Second Year Talks

Talks: 9:30am - 2:30pm in NW B103
Reception: 2:30 - 3:30pm in NW B100 (basement atrium)

9:30am: Welcome and Introduction, Fiery Cushman, Director of Graduate Studies

9:35am: Lily Zhu, Advisor: Jesse Snedeker, Reader: Elika Bergelson 

Compositional thought before compositional language: Physical function composition in infancy

9:50am: Rachel Calcott, Advisor: Fiery Cushman, Reader: Josh Greene
Learning what to value: Social information reshapes moral cognition beyond explicit belief

10:05am: Sean Toh, Advisor: John Weisz, Reader: Mahzarin Banaji

Using Large Language Models to Investigate the Real-Life Application of Therapy Skills in Youth Psychotherapy

10:20am: Cindy Luo, Advisor: Talia Konkle, Reader: George Alvarez

How Do Visual Category Representations Change After Feedback? Insights from Computational Models

10:35am: Nykko Vitali, Advisor: Jason Mitchell, Reader: Tomer Ullman

Distinguishing Human from AI: A Process Level Exploration

10:50am: 15-minute break 

11:05am: Jesus De Luna, Advisor: Josh Greene, Reader: Mark Hatzenbuehler

‘Malefactors’ Over Time: Collective Representations of the Rich and the Poor in the United States from 1880 to 2019

11:20am: Chloe Roske, Advisor: Matt Nock, Reader: Randy Buckner

Understanding Survey Nonresponse in Real-Time Assessments of Suicidal Thoughts

11:35am: Lucia Vilches, Advisor: Liz Spelke, Readers: Sam Gershman & Susan Carey

Training children's understanding of numbers using compositional cues

11:50am: Jules Oberschulte, Advisor: Ashwini Ashokkumar, Reader: Mina Cikara

Speaking Up or Staying Silent? In-Party Criticism under Electoral Threat

12:05pm: Lunch break

1:15pm: Gabrielle de Weck, Advisor: Randy Buckner, Reader: Dan Schacter

Precision Measurement of Cognitive Aging through Dense Sampling

1:30pm: Kael Ragnini, Advisor: Jill Hooley, Reader: Mark Hatzenbuehler

How Do We Learn About Mental Health and Mental Illness?

1:45pm: Ariel Levy, Advisor: Fiery Cushman, Reader: Sam Gershman

When showing and telling convey different stories: iterated learning of concepts lead to different outcomes when using demonstration vs. verbal description

2:00pm: Joanna Hernandez, Advisor: Leah Somerville, Reader: Randy Buckner

Associations Between Pubertal Timing, Loneliness, and Internalizing Symptoms in Adolescence: Integrating Brain and Behavior

2:15pm: Isaias Ghezae, Advisor: Mina Cikara, Reader: Ashwini Ashokkumar

Who goes with whom: The multidimensional cognitive map of U.S. political coalitions

2:30-3:30pm: Reception, Northwest Labs B100