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Hybrid Event - Meet Me in The Elevator! A presentation by The Center for Cognitive Science Post-Docs (RuCCS)
Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 02:00pm - 03:00pm
Hybrid - Registration Required (Zoom link TBD)
Zoom Registration Link - TBD
In-Person Registration Link - TBD
In-Person Location: PSYCH Room 105, Busch Campus
Come hear some of our stellar RuCCS post-docs give us their elevator pitch on what is exciting and unique about their research!
Grads, these are excellent models for you to follow as you prepare to transition from Rutgers to the job market!
Faculty and students, this is a fantastic opportunity to appreciate the wide range of research covered under the Cognitive Science umbrella, and celebrate our post-docs!
Organized by Dr. Kristen Syrett (Linguistics, RuCCS)
Featuring...
Shannon Bryant (Ph.D., Linguistics, Harvard)
Language as a window into our inner worlds
Learn more about Shannon and her research here:
https://sites.google.com/view/shannonbryant/
Chuanxiuyue (Carol) He (Ph.D., Psychological and Brain Sciences, UCSB)
Spatial thinking and navigation: Unraveling individual differences
in cognition through naturalistic complex tasks
Preston Lennon (Ph.D., Philosophy, The Ohio State University)
What does it feel like to think? Consciousness, Content, and Value
Read Preston’s writing about aphantasia here:
What Can Aphantasia Tell Us About Conscious Thought?
Joseph Sommer (Ph.D., Cognitive Psychology, Rutgers)
What explains irrational beliefs?
Explore examples of Joseph’s work here:
Updating, evidence evaluation, and operator availability: A theoretical framework for understanding belief
A hobgoblin of large minds: Troubles with consistency in belief - Sommer - 2023 - WIREs Cognitive Science
The Cognitive Science of Belief
Shuyan Wang (Ph.D., Linguistics, UConn)
Semantics in child language: The role of grammar and cognition
Read one of Shuyan’s papers here:
Effects of processing limits on computing scalar implicatures: Evidence from child English and child Mandarin
And learn more about her here:
https://shuyanuconnling.weebly.com/
