Gesoel Mendes Department of Linguistics University of Pennsylvania Movement in syntax: a view from the Mayan languages Natural languages show “movement effects”, where a syntactic constituent seems to be understood in more than one position, for example as the object of a verb like ‘see’ and as the question word at the beginning […]
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Konrad Kording Departments of Bioengineering and Neuroscience\ University of Pennsylvania Credit assignment: brains and deep learning I will review the problem of credit assignment in brains, deep learning and the field of deep learning. In doing so I will give an overview of the problems in credit assignment as they occur in any […]
We will also stream this seminar via Zoom. For the link, contact us: pennmindcore@sas.upenn.edu Dylan Gee Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry Yale University Early Experiences and Brain Development: Leveraging Developmental Neuroscience to Promote Youth Mental Health Early adversity is a potent risk factor for the onset and exacerbation of psychopathology. Delineating neurobiological processes […]
Sarah Phillips Georgetown University Medical Center When Processing Meets Theory: A general strategy for building code-switching expressions The bilingual’s ability to compose words and phrases from different languages has drawn attention from neuroscientists, psychologists, and linguists. While some argue that this ability to switch languages requires enhanced cognitive functions, it is unclear how […]
Gina Poe Director of Maximizing Access to Research Careers U*STAR Program Eleanor Leslie Chair in Innovative Brain Research Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology UCLA Memory consolidation during sleep and implications for mental health