Date & Time: 4pm – 5pm each Wednesday from February 23rd through April 6th Deadline to Apply: 11:59 pm ET Sunday, February 13th The Social and Behavioral Initiative (SBSI) supports interdisciplinary research in the social and behavioral sciences. Each semester, SBSI supports undergraduate students who are interested in research through the Research Assistant […]
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Zhenghan Qi Bouvé College of Health Sciences Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders Northeastern University Addressing individual differences in language learning: contribution of statistical learning, social cognition, and prediction Language, shaping how we communicate, is an essential skill acquired early in typical development. Yet, striking heterogeneity in the developmental trajectories of language and […]
Andrea Beltrama MindCORE Postdoctoral Fellow via Zoom: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/97106379648 Navigating imprecision: From semantic composition to socio-pragmatic reasoning Speakers often describe facts imprecisely — e.g., by reporting the time as “3 o’clock” when it’s actually 2:57. This behavior introduces an element of indeterminacy in communication, presenting a challenge to theories of meaning. Relying on […]