NEWS AND INFORMATION
Psychology Talks/Colloquia 2019-2020
Please check back frequently for updates and additions to upcoming talks.
PAST TALKS
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Dr. Jacob Burack, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University | |
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Tuesday, March 3, 2020 |
9:30 am - Botterell B147 | |
| Talk: Developmental and strength-based approaches to studying attention in persons with autism spectrum disorder: Toward a more rigorous and humanitarian science (PDF, 90 KB) | ||
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Dr. Randy Auerbach, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University and Division of Clinical Developmental Neuroscience, Sackler Institute | |
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Friday, January 17, 2020 |
2:30 pm - Kinesiology, Room 101 | |
| Talk: Depression and Suicide in Adolescents (PDF, 58 KB) | ||
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Dr. Sid Segalowitz, Professor of Psychology, Brock University | |
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Friday, November 15, 2019 |
2:30 pm - Kinesiology, Room 101 | |
| Talk: Free Will, Agency, and Strategies for Building Developmental Neural Models (PDF, 135 KB) | ||
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Dr. Phoebe C. Ellsworth, Professor of Psychology and Law, University of Michigan | |
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Friday, November 1, 2019 |
2:30 pm - Kinesiology, Room 101 | |
| Talk: Appraisal Theories of Emotion (PDF, 57 KB) | ||
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Dr. Jessica Cantlon, Carnegie Mellon University | |
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Friday, October 4, 2019 |
2:30 pm - Dunning Hall, Room 14 | |
| Talk: Monkeys, Math, and the Developing Brain (PDF, 103 KB) | ||
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Dr. Neil Lewis, Jr, Assistant Professor of Communication and Social Behavior, Cornell University | |
| Thursday, October 10, 2019 | 1:00 pm - Kingston Hall, Lecture Theatre 201 | |
| Talk: Diversity Issues in Research (PDF, 106 KB) | ||
| Friday, October 11, 2019 | 2:30 pm - Dunning Hall, Room 14 | |
| Talk: Stratified Cognition: How Social Stratification Shapes Meaning Making, Motivation, and Behavior (PDF, 106 KB) | ||
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Dr. Kristina Olson, University of Washington | |
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Friday, September 13, 2019 |
2:30 pm - Kinesiology, Room 101 | |
| Talk: Childhood Gender Diversity: Latest Findings and Current Controversies (PDF, 125 KB) | ||
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Dr. Yiqun Gan, School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University | |
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Tuesday, August 13, 2019 |
10:30 am - Humphrey Hall, Room 228 | |
| Talk: Stress Management and Meaning Making: Theories and Interventions (PDF, 100 KB) | ||
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Dr. Thomas Armstrong, Whitman College | |
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Wednesday, June 5, 2019 |
2:30 pm - Dupuis Hall, Room 215 | |
| Talk: How (not) to treat disgust in mental disorders: New insights from eye tracking (PDF, 74 KB) | ||
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Dr. Ara Norenzayan, (University of British Columbia) | |
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Friday, April 5, 2019 |
2:30 pm - Kinesiology 101 | |
| Talk: The Psychology of Theodiversity (PDF, 136 KB) | ||
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Dr. Daniel Wolpert, (Columbia University, New York) | |
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Friday, March 29, 2019 |
2:30 pm - Kinesiology 101 |
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Talk: Probabilistic models of sensorimotor control and decision making (PDF, 86 KB) |
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Dr. Rui C. Campos, University of Évora, Portugal | |
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Friday, March 15, 2019 |
2:30 pm - Kinesiology 101 |
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Talk: Taking a deeper look: Some considerations about the psychodynamics of suicide behaviours (PDF, 126 KB) |
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Dr. Isabela Granic, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands | |
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Friday, October 19, 2018 |
2:30 pm - Kinesiology 101 |
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Talk: Bridging Developmental Science and Game Design to Create Biofeedback Games that Build Emotional Resilience (PDF, 81 KB) |
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Friday, September 21, 2018 |
1:00 pm - Botterel Hall B147 |
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Talk: Expect More - An Autism Adventure (PDF, 92 KB) |
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Marc Lewis, Emeritus at Radboud University in Nijmegen and University of Toronto |
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Friday, September 14, 2018 |
2:30 pm - Kinesiology 101 |
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Talk: Addiction as learning (not disease): The view from embodied cognition (PDF, 84 KB) |
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Friday, April 6, 2018 |
2:30 pm - Dupuis 215 |
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Talk: “I don’t know”: Ignorance and question-asking as engines for cognitive development (PDF, 116 KB) |
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SANDRA BYERS, University of New Brunswick |
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Friday, March 23, 2018 |
2:30 pm - Dupuis 215 |
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Talk: Beyond the Birds and the Bees and Was It Good for You?: Thirty-five Years of Research on Sexual Communication (PDF, 92 KB) |
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Friday, March 02, 2018 |
2:30 pm - Dupuis 215 |
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Talk: Navigating with mixed messages: How creatures great and small deal with spatial conflict (PDF, 110 KB) |
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LORNE CAMPBELL, Cornell University |
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Friday, September 29, 2017 |
2:30 pm - Dupuis 215 |
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Talk: Teaching Good, Open Science by Conducting Close Replications in the Classroom (PDF, 81 KB) |
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JAMES CUTTING, Cornell University |
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Friday, March 24, 2017 |
2:30 pm - BIOSCI 1103 |
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Talk: Storytelling in Popular Movies and its Underlying Psychological Principles (PDF, 77 KB) |
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ALISTAIR MACLEAN, Queen's University |
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Friday, March 3, 2017 |
2:30 pm - BIOSCI 1103 |
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Talk: Perspectives from Sleep (PDF, 66 KB) |
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DOUGLAS MEWHORT, Queen's University |
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Friday, February 3, 2017 |
2:30 pm - BIOSCI 1103 |
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Talk: Meaning in Memory (PDF, 125 KB) |
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RICK BENINGER, Queen's University |
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Friday, January 27, 2017 |
2:30 pm - BIOSCI 1103 |
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Talk: Linking dopamine-mediated reward-related learning with schizophrenia (PDF, 174 KB) |
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HENRY WELLMAN, University of Michigan |
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Friday, January 13, 2017 |
2:30 pm - BIOSCI 1103 |
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Talk: Learning a theory of mind (PDF, 98 KB) |
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SOPHIE BERGERON, Université de Montréal |
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Friday, November 25, 2016 |
2:30 pm - BIOSCI 1103 |
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Talk: Genito-pelvic pain: It can hurt more than your sex life. (PDF, 71 KB) |
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RODERICK LINDSAY, Queen's University |
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Friday, November 11, 2016 |
2:30 pm - BIOSCI 1103 |
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Talk: How showups and mugshot searches guarantee that many suspects in lineups are innocent. (PDF, 79 KB) |
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THOMAS GILOVICH, Cornell University |
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Friday, September 16, 2016 |
2:30 pm - BIOSCI 1103 |
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Talk: Enemies of Gratitude (PDF, 32 KB) |
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DUANE WEGENER, Ohio State University |
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Friday, March 18, 2016 |
2:30 pm - BIOSCI 1103 |
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Talk: Attitude strength and weakness: Metacognitive focus and motivational influences. (PDF, 58 KB) |
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ROLAND FLEMING, University of Giessen, Germany |
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Friday, March 11, 2016 |
2:30 pm - BIOSCI 1103 |
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Talk: Shape Understanding: On the Perception of Growth, Form and Process. (PDF, 135 KB) |
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MATTHEW HUTCHISON, Harvard University |
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Friday, February 26, 2016 |
2:30 pm - BIOSCI 1103 |
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Talk: Do you see what I see? Brain responses to free viewing of dynamic social and non-social object interactions. (PDF, 35 KB) |
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Friday, September 25, 2015 |
2:30 pm - BIOSCI 1103 |
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Talk: Biased Processing of Emotional Information: A Key Mechanism of Risk in the Intergenerational Transmission of Depression (PDF, 40 KB) |
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Friday, November 6, 2015 |
2:30 pm - BIOSCI 1103 |
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Talk: Intergroup Contact and Friendship in a Diverse World (PDF, 44 KB) |
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