curiosity, Power, and the Shape of Inquiry”   Click here to register! This event will be recorded. For optimal results, the Google Chrome browser is recommended for Crowdcast events.