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April 2018
Brown Bag – Biology of Brain and Behavior
John Curtin (Psychology) Title: “Harnessing (somewhat) big data for harm reduction in alcohol and other drug use disorders”
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Stephen Gammie (Integrative Biology) Title: “Role of Nr1d1 in Social Reward”
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…
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Jan Brascamp (Michigan State University) Title: TBD
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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Journal club re: recent Cell papers on Arc (Ashley et al., 2018; Pastuzyn et al., 2018), its role in synaptic plasticity and retroviral-like ability for transmitting mRNA between neurons
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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…
Find out more »Psychology Graduation Reception
The graduation reception is a time for our graduates to introduce their family and guests to faculty, staff, and fellow graduates from the Department of Psychology.
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Colloquium Series: Greg Miller (Northwestern University)
Childhood social disadvantage and physical health outcomes across the lifespan: Mechanisms and Moderators Children who are exposed to social and economic adversity in the early years of life show increased susceptibility to chronic diseases of…
Find out more »November 2018
Colloquium Series: Victoria Plaut (UC Berkeley)
Diversity Science: Conceptions and Approaches to Diversity and Inclusion and their Consequences Intergroup relations don't occur in a vacuum. They unfold with respect to certain conceptions of what diversity is and how to approach it.…
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