Wei Lai Department of Linguistics University of Pennsylvania Tone variation in lexical and structural disambiguation I present two studies on the perception and processing of tone variation in word identification and sentence parsing. The first study investigates audio-visual integration of talker gender to uncover intended tonal target in Cantonese tone perception, and […]
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Helen Bateup Department of Neurobiology UC Berkeley “Synaptic changes in the striatum drive autism-related behavioral abnormalities” Click here for more information
Erol Akçay Department of Biology University of Pennsylvania Coevolution of social behavior and social networks The evolution of social behaviors is crucially determined by social structure, i.e., the pattern of interactions between individuals in a population. I explore how this social structure itself can evolve through social selection. I present a series of […]
Tali Sharot Department of Experimental Psychology University College London Affect & Decision-Making in Health and Disease The ability to use information to adaptively guide behavior is central to intelligence. My work describes the role of affect in this process. In this talk I will present our recent research characterizing the influence of affect […]