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 […]
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Social visual and language processing during a naturalistic movie
Differential effects of syntactic complexity in congenitally blind and sighted individuals: evidence from self-paced listening and reading
Linguistic Universals in Grammars and Language Models. (Please take note of the alternate location.)
Do contemporary, machine-executable models (aka digital twins) of the primate ventral visual system unlock the ability to non-invasively, beneficially modulate high level brain states?
Title and abstract to come. presented by PhD Students Jane Li & Alan Zhou
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presented by PhD Student Manasi Malik Title and abstract to come.
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, […]
Title to be announced Abstract to come Dr. Marlene Behrmann's research specializes in the cognitive basis of visual perception, with a specific focus on object recognition. Widely considered to be a worldwide leader in the field of visual cognition, she was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences in 2015 and into the American Academy of Arts […]