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SUMMARY:No colloquium this week – PsychFest
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URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/no-colloquium-this-week-psychfest/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Dr Jess Taubert (University of Queensland)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Jess TaubertUniversity of Queensland\nTitle: The mechanisms underlying the recognition of social signals in the primate brain. \nAbstract:\nThe overarching goal of my research is to understand how we recognize different visual objects in the environment\, with a specific focus on the recognition of social signals. Our remarkable ability to “read the room” is a form of social intelligence that emerges during infancy and contributes to our social wellbeing\, yet its neural basis is only partially understood. How do we detect and locate other social agents while we are walking around? How do we seem to know when a stranger standing at a distance is looking directly at us? How do we track changes in someone’s mood during a conversation (and can we do this efficiently via zoom)? To address these questions and others\, I combine psychophysics with state-of-the-art neuroscientific methods (including whole brain functional imaging\, single-cell recordings and inactivation techniques) and I test multiple primate species\, including rhesus macaques.\nIn this talk I will describe some of my recent discoveries including (1) the causal role of the amygdala in face detection and (2) the neural correlates of emotional body language in the macaque brain. These experiments set the stage for future studies that will identify the neural circuits responsible for interpreting facial signals and guiding social behaviour in both human and nonhuman primates.\nhttps://psychology.uq.edu.au/profile/10567/jess-taubert
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-dr-jess-taubert-university-of-queensland/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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SUMMARY:The inaugural Professor Sally Andrews Lecture on Cognitive Psychology: Prof Frini Karayanidis (University of Newcastle)
DESCRIPTION:Prof Frini KarayanidisSchool of Psychological Sciences\, University of Newcastle\nTitle:\nCognitive control ability: An early warning signal?\nAbstract:\nCognitive control processes support goal-directed behaviour and flexible adaptation in response to changing contexts. These processes are enabled by prefrontal cortical regions and are sensitive to genetic\, biological and environmental impacts (e.g.\, age\, physical and mental health conditions\, substance use\, lifestyle choices). Cognitive control ability varies across the developmental lifespan\, and level of ability in early life is predictive of adaptive or maladaptive outcomes in adulthood. It has been suggested that cognitive control processes may be a sensitive early warning system of the need for intervention to prevent cascading effects of cognitive decline across multiple contexts and areas of functioning. However\, there are currently no approaches to reliably assess cognitive control trajectories and identify patterns of deviation. In this talk\, I argue that the task-switching paradigm may be a promising candidate as the “canary in the coalmine”. I briefly review our current understanding about the task-switching paradigm\, including the underlying cognitive control processes\, the link to prefrontal cortical function and the paradigm’s sensitivity to developmental trajectories\, clinical conditions and lifestyle variations. I outline our current work with this paradigm in healthy ageing and briefly touch on challenges ahead.\nPlease join us online at https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/83525864994 on Friday 22nd October at 3pm.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/the-inaugural-professor-sally-andrews-lecture-on-cognitive-psychology-prof-frini-karayanidis-university-of-newcastle/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Associate Professor Richard Ramsey (Department of Psychology – Macquarie University)
DESCRIPTION:Associate Professor Richard RamseyDepartment of Psychology – Macquarie University\nTitle: Perceiving and Interacting with Social Agents: Insights from Brain and Behaviour \nAbstract: The ability to perceive and interact with others typically occurs in an effortless manner\, but is underpinned by complex cognitive and neural processes. In this talk\, I review recent evidence from behavioural and brain imaging studies that uncover deeper insight into social cognition and brain function. Using examples from person perception and theory-of-mind paradigms\, as well as work investigating individual differences and loneliness\, I highlight the importance of considering distributed and connected brain circuits when aiming to understand how we perceive and interact with others in a social world.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-associate-professor-richard-ramsey-department-of-psychology-macquarie-university/
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