Benjamin van Buren Department of Psychology Eugene Lang College Seeing minds in motion: How is the perception of animacy connected to the rest of the mind? The goal of vision science is to figure out how we see. But perhaps an even more foundational question is: What do we see? Beyond seemingly simple […]
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Chet Sherwood Department of Anthropology George Washington University “Great apes as models for understanding human brain evolution” Click here for more information.
Benjamin van Buren Seminar: Perception and Cognitive Impenetrability In this seminar, New School professor Benjamin van Buren will discuss his work and that of the Scholl lab at Yale on perception and the problem of cognitive impenetrability. A limited number of seats are available. Lunch is included. If you wish to attend, please RSVP […]
Marc Johnson Department of Biology University of Toronto The Evolution of Life in the Urban Jungle Urban areas represent the fastest growing ecosystem on earth, in which the development of cities dramatically changes the biotic and abiotic environment to create novel ecosystems. Despite the importance of urbanization, we have little understanding of how […]
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 […]