Omega Psi Conference

Omega Psi hosts a cognitive science conference every year in the Spring as a platform for for undergraduate cognitive science researchers to present their work while learning from our plenary speakers and each other. Details on this year's conference are forthcoming: https://jhu.campusgroups.com/omegapsi/new-2024-conference/.

Glushko Talk by Woo Jin Choi

111 Krieger Hall 3400 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD, United States

It is our pleasure to announce Woo Jin Choi as this year's 2024 Glushko Outstanding Undergraduate Cognitive Science Prize recipient! Woo Jin will give a talk on "Questions Under (natural) Discussion." Read more about Woo Jin here in our news announcement.

Event Series CogSci Colloquia

Colloquium: Zeynep Saygin

111 Krieger Hall 3400 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD, United States

Innate neural scaffolds for mental function Abstract: What determines the landscape of functional specialization in the human brain? I’ll present experiments that investigate how neural processors for uniquely human skills emerge in development, focusing specifically on written language for this talk. First, I'll demonstrate how a pre-reader’s brain connectivity scan can pinpoint exactly where that […]

Event Series CogSci Colloquia

Colloquium: Molly Dillon

111 Krieger Hall 3400 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD, United States

Who, what, where... how? Abstract: Humans are the best knowers and learners of the natural world. From infancy, we are sensitive to the who, what, and where in everyday life… but how? In this talk, I will focus on how our intuitive cognitive biases interact with language to support our learning of abstract concepts. In particular, […]