Spring 2008

Oct 2

Laura Schulz (Brain & Cognitive Sciences, MIT)
TBA

Oct 9

TBA

Oct 16

Justin Vincent (Buckner Lab, Harvard Psychology)
What's the difference between the macaque and the human brain?

Oct 23

Iris Berent (Department of Psychology, Northeastern University)

What we know about what we have heard before

Nov 6

Bryce Huebner (Hauser Lab, Harvard Psychology)

The structure of the moral calculus

Nov 13

TBA

Nov 20

David Melcher (University of Trento)

A "master map" for visual memory, counting, and guiding action

Dec 4

Jessica Payne (Schacter Lab, Harvard Psychology; Stickgold Lab, Harvard Medical School)

The role of sleep in memory transformation

Dec 11

Liane Young (Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences, MIT )

How the brain makes up the moral mind: The neuroscience of mental state reasoning in moral judgment

Spring 2009

Feb 12

Peter Tse (Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College )
TBA

Feb 19

David Badre (Department of Psychology, Brown University)
Prefrontal cortex and the hierarchical control of behavior

Feb 26

Carl Hart (Department of Psychology, Columbia University)
TBA

Mar 5

Dale Stevens (Schacter Lab, Harvard Psychology)
The role of category-specific visual regions in abstraction and consolidation

Mar 12

Brad Mahon (Caramazza Lab, Harvard Psychology)
Concepts and categories: A cognitive neuroscience approach

Mar 19

Hakwan Lau (Department of Psychology, Columbia University)
The functions and mechanisms of visual awareness

Apr 2

Apr 9

Amitai Shenhav (Greene Lab, Harvard Psychology )
Neural representations of expected moral value

Apr 16

Maryam Vaziri (Vision Lab, Harvard Psychology)
Speed perception in low luminance

Apr 23

Mahesh Srinivasan (Snedeker and Carey Labs, Harvard Psychology)
Flexibility in language and thought

Apr 30

Steven Pinker (Harvard Psychology)
The secular decline of violence: Psychological perspectives