Simine Vazire Associate Professor, Psychology University of California, Davis Do we want to be credible or incredible? What makes a scientific claim credible? Historically, we have relied on various safeguards against high levels of false positive results, such as counting on peer review to catch most errors, waiting for consensus among experts before […]
Events
A presentation by the Geffen Laboratory of Auditory Coding A pizza lunch will be served.
Ragini Verma Department of Radiology University of Pennsylvania Topic: MRI Studies of the Mysterious Cuban Diplomat Syndrome Penn grad students, postdocs, and RAs, you are invited to lunch with interesting guests. Not a talk – they’ll take 10 minutes to introduce their work, then it’s pure conversation. Sandwiches and drinks served.
Vaida Rimeikyte Postdoc, Jenkins Lab University of Pennsylvania Neural processing of decision costs and aversive events The ability to engage in avoidance behaviors is vital to adaptively navigating different environments, especially if these environments are unpredictable or hostile. Despite considerable advances in understanding the neural mechanisms that give rise to avoidance, some component […]