Sussex Psychology department are running a series of seminars, open to all.

Details of this week's seminar are-

The Role of Labels in Infant Categorisation
Speaker: Professor Kim Plunkett, University of Oxford

Thursday 25th of October, 2007 at 4:00 pm until 5:30 pm
Location: Pevensey 1, 1B3


Department of Psychology
School of Life Sciences
Pevensey 1, Room 1B2
University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9QH, UK
T: +44 (0)1273 877975
F: +44 (0)1273 678058
www.sussex.ac.uk/psychology
psyoff@sussex.ac.uk

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I attach the list for the full series, but will post information up each week.

Attached Files

Psychology Colloquia.doc (23.5 KB, 4 views)

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And here are the details for this weeks seminar:

Details of this week's visiting speaker are-

The dynamics of processing salient stimuli in the Stroop task Thursday 1st of November, 2007 at 4:00 pm until 5:30 pm
Location: Pevensey 1, 1B3
Speaker: Dinkar Sharma, University of Kent

Abstract

In a series of studies I will describe the dynamics of interference in the

modified Stroop task using salient (emotional and addiction related)

stimuli. Our findings show that there are two potential sources of

interference from salient stimuli: a fast effect (interference on the

current trial) and a slow effect (interference on subsequent trials). The

empirical evidence to support this will be presented as well as some new

data from both normal and clinical samples. Theoretical explanations for

the slow effect are explored with emphasis on a recently developed neural

network model of salient sensitive control.


Department of Psychology
School of Life Sciences
Pevensey 1, Room 1B2
University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9QH, UK
T: +44 (0)1273 877975
F: +44 (0)1273 678058
www.sussex.ac.uk/psychology
psyoff@sussex.ac.uk

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Dr Stephanie Morgan
Crosslight Management
www.crosslight.co.uk

Here is this weeks seminar:

Intergenerational transmission of social phobia Thursday 15th of November, 2007 at 4:00 pm until 5:30 pm
Location: Pevensey 1, 1B3
Speaker: Lynne Murray, University of Reading

Lynne will talk about our her longitudinal prosepective study of mothers with social phobia and their infants, and mother-infant interactions at both two and then 10-14 months, along with some experiemntal data.

Department of Psychology
School of Life Sciences
Pevensey 1, Room 1B2
University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9QH, UK
T: +44 (0)1273 877975
F: +44 (0)1273 678058
www.sussex.ac.uk/psychology
psyoff@sussex.ac.uk

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Dr Stephanie Morgan
Crosslight Management
www.crosslight.co.uk

Dear All,

Please note that today's seminar has been moved to Pevensey 1 1A6.

Best,

Charlotte

Charlotte Rea
Departmental Assistant
Psychology Department
Tel 01273 87 7975

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Here is the latest information

Top-down modulation of attentional capture and direct links between attention and emotion: New findings from ERP studies Thursday 22nd of November, 2007 at 4:00 pm until 5:30 pm
Location: Pevensey 1, 1B3
Speaker: Professor Martin Eimer, Birkbeck College London

Department of Psychology
School of Life Sciences
Pevensey 1, Room 1B2
University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9QH, UK
T: +44 (0)1273 877975
F: +44 (0)1273 678058
www.sussex.ac.uk/psychology
psyoff@sussex.ac.uk

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Dr Stephanie Morgan
Crosslight Management
www.crosslight.co.uk

and the latest talk, this Thursday is:

Thursday 6th of December, 2007 at 4:00 pm until 5:30 pm
Location: Pevensey 1, 1B3

Prof Neil Macrae, Aberdeen University

Knowing Me, Knowing You:
Tactics of Person Understanding

As part of a current upsurge of interest in understanding how the brain gives rise to the remarkable human capacity for social interaction, a number of recent studies have examined the neural basis of social cognition
- the mental processes that allow one person to apprehend the psychological properties of another, including his or her transient beliefs and feelings as well as more stable person-specific characteristics, such as personality traits and dispositions. One question that has been central to this emerging enterprise considers whether social cognition draws on a unique set of cognitive processes dedicated to navigating the social world or instead represents a special instance of more general-purpose cognitive processes. In other words, is an understanding of the mental states and behaviours of other people governed by distinct cognitive mechanisms dedicated to social cognition or by a subset of the processes that give rise to other human faculties? Of further interest is the related question of which psychological tactics people use in their attempts to understand others. These issues are considered in the current talk.

Department of Psychology
School of Life Sciences
Pevensey 1, Room 1B2
University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9QH, UK
T: +44 (0)1273 877975
F: +44 (0)1273 678058
Home Page : Psychology : University of Sussex
psyoff@sussex.ac.uk

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Crosslight Management
www.crosslight.co.uk

Dear All,

Details of this week's Departmental Seminar are-

Thursday 17th of January, 2008 at 4:00 pm until 5:30 pm
Location: Pevensey 1, 1B3
Title: Brain regions involved in encoding egomotion
Speaker: Prof. Andy Smith, Royal Holloway, University of London


Department of Psychology
School of Life Sciences
Pevensey 1, Room 1B2
University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9QH, UK
T: +44 (0)1273 877975
F: +44 (0)1273 678058
Home Page : Psychology : University of Sussex
psyoff@sussex.ac.uk

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Dr Stephanie Morgan
Crosslight Management
www.crosslight.co.uk

Here are the details of the Spring Series:

Psychology Department Colloquia Spring 2008


17 Jan Week 2 (CLP) Prof. Andy Smith, Royal Holloway, University of London
Brain regions involved in encoding egomotion

24 Jan Week 3 (free)


31 Jan Week 4 (CLP) Elke Geraerts, PhD., University of St. Andrews, UK - Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Discriminating Fact from Fiction in Recovered Memories


7 Feb Week 5 (DEV) Prof. Jim Stevenson Associate Dean (Research) Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences, University of Southampton)


14 Feb Week 6 (S&H or local) TBA


21 Feb Week 7 (DEV) Merideth Gattis (Cardiff)
How to do the wrong thing: Cognitive steps to humour


28 Feb Week 8 (BCN) Terry Robinson (University of Michigan, USA)
(hosted by Hans Crombag)


6 Mar Week 9 (S&H) Eamonn Ferguson, Nottingham
High Cost Helping Behaviour is Associated with Benevolence Rather than Altruism

13 Mar Week 10 (S&H) Patricia Rodriguez Mosquera, Brunel
Emotional and Relational Consequences of Derogation. Humiliation, Confrontation and Revenge.

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Dear all,


Please find below (and attached) the final schedule for this term's Departmental Colloquia. We have a full schedule for the rest of term with Jamie Ward kindly having offered to present on his research work in Week 6. I look forward to seeing you at what will be a very interesting series of seminars.





Psychology Department Colloquia Spring 2008


Thursdays 4 - 5.30pm
Psychology Seminar Room Pev 1B3 (right next to Psychology Office)


Week 2, 17 January
Prof. Andy Smith, Royal Holloway, University of London

Brain regions involved in encoding egomotion

Week 4, 31 January

Elke Geraerts, PhD., University of St. Andrews & Maastricht University

Discriminating Fact from Fiction in Recovered Memories


Week 5, 7 February
Prof. Jim Stevenson, University of Southampton
Food additives and hyperactivity

Week 6, 14 February
Dr. Jamie Ward, University of Sussex

What can synaesthesia tell us about normal perception and cognition?

Week 7, 21 February
Merideth Gattis, Cardiff University

How to do the wrong thing: Cognitive steps to humour


Week 8, 28 February
Terry Robinson, University of Michigan, USA

Drugs, neuroplasticity and addiction

Week 9, 6 March
Eamonn Ferguson, University of Nottingham

High Cost Helping Behaviour is Associated with Benevolence Rather than Altruism


Week 10, 13 March
Patricia Rodriguez Mosquera, Brunel University

Emotional and Relational Consequences of Derogation. Humiliation, Confrontation and Revenge.

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Dr Stephanie Morgan
Crosslight Management
www.crosslight.co.uk