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Where numbers come from and what they mean
Sep
20
3:00 PM15:00
Psychology

Where numbers come from and what they mean

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Ian Lyons, Georgetown University

The ability to guide behavior based on relative differences in perceived magnitudes is one of the most ancient cognitive capacities we know of. The ability to represent quantities in written, abstract and exact form is—as far as we know—exclusive to humans and only a few millennia in the making. Are these two abilities linked, and as for the latter, what took us so long? What are the cognitive mechanisms that underlie numerical processing in humans and other species?

Ian Lyons is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Georgetown University. He received a bachelor of science from Brown University in 2004 in Cognitive Science. In 2012, he received his PhD from the University of Chicago in Cognitive Psychology.

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How do relationships get under our skin?
Aug
16
3:00 PM15:00
Psychology

How do relationships get under our skin?

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Darby Saxbe, University of Southern California

Although psychology has typically examined the individual in isolation, new evidence finds that our emotions, behaviors, and even physiology can be shared with the people around us. How do we entrain with others in our social world, and what does this tell us about the impact of social connection on health and well-being?

Darby Saxbe is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Southern California, where she runs the Neuroendocrinology of Social Ties (NEST) Laboratory. Her current research focuses on hormones, brain, and behavioral changes over the transition to parenthood.

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