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Colloquia

2023-2024

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The Medicine of Imprecision: Psychiatry, Psychology, and Public Health | Kathryn (Katie) Tabb, PhD

May 1, 2024
Aston-Gottesman Lecturer
Kathryn Tabb
Assistant Professor of Philosophy | Bard College

Location: Gilmer 301
Time: 3:30PM
Faculty Host: Eric Turkheimer

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Why (and how) We Remember | Charan Ranganath, PhD

March 18, 2024
General Colloquium
Charan Ranganath
Professor and Director, Memory and Plasticity (MAP) program | University of California, Davis | Center for Neuroscience & Department of Psychology

Location: Gilmer 390
Time: 12:30 - 1:45PM
Faculty Host: Nicole Long

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Examining the Organization and Functions of Parallel Networks in the Human Brain | Lauren DiNicola, PhD

February 19, 2024
Cognitive Neuroscience Aging Grand Challenge 
Lauren DiNicola
Postdoctoral Fellow | Harvard University | Psychology Department, Cognition, Brain and Behavior program

Location: Gilmer 390
Time: 12:30 - 1:45PM
Faculty Host: Per Sederberg
Recording: https://uva.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=1b52746b-f797-467f-b5ec-b11b011cfa73

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Mechanisms Underlying Perceptual and Mnemonic Interaction in the Brain | Adam Steele, PhD

February 8, 2024
Cognitive Neuroscience Aging Grand Challenge 
Adam Steele
Postdoctoral Fellow | Dartmouth College | Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences 

Location: Gilmer 301
Time: 3:30PM
Faculty Host: Per Sederberg
Recording: https://uva.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=5c0ff92a-f5a4-4bab-b5df-b11001529913

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Computational Approaches to Individual Differences in Cognitive Control and Effort-based Decision Making | Laura Bustamante, PhD

January 31, 2024
Cognitive Neuroscience Aging Grand Challenge 
Laura Bustamante
Postdoctoral Fellow | Washington University in St. Louis | Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences

Location: Gilmer 301
Time: 3:30PM
Faculty Host: Per Sederberg
Recording: https://uva.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=541e4a34-b070-4735-8b1a-b108014f9429

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The Science behind the Story of Teen Mental Health and Digital Technology Use | Candice Odgers, PhD

January 29, 2024
Co-sponsored by the School of Education and Human Development and the UVA Grand Challenge
Candice Odgers
Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Psychological Science and Informatics | University of California, Irvine | School of Social Ecology

Location: Gilmer 390
Time: 12:30 - 1:45PM
Recording: https://uva.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=7eaa852b-515b-4bae-955a-b106011e02ca

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Synaptic Mechanisms for Normalization in the Visual Cortex | Lindsey Glickfeld, PhD

January 22, 2024
General Colloquium
Lindsey Glickfeld
Associate Professor of Neurobiology | Duke University | School of Medicine

Location: Gilmer 390
Time: 12:30 - 1:45PM
Faculty Host: Adema Ribic

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A Comparison of the Predictive Accuracy of Network Characteristics | Simran Johal

December 4, 2023
Rising Star Colloquium
Simran Johal
Doctoral Candidate | University of California, Davis 

Location: O'Hill Forum
Time: 12:30 - 1:45PM
Faculty Host: Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi / Lindley Slipetz 
Recording: https://uva.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=da214898-42ff-4aee-8690-b0ce011e3618

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Bias in Context: From Interracial Relationships to Healthcare Equality | Apoorva Sarmal

November 13, 2023
Rising Star Colloquium
Apoorva Sarmal
Doctoral Candidate | University of Georgia

Location: O'Hill Forum
Time: 12:30 - 1:45PM
Faculty Host: Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi / Kyle Barrentine
Recording: https://uva.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=1407526a-77e3-4fba-94de-b0b90120afb0

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Conduct Problems in the Classroom and the Clinic:  Disruptions in Specific Form of Cognitive Function and Individualized Assessments of these Cognitive Functions via Machine Learning | Robert James Blair, PhD

October 23, 2023
General Colloquium with Ed School
Robert James Blair
Professor in Translational Psychiatry | The Research Unit-Child and Adolescent Mental Health Centre; Gentofte Hospitalsvej 

Location: O'Hill Forum
Time: 12:30 - 1:45PM
Faculty Host: Jack Van Horn

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Early Experience and Development of the Visual System | Steven Van Hooser, PhD

October 9, 2023
General Colloquium
Steven Van Hooser
Associate Professor of Biology | Brandeis University

Location: O'Hill Forum
Time: 12:30 - 1:45PM
Faculty Host: Adema Ribic
Recording: https://uva.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=dc90e26d-0c7f-485e-a202-b096010e9948

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Suicide, Trauma, and Resilience Among Black Americans | Jasmin Brooks, MA

September 11, 2023
Rising Star Colloquium
Jasmin Brooks
Doctoral Candidate | University of Houston

Location: Ern Commons
Time: 12:30 - 1:45PM
Faculty Host: Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi / Natasha Bailey

 

2022-2023

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TBA | Bita Moghaddam, PhD

April 14, 2023
Bita Moghaddam
Oregon Health and Science University

Location: TBA

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TBA | Gorana Gonzalez

March 31, 2023
Gorana Gonzalez
Rising Star | UMass-Amherst

Location: TBA

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TBA | Laura Jamison

March 24, 2023
Laura Jamison
Psychology PhD Student | UVA

Location: TBA

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TBA | Charan Ranganath

March 17, 2023
Charan Ranganath
UC-Davis

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TBA | Patrick Grzanka

March 3, 2023
Patrick Grzanka
University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Location: TBA

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TBA | Kayden Stockwell

February 10, 2023
Kayden Stockwell
Development Psychology PhD Student | UVA

Location: TBA

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TBA | Karen Quigley

January 27, 2023
Karen Quigley
Professor of Psychology | Northeastern University

Location: TBA

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Absolutely Persuasive, Kinda Negotiating | Allison Nguyen

December 2, 2022
Allison Nguyen
Rising Star | UC-Santa Cruz

Location: 130 Monroe Hall 

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Title IX workshop | Michele Claibourn, PhD

November 11, 2022
Michele Claibourn
Director of Equitable Analysis, The Equity Center; Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Data Science | UVA | Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy 

Location: Gilmer 390

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Social Judgments from Faces | Ralph Adolphs, PhD

November 4, 2022
Ralph Adolphs
Bren Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Biology | Caltech | Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences 

Location: Zoom

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Enriching Latinx Adolescents' Ethnic-Racial Identity Development as a Pathway to Resistance | Bernardette Pinetta

October 7, 2022
Bernardette Pinetta
Rising Star | University of Michigan 

Location: 130 Monroe Hall

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DEI and Syllabi | Daniel Willingham, PhD and Chad Dodson, PhD

September 16, 2022
Dan Willingham and Chad Dodson
Professors of Psychology | UVA | Department of Psychology

Location: Gilmer 390

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Strangers to Ourselves | Timothy D. Wilson, PhD

September 2, 2022
Timothy D. Wilson
Emeritus Sherrell J. Aston Professor of Psychology | UVA | Department of Psychology and Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy 

Location: Gilmer 390

 

2020-2021

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Crossing Status Divides: Stereotypes, Strategies, and Solutions | Cydney H. Dupree, PhD

MAY 7, 2021
CYDNEY H. DUPREE, PH.D.
Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior | Yale University | School of Management

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Cydney H. Dupree, Ph.D.

CROSSING STATUS DIVIDES: STEREOTYPES, STRATEGIES, AND SOLUTIONS
Intergroup interactions can be difficult, particularly those that occur between members of traditionally high-status and low-status groups. Well-intentioned majorities (e.g., White liberals) may find themselves unintentionally contributing to this problem by engaging in well-meaning, but ultimately patronizing, verbal behavior. Racial minorities who are more supportive of inequality (e.g., Black orLatinx conservatives) may give themselves a leg up by reversing stereotypes during conversations in the workplace, on social media, or with a stranger. In this talk, I present a series of studies that use advances in natural language processing to examine how White Americans and racial minorities reverse negative stereotypes via speech—potentially impacting who gets along and who gets ahead in an increasingly diverse world.
 
Join us online: Friday, May 7, 2021, 1:30 - 2:30 pm Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Zoom Link | Passcode: 448664 | Meeting ID: 912 8309 7841
Hosted by:  Jazi Brown-Iannuzzi

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Mechanisms of Threat Control in Humans | Elizabeth A. Phelps

APRIL 23, 2021
ELIZABETH A. PHELPS
2021 L. STARLING REID CONFERENCE KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Pershing Square Professor of Human Neuroscience | Department of Psychology, Harvard University

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Keynote Speaker: Elizabeth A. Phelps, PhD

MECHANISMS OF THREAT CONTROL IN HUMANS
Animal models of associative threat learning provide a basis for understanding human fears and anxiety.  Building on research from animal models, I will explore a range of means maladaptive defensive responses can be acquired and diminished in humans.  First, I will outline how extinction and emotion regulation, techniques adapted in cognitive behavioral therapy, can be used to control learned defensive responses via inhibitory signals from the ventromedial prefrontal cortex to the amygdala.  One drawback of these techniques is that these responses are only inhibited and can return, with one factor being stress. I will then review research examining the lasting control of maladaptive defensive responses by targeting memory reconsolidation and present evidence suggesting that the behavioral interference of reconsolidation in humans diminishes involvement of the prefrontal cortex inhibitory circuitry, although there are limitations to its efficacy.  Finally, I will describe two novel behavioral techniques that might result in a more lasting fear reduction by providing control over the stressor and introducing novelty.  

Join us on Friday, April 23, 2021
3:30-4:30 EST Lecture
4:30-4:45 EST Being Human in Psychological Science (​Informal Q&A with keynote speaker, Elizabeth A. Phelps, PhD, about her path in psychological science. All are encouraged to turn camera’s on and participate.)
Zoom Link | Password: Reid

Visit L. Starling Reid Conference home page for more information about the all-day conference.

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From Twins to Polygenic Scores: Variance to Biology and Back | Eric Turkheimer, PhD

MARCH 19, 2021
ERIC TURKHEIMER
ASTON-GOTTESMAN LECTURER
Hugh Scott Hamilton Professor of Psychology

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Eric Turkheimer

FROM TWINS TO POLYGENIC SCORES: VARIANCE TO BIOLOGY AND BACK
The concept of heritability is emblematic of behavioral genetics, but its precise meaning has always been controversial. This talk will trace the origins of the concept from Darwin and Galton, through its uses in plant and animal breeding to its application to twin studies and contemporary work using measured DNA.  Understanding the history of heritability is the key to using and critiquing the concept accurately and responsibly.

Being Human in Psychological Science: Join us after the formal colloquium for a 15-20 minute informal Q&A to discuss Professor Turkheimer's path in psychological science. The conversation will be moderated by a graduate student, and the conversations are especially intended for undergraduate and graduate students (though everyone is welcome). Because one goal is to use this as an opportunity to foster community, we encourage people to turn on their cameras if they have been off during the colloquium. Questions from the audience can be entered in the chat.

Join us on Friday, March 19, 2021, 1:30 - 2:30 pm EST
Zoom Link | Password: 828326

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Graduate Students Flash Talks

JANUARY 29, 2021

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Graduate Students Flash Talks
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The Visceral Mind: The Roll of the Body in Affect | Jennifer MacCormack, PhD

DECEMBER 4, 2020

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The Visceral Mind: The Roll of the Body in Affect
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Motivations to Learn: Distinct Neural Contexts for Memory Systems and their Regulation | Alison Adcock, MD, PhD

OCTOBER 23, 2020

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Motivations to Learn: Distinct Neural Contexts for Memory Systems and their Regulation
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Robust Bayesian Analysis of Longitudinal Data using Conditional Medians | Cynthia Tong, PhD

OCTOBER 9, 2020

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Robust Bayesian Analysis of Longitudinal Data using Conditional Medians
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Communicating in Crowds: How the auditory system adapts to complex acoustic environments | Dan Meliza, PhD

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

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Communicating in Crowds: How the auditory system adapts to complex acoustic environments
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How Culture Influences Our Emotions (and Why It Matters) | Jeanne L. Tsai, PhD

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

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How Culture Influences Our Emotions (and Why It Matters)