The Cognition Seminar Series (CogSem) covers topics ranging from memory, learning, cognitive control and affect. Often these topics are discussed in the framework of Cognitive Science, Cognitive Neuroscience, Computational Modeling, Behavioral Neuroscience, and more.
CogSem takes place in Metcalf Research Building, Room 305 (Dome room).
Open to all members of the Brown community.
Upcoming talks are announced on the CogSem mailing list.
2021-2022 Speakers
October 22: Leor Zmigrod, University of Cambridge: A neurocognitive model
November 5: Vishnu Murty, Temple University: Agency, Memory, and the Construction of Cohesive Events
November 19: Janice Chen, John Hopkins University: Brain Dynamics Underlying Memory for Continuous Natural Events
December 3: Apoorva Bhandari, Brown University: Flexible representations for a nimble cognition
February 11: Meghan Gallo, Brown University: Exposure to early life adversity disrupts mechanisms of reward learning and decision making in mice
March 4: Alexander Fengler, Brown University: Simulation Based Inference for Cognitive Process Models
March 11: Claire Gillan, Trinity College Dublin: Getting personal with network theory of mental health and illness
March 25: Charan Ranganath, UC Davis: Moments for Memories
April 8: Claudio Toro Serey, Harvard Medical School: Evaluating the neural juxtaposition of value-related and introspective cognitive functions in individuals
May 27: James Howard, Brandeis University: To be specific: neural mechanisms of reward identity learning in the human brain
2020-2021 Speakers
September 11: Alexander Fengler, Alana Jaskir, Jason Leng, Harrizon Ritz, Brown University
September 25: Jonathan Kominsky, Rutgers University: The development of causal thought
October 9: Maureen Ritchey, Boston College: Making memories: Brain networks supporting episodic binding and reconstruction
October 23: Hwamee Oh, Brown University: Visual scene memory in aging and preclinical Alzheimer’s disease
November 6: Marion Rouault, ENS Paris: Metacognitive signals for learning and decision-making
November 20: Tomer Ullman, Harvard University: Models of Core Knowledge (Physics, Really)
January 29: Megan deBettencourt, Chicago: Dynamics of attention and memory
February 12: Emily Levin, Brown University: Predicted utility influences fidelity of WM representations
February 26: Ida Momennejad, Microsoft: Navigation Turing Test: Toward Human-like RL
March 12: Robb Rutledge, Yale University: A Computational and Neural Model for Mood Dynamics
March 26: Mingyu Song, Princeton University: Using Recurrent Neural Networks to Understand Human Reward Learning
April 9: Babak Hemmatian, Brown University: Taking the High Road: a Big Data Investigation of Natural Discourse in the Emerging Consensus about Marijuana Legalization
April 23: Taraz Lee, University of Michigan: Motivation-cognition interactions and their effect on skilled action
2019-2020 Speakers
October 11: Debbie Yee, Brown University
October 25: Eunkyu Hwang, Brown University / Harrison Ritz, Brown University
November 8: Sam Mckenzie, New York University
November 22: Arif Hamid, Brown University
December 13: Meghan Gallo, Brown University/ TBD
January 31: Michael Bernstein, Brown University
February 7: Ishita Dasgupta, Princeton University
February 14: Luke Chang, Dartmouth College
February 21: Juliet Davidow, Northeastern University
February 28: TBD
March 6: Maureen Ritchey, Boston College
March 13: TBD
March 20: Tomer Ullman, Harvard University
April 3: Danny Ullman, Brown University
April 10: Jeroen Van Baar, Brown University
April 13: Liane Young, Boston College
April 17: TBD
April 24: Hwamee Oh, Brown University
May 1: Amrita Lamba & Joey Heffner, Brown University
May 8: Saaid Mendoza, Providence College
Past Speakers
2018-2019
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David Sobel,Brown University
(Sept. 28)Bridging the gap between children’s causal and scientific reasoning -
Jeffrey Starns, UMass, Amherst:
(Oct. 5) Validity of researcher inference in recognition memory: A blinded validation study -
Sydney Levine, MIT/Harvard University:
(Oct. 12) The Use of Moral Rules and Representations: Case Studies with Preschoolers and Adults -
Caterina Magri, Harvard University:
(Oct. 26) TBA -
Babak Hemmatian, Brown University:
(Nov. 2) TBA -
Hyley Dorfman, Harvard University:
(Nov. 9) TBA -
Leah Bakst, Boston University:
(Nov. 16) TBA -
Linda Yu, Brown University:
(Nov. 30) TBA
2015-2016
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Florian Jaeger, University of Rochester:
From processing to language change and cross-linguistic distributions -
Heidi Baumgartner, Brown University:
Interactions between visual attention and memory in infancy -
Marjorie Rhode, NYU
The implications of essentialism for biological and social thought -
George Kachergis, NYU:
Memory- and Uncertainty-driven Attention to Learn Nouns--and More! -
Xuan Zhao, Brown University:
Spontaneous visual perspective taking: When do we see through others' eyes? -
Denise Werchan, Brown University:
An Ecological Model of Prefrontal Cortex Development -
Tobias Gerstenberg, MIT:
From counterfactual contrasts to judgments of responsibility -
James MacGlashan, Brown University:
Computational Models for Learning from Humans -
David Lewkowicz, Northeastern University:
The Early Development of Multisensory Perception & Communication -
Max Kleiman-Weiner, MIT:
Inference of Intention and Permissibility in Moral Judgment -
Ken Kurtz, Binghamton University:
From learning internal representations in neural networks to the psychology of category learning -
Erik Cheries, UMass Amherst:
The Ins(ides) & Out(sides) of Infants’ Representations of Others -
Joseph Williams, Harvard University:
Designing intelligent user technologies through crowdsourced cognitive science and machine learning research -
Justin Martin, Harvard University:
The neural representation of causation -
Matt Ricci, Brown University:
Challenges to Hebbianism: A Case from Cerebellar Learning -
Nicholas Franklin, Brown University:
Independent clustering and generalization of action-outcome and outcome-values in goal-directed learning
2014-2015
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Leon Bergen, MIT:
Pragmatic strategies for efficient communication -
Adam Bear, Yale University:
An Evolutionary Model of Dual-Process Morality -
Matt Goldrick, Northwestern University:
Phonetic echos of cognitive disruptions in mono- and multi-lingual speech -
Heather Bortfeld, University of Connecticut:
Flexibility in perceptual learning: Insights from pediatric cochlear implant users -
Mark Ho, Brown University:
Teaching with punishment and reward -
Inês Tomás Pereira, Brown University:
The role of postrhinal cortex in contextual representations -
Carmel Salhi, Harvard Medical School:
Long-term Changes to Mental Health from Childhood Adversity -
Anne Collins, Brown University:
Coordinating and structuring human reinforcement learning -
Sidney Wiener, CNRS - Collège de France:
Hippocampal, prefrontal and striatal interactions in memory and decision-making -
Justin Cox, Brown Univeresity:
Examining an Implicit Mechanism of Recognition Criterion Regulation -
Norbert Fortin, UC Irvine:
The Neurobiology of the memory for sequences of events: a synergistic approach in rats and humans -
Rebecca Burwell, Brown University:
Optogenetic Modulation of Recognition Memory -
Jeff Zemla, Brown University:
Feedback and vigilance affect speed-accuracy tradeoffs in decision making -
Ting Qian, Brown University:
Discovering bundles: Stimulus order as a cue in the learning of latent clusters -
Matt Nassar, Brown University:
Surprise and Uncertainty Driven Mechanisms for Adjusting Sensory Influence -
Josh Abbott, UC Berkeley:
Random walks, optimal foraging, and semantic memory -
Deborah Walder, The City University of New York:
Genes, Environment & Sexual Dimorphisms: A Polygenic Neurodevelopmental Model of Mental Health Risk