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Upcoming Events
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Mar
20
Psychology Colloquium: Dr. Julia Parish-Morris 3:30pm
Psychology Colloquium: Dr. Julia Parish-Morris
Wednesday, March 20th, 2024
03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Dr. Julia Parish-Morris from the University of Pennsylvania will give a talk about their work.
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Mar
20
PNB Seminar Series: Dr. Ji-Young Lee 4:00pm
PNB Seminar Series: Dr. Ji-Young Lee
Wednesday, March 20th, 2024
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Torrey Life Sciences Building
On Wednesday, 3/20/24, Dr. Ji-Young Lee will be here at UConn PNB for our seminar series from UConn Nutritional Sciences. Her talk will be titled “NAD+ boosting strategy for liver health.”
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Dr. René N Rovozzo, PhD
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Educational Program Assistant
University of Connecticut
Physiology & Neurobiology
75 North Eagleville Road, U-3156
Storrs-Mansfield, CT 06269-3156
Phone: 860-486-3304
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Mar
27
Psychology Department Graduate Colloquium 3:30pm
Psychology Department Graduate Colloquium
Wednesday, March 27th, 2024
03:30 PM
Bousfield Building
Please contact GSAC for more details.
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Mar
28
IBACS/BIRC Talk: Dr. Ping Li 9:00am
IBACS/BIRC Talk: Dr. Ping Li
Thursday, March 28th, 2024
09:00 AM - 10:30 AM
We are excited to announce the next talk in the IBACS/BIRC speaker series. Our next speaker of the semester is Ping Li from Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Ping Li, PhD, is Sin Wai Kin Professor in Humanities and Technology, Chair Professor of Neurolinguistics and Bilingual Studies, and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the University. He previously served as President of the Society for Computation in Psychology and Program Director at the U.S. National Science Foundation while being a Professor of Psychology, Linguistics, and Information Sciences at the Pennsylvania State University. Li’s research is focused on investigating the neurocognitive and computational bases of language acquisition, bilingualism, and reading comprehension in both children and adults. He uses digital technologies and cognitive neuroscience methods to study neuroplasticity and individual differences in learning to understand the relationships among language, culture, technology, and the brain. Li is currently Editor-in-Chief of Brain and Language and Senior Editor of Cognitive Science. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Format: Virtual on Zoom or join the in-person watch party in Arjona 339 with coffee and donuts!
Zoom Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArcOCrqDwsGtdnezJcZJypkorMVRwr600D#/registrati
*Note that you must register to obtain the Zoom meeting details. Please use your University email address
Talk Title: Naturalistic Reading Comprehension in L1 and L2: What can “model-brain alignment” tell us about its neurocognitive mechanisms
Abstract: With the rapid developments in generative AI and large language models (LLMs), researchers are assessing the impacts that these developments bring to various domains of scientific studies. In this talk, I describe the “model-brain alignment” approach that leverages the progress in LLMs. Along with recent proposals on shared computational principles in humans and machines for naturalistic comprehension (e.g., listening to stories, watching movies), we use model-brain alignment to study naturalistic reading comprehension in both native (L1) and non-native (L2) languages. By training LLM-based encoding models on brain responses to text reading, we can evaluate (a) what computational properties in the model are important to reflect human brain mechanisms in language comprehension, and (b) what model variations best reflect human individual differences during reading comprehension. Our findings show that first, to capture the differences in word-level processing vs. high-level discourse integration, current LLM-based models need to incorporate sentence prediction mechanisms on top of word prediction, and second, variations in model-brain alignment allow us to predict L1 and L2 readers’ sensitivity to text properties, cognitive demand characteristics, and ultimately their reading performance. Overall, our work highlights the utility of the model-brain alignment approach in the study of naturalistic reading comprehension at multiple levels of cognitive processing and multiple dimensions of individual variation.
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Apr
3
PNB Seminar Series: Dr. Tony Koleske 4:00pm
PNB Seminar Series: Dr. Tony Koleske
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Torrey Life Sciences Building
On Wednesday, 4/3/24, Dr. Tony Koleske will be here at UConn PNB for our seminar series from Yale, School of Medicine. His talk will be titled “Using genetic variants to understand TRIO function in neurodevelopmental disorders.”
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Dr. René N Rovozzo, PhD
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Educational Program Assistant
University of Connecticut
Physiology & Neurobiology
75 North Eagleville Road, U-3156
Storrs-Mansfield, CT 06269-3156
Phone: 860-486-3304
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Apr
10
Psychology Colloquium: Dr. Igor Grossmann 3:30pm
Psychology Colloquium: Dr. Igor Grossmann
Wednesday, April 10th, 2024
03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Bousfield Building
Dr. Igor Grossmann from the University of Waterloo will give a talk about their work.
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Apr
17
Psychology Annual Spring Day & Potluck 3:30pm
Psychology Annual Spring Day & Potluck
Wednesday, April 17th, 2024
03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Bousfield Building
Please contact GSAC for more details.
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Apr
19
Psyche Loui (Joint event by ECOM Speaker Series & CogSci Colloquium) 4:00pm
Psyche Loui (Joint event by ECOM Speaker Series & CogSci Colloquium)
Friday, April 19th, 2024
04:00 PM
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May
1
PNB Seminar Series: Dr. Duojia Pan 4:00pm
PNB Seminar Series: Dr. Duojia Pan
Wednesday, May 1st, 2024
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Torrey Life Sciences Building
On Wednesday, 5/1/24, Dr. Duojia Pan will be here at UConn for our seminar series from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. His talk will be titled “The Hippo signaling pathway - discovery, regulation and evolution.”
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Dr. René N Rovozzo, PhD
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Educational Program Assistant
University of Connecticut
Physiology & Neurobiology
75 North Eagleville Road, U-3156
Storrs-Mansfield, CT 06269-3156
Phone: 860-486-3304
rene.rovozzo@uconn.edu