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Communication & Cognition:
How the brain represents language, music, and emotion Location: April 29th 11am - 3pm Kerckhoff Grand Salon Facebook event |
Schedule:
11-12 Chris Kello
12-12:15 Naomi Kline
12:15-1:45 FREE LUNCH
1:45-2 Derek Steockenius
2-3 Jos Tellings
11-12 Chris Kello
12-12:15 Naomi Kline
12:15-1:45 FREE LUNCH
1:45-2 Derek Steockenius
2-3 Jos Tellings
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About the Speakers
Chris Kello -Title of Presentation: Jazz is like a conversation, humpbacks sing like hermit thrushes, and killer whales talk like people: Hierarchical temporal structure in speech, song, and music -Bio: Chris Kello is a Professor of Cognitive and Information Sciences at the University of California, Merced, and also Associate Dean of the Graduate Division. His research focuses on connections between neural and behavioral dynamics in human language and cognition, with applications to neuromorphic engineering. Professor Kello earned his Ph.D. in Psychology at UC Santa Cruz, was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition at Carnegie Mellon University, and Assistant and Associate Professor at George Mason University before joining UC Merced in 2008. While at GMU, he served as Director of the Perception, Action, and Cognition program at the National Science Foundation, and Coordinator for two NSF-funded Science of Learning Centers. Naomi Kline -Title of Presentation: Effects of Bilingualism on Children’s Verbal Fluency and Production Speed -Bio: Naomi Kline is a third year psychology major interested in how cognitive, linguistic, and social skills develop. She is currently conducting two independent projects at UCLA—one through Dr. Catherine Sandhofer’s Language and Cognitive Development Lab and the other through Dr. Matthew Lieberman's Social Cognitive Neuroscience Lab. Naomi will graduate this June and take a gap year to continue gaining research experience before applying to graduate programs in cognitive psychology. Derek Stoeckenius -Title of Presentation: The Stability of the Interleaving Effect Across Time and Within-Participants -Bio: Derek Stoeckenius is a 4th year Psychology student at the University of California, Los Angeles. He transferred to UCLA in 2015 from Moorpark College. In addition to his B.A., he will be graduating with Departmental Honors and a Specialization in Computing. He holds several research positions in the Department of Psychology, including Laboratory Manager of the Bjork Learning & Forgetting Lab. Next year he will be attending the University of California, San Diego to begin his PhD in Cognitive Science. Jos Tellings -Title of Presentation: Words and numbers: how linguistics and mathematics interact -Bio: Dr. Jos Tellings is a Lecturer at the UCLA Department of Linguistics. His research is on the interaction of meaning and intonation in English and other languages. He has a background in mathematics, and is also interested in the relations between mathematics and linguistics. |