Spring 2012 Cognitive Science Forum Schedule
The Cognitive Forum is held every Friday at 3:30 p.m. in Psychology 230 (unless otherwise noted).
January 13
Dr. Kim Fenn
''Consolidation of generalized perceptual learning during sleep''
Host: Erik Altmann
January 20
Jonathan Hakun
''Working Memory Capacity: An Unhealthy Obsession with Size''
Host: Mark Becker
January 27
Dr. Noa Ofen, Wayne State University
''The development of memory systems in the brain''
Host: Judith Danovitch
February 3
DSS Discussion for Dr. Melvyn Goodale
Host: Tom Carr
February 10
Dr. Florian Kagerer, Department of Kinesiology
''Sensorimotor Adaptive Control: How Does Your Hand Get to the Coffee Mug?''
Host: Kim Fenn
February 17
Dr. Selin Aviyente, Department of Electrical Engineering (MSU)
''A Signal Processing Framework for Studying Functional Brain Networks During Cognitive Control''
Host: Zach Hambrick
February 24
Dr. Frank Bartlett
''Evolving Intelligence''
Host: Lauren Harris
March 2
3rd Year Student Talks
Alan Wedd - ''The factor structure and validity of the Montreal Battery of Evaluation and Amusia''
Youyang Hou - ''Hierarchical neural structure of spatial and feature based attention in frontoparietal network''
Host: Taosheng Liu
March 9
No forum (Spring Break)
March 16
2nd and 3rd Year Student Talks
Christine Shenouda - ''Preschoolers' trust in the testimony of males and females''
Shuli Yu - ''The dynamics of post-decisional processing in retrospective confidence judgments''
Host: Devin McAuley
March 23
1st and 2nd Year Student Talks
Reem Alzahabi - ''The influence of media multitasking on cognitive control''
Ellie Kim - ''Perceived duration of auditory oddballs: Effects of pitch distance and likelihood''
Tim Moran - ''Inefficient cognitive control in anxiety''
Host: Susan Ravizza
March 30
DSS Discussion for Dr. James Allen
Host: Tim Pleskac
April 6
Dr. Mario Fific, Grand Valley State University
''The Stopping-Rule Selection Theory (SRST) for Evidence Collection: How to Throw a Cast Net''
Host: Tom Carr
April 13
DSS Discussion for Dr. Adrian Owen
Host: Lauren Harris
April 20
No forum (Multicultural Talk)
April 27
Jessica Gamache
''An eye-tracking perspective on prosodic disambiguation''
Host: Zach Hambrick
Past Cognitive Forum Schedules: Fall 2011 -Spring 2010 - Fall 2010 - Spring 2011
