Topic: “The Relational Bottleneck and the Emergence of Cognitive Abstractions”
Abstract: Human cognition is characterized by a remarkable ability to transcend the specifics of limited experience to entertain highly general, abstract ideas. Efforts to explain this capacity have long fueled debates...
WIlliam James Hall, 1st floor lecture hall, Room 105
Annelise Madison
Topic: “Social Stress Responses and Inflammation-Associated Depression”
Short-lived inflammatory responses are integral to healing, but long-lasting and systemic inflammation is a risk factor for chronic disease, accelerated aging, and depression. Even routine stressors and hassles provoke inflammatory responses, yet individuals differ in the magnitude and duration of their responses, how psychologically sensitive they are to inflammation, and how often this stress response is triggered. Exaggerated inflammatory...
Roy F. Baumeister, PhD Professor of Psychology, University of Queensland (Australia), President, International Positive Psychology Association
Topic - Thinking about the Future: Whether, When, Why, How, Who, What … and So What?
Abstract: A planful, future-oriented mindset is probably the most effective way to find success in life, but psychology has focused much more on the past than the future. This talk reports ideas and...
The Psychology Department's annual Harvest Day is an informative, fun afternoon of presentations by the faculty describing their research. It will be held in William James Hall B-1 (Basement Auditorium) from 1:00 to 3:00 P.M., with a reception following in the lounge.
Presenters include: Professors Steven Pinker, Sam Gershman, Elizabeth Spelke, Tomer Ullman, Jesse Snedeker, Fiery Cushman (presenting on behalf of the DIB Committee), Randy Buckner, and Matt Nock.