Event Series Brown Bag Talks

Brown Bag Talk: Jieneng Chen

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

Generative (Mental) World Explorer Abstract: Understanding, navigating, and exploring the 3D physical real world has long been a central challenge in the development of artificial intelligence. In this work, we take a step toward this goal by introducing GenEx, a system capable of planning complex embodied world exploration, guided by its generative imagination that forms priors […]

Event Series CogSci Colloquia

Colloquium: Karen Emmorey

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

A unique neurocognitive reading profile for skilled deaf readers Abstract: Our research is uncovering a deaf-specific neurocognitive reading profile that differs from hearing individuals with equal reading ability. This work focuses on deaf adults who have achieved reading success (despite poor phonological abilities) and who acquired a sign language in early childhood (reducing potential effects […]

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, […]

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 […]