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November 2017
Colloquium Series: Daphna Oyserman
Dr. Daphna Oyserman from the University of Southern California will be presenting as part of the Psychology Department Colloquium Series. Talks are generously funded by the Sharon M. Guten Donor Advised Fund. Test
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Colloquium Series: Giulio Tononi
Giulio Tononi (University of Southern California)
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Colloquium Series: Katie Hinde
Colloquium Series: Katie Hinde (Arizona State) Title: Mother's Milk: Building Blocks and Blueprints for Infant BioBehavioral Development Abstract: Mother’s milk is more than a food full of essential nutrients and more than a medicine packed…
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Colloquium Series: Jennifer Richeson (Yale)
Approaching “majority-minority” America: Social psychology underlies the racial and political dynamics of our increasingly diverse nation. Ongoing and projected demographic shifts in the racial composition of the United States have been heralded as necessitating, if…
Find out more »Colloquium Series: David Yeager
Colloquium Series: David Yeager (UT-Austin) Colloquium schedule for spring, 2018 Katie Hinde, February 1 Jennifer Richeson, April 5 David Yeager, April 19 Liz Phelps, April 26 Dedre Gentner, May 3 For information regarding…
Find out more »Colloquium Series: Liz Phelps (NYU)
Mechanisms of Threat Control Animal models of associative threat learning provide a basis for understanding human fears and anxiety. Building on research from animal models, we explore a range of means by which maladaptive defensive responses can be diminished…
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Colloquium Series: Dedre Gentner (Northwestern)
Analogy and Language in Relational Learning Relational learning and reasoning is central to higher-order cognition. It is essential in mathematics and science, and equally essential in social and ethical reasoning. Yet learning relational concepts is…
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