#  Second Year Talks 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **May 1, 2026** 

 09:30AM - 02:30PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Northwest Building B103**  

There will be a reception following the talks in the NW Basement (B100) until 3:30pm. All are welcome to attend!

 

 

 



 

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



 

 



 

 

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