| Date Posted: 02/09/12 Last Updated: 02/09/12 Paul J. Frick, University Distinguished Professor and Chair, Univ. of New Orleans Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 10:00 am, Chan Centre for Family Health Education, CFRI |
| Speaker: Paul J. Frick, University Distinguished Professor and Chair, Univ. of New Orleans Title: DSM-V: Overarching Issues and Proposed Changes to ADHD and the Disruptive Behavior Disorders WEB URL: The presentation will summarize the process that has been involved in revising the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders for its 5th Edition (DSM-V). It will describe a number of cross-cutting issues that have been the focus of this revision, including attempts to incorporate a dimensional approach into the diagnostic criteria and attempts to address developmental issues in the diagnostic criteria. The majority of the workshop will focus on changes being proposed for three disorders: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and Conduct Disorder. Where: Chan Centre for Family Health Education, Child & Family Research Institute (CFRI), 950 West 28th Avenue, Vancouver V5Z 4H4 |
| Date Posted: 02/03/12 Last Updated: 02/03/12 Daniel J. Levitin, McGill University Department of Psychology Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 12:30 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Daniel J. Levitin, McGill University Department of Psychology Title: Mental Representations for Music WEB URL: Most people throughout the world and across time have considered music to be an important, sometimes even essential part of their lives. I'll review research that attempts to understand the nature and characteristics of our mental representations for music - the way that humans encode, recall, and experience music. Converging methodological approaches include psychophysics, neuroimaging, and work with special populations including individuals with Williams Syndrome and Autism. Understanding how the components of music, such as pitch, tempo, and timing are represented may hold the key to better understanding how music can move us emotionally. |
| Date Posted: 02/03/12 Last Updated: 02/03/12 Adele Diamond, UBC Department of Psychiatry Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 6:00 pm, UBC Robson Square |
| Speaker: Adele Diamond, UBC Department of Psychiatry Title: Behavioural development in children. WEB URL: In the third of these talks, "Behavioural development in children" Prof. Adele Diamond and Prof. Clyde Hertzman, both Canada Research Chairs, will share their thoughts on early child development. The two researchers are uncovering new evidence that childhood remains the most crucial period for enhancing or undermining a person's cognitive abilities. Diamond and Hertzman will discuss their discoveries and the implications of their research on the factors and activities that determine whether a person thrives or struggles in the face of challenges that require a nimble, resilient and creative mind. This event is free and open to the public thanks to sponsorship from the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the University of British Columbia. |
| Date Posted: 01/31/12 Last Updated: 02/10/12 7th Annual QML - Adrian Owen, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience, Univ. of Western Ontario Monday, February 13, 2012 at 4:00 pm, Frederic Wood Theatre |
| Speaker: 7th Annual QML - Adrian Owen, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience, Univ. of Western Ontario Title: When Thoughts Become Actions: Imaging Disorders of Consciousness WEB URL: http://web.me.com/adrian.owen/site/Home.html The seventh QML is titled "When Thoughts Become Actions: Imaging Disorders of Consciousness" and it will be given by Adrian Owen, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience and Imaging at the Centre for Brain & Mind at University of Western Ontario. As you’ll see from his biographical sketch below, Dr. Owen is a renowned researcher who has revolutionized the way we think about consciousness and mental functions in severely brain-injured patients. His research using functional neuroimaging technology reveals conscious awareness in some patients who appear to be entirely vegetative, and can even allow some of these individuals to communicate their thoughts and wishes to the outside world. Please go to and complete the registration form. Registration is open to psychology alumni, members and the public. Since our capacity at both the lecture and the reception is limited, please go to the website listed above and register by Monday, February 13th. |
| Date Posted: 01/30/12 Last Updated: 01/30/12 Kenneth Sharpe, William R. Kenan Professor of Political Science at Swarthmore College Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 10:00 am, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies |
| Speaker: Kenneth Sharpe, William R. Kenan Professor of Political Science at Swarthmore College Title: Practical Wisdom and Its Enemies: Nurturing good character in an age of rules and incentives WEB URL: |
| Date Posted: 01/30/12 Last Updated: 01/30/12 John Mikhail, Georgetown University Law Center Monday, February 6, 2012 at 5:00 pm, Green College Coach House |
| Speaker: John Mikhail, Georgetown University Law Center Title: Elements of Moral Cognition WEB URL: http://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/mikhail/ On his book of the same name: "Is the science of moral cognition usefully modeled on aspects of Universal Grammar? Are human beings born with an innate "moral grammar" that causes them to analyze human action in terms of its moral structure, with just as little awareness as they analyze human speech in terms of its grammatical structure? Questions like these have been at the forefront of moral psychology ever since John Mikhail revived them in his influential work on the linguistic analogy and its implications for jurisprudence and moral theory. In this seminal book, Mikhail offers a careful and sustained analysis of the moral grammar hypothesis, showing how some of John Rawls’ original ideas about the linguistic analogy, together with famous thought experiments like the trolley problem, can be used to improve our understanding of moral and legal judgment. The book will be of interest to philosophers, cognitive scientists, legal scholars, and other researchers in the interdisciplinary field of moral psychology." |
| Date Posted: 01/24/12 Last Updated: 01/24/12 Nick Epley, University of Chicago Booth School of Business Friday, April 27, 2012 at 3:30 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Nick Epley, University of Chicago Booth School of Business Title: TBA WEB URL: http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/nicholas.epley/ From his online bio, "Nicholas Epley conducts research on the experimental study of social cognition, perspective taking, and intuitive human judgment. "Most people are intuitive psychologists in their daily lives - wondering why people think or behave as they do. I just happened to find a profession that enables me to answer these questions for a living," explains Epley. His research has appeared in more than two dozen journals, including the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Science, Psychological Review, and the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. His research also has been featured by the Wall Street Journal, CNN, Wired, and National Public Radio, among many others, has been funded by the National Science Foundation, and has earned the 2008 Theoretical Innovation Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology and the 2010 Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contributions from the American Psychological Association." |
| Date Posted: 01/20/12 Last Updated: 01/24/12 Friday, April 27, 2012 at 8:00 am, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Title: Psycfest 2012 WEB URL: http://gsc.psych.ubc.ca/events/psychfest/psychfest.html Following tradition, Psychfest is an all-day event during which second-year Master's students, as well as new PhD students, present their research to the entire department. It's the only opportunity for students to share their work with everyone in the Psychology department, so it's a rare and exciting occasion for each student. We're pleased to announce that this year's guest speaker will be Nick Epley from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business! Dr. Epley's website: http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/nicholas.epley/ |
| Date Posted: 01/20/12 Last Updated: 01/20/12 Patricial Churchland, Professor Emerita, University of California Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 5:00 pm, Green College |
| Speaker: Patricial Churchland, Professor Emerita, University of California Title: Braintrust: What neuroscience tells us about morality. WEB URL: http://www.greencollege.ubc.ca/index/spotlight275.php Prof. Churchland is Professor Emerita of Philosophy at the University of California at San Diego, Adjunct Professor at the Salk Institute, and author of Braintrust. You can hear her speak on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, in the Green College Principal's Lecture series on the topic: "Braintrust: What Neuroscience tells us about morality" to be held in the Coach House, at 5 pm. Dinner will be at 6:30 pm at Green College, followed by a fireside chat at 8:00 pm in the Piano Lounge. If you wish to join us for dinner at Green College, I will be happy to provide a meal ticket (cost $18 for faculty, $15 for students). In addition, Prof. Churchland will lead a colloquium at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies on Thursday, January 26, 2012 from 10 am until noon. The topic will be: "What is the role for rules in social behavior?" Ann Cameron acameron@psych.ubc.ca |
| Date Posted: 01/18/12 Last Updated: 01/18/12 Paul Reber, Dept. of Psychology, Northwestern University Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 12:30 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Paul Reber, Dept. of Psychology, Northwestern University Title: Improving by practice: Skill learning in the brain. WEB URL: ** (coffee and snacks will be served half an hour before the talk at 12:00 pm) ** What we practice, we improve at. This principle applies to skill learning from physical to cognitive skills. Normally, the acquisition of a new skill depends on both explicit and implicit memory mechanisms in the brain. Initial, explicit instruction is followed by gradual improvement through repetitive practice (via implicit learning mechanisms). Using a novel perceptual-motor sequence learning task, operating characteristics and interactions between memory systems will be examined. Applying the principle of improvement through practice to a general cognitive skill, working memory maintenance, we find that similar mechanisms likely support increases in general cognitive ability. The memory systems framework provides a useful starting point for characterizing how memorization and practice each contribute, but this framework will need to be extended to account for interactions and crosstalk between types of memory in skill learning. |
| Date Posted: 01/10/12 Last Updated: 01/10/12 Jason Snyder, National Institute of Health Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 11:30 am, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Jason Snyder, National Institute of Health Title: Synaptic, circuit, and behavioural functions of new neurons in the adult brain WEB URL: Large numbers of plastic neurons are added to the hippocampus in adulthood. While these new neurons have been linked with a number of behaviours, no clear function has emerged. My research indicates that newborn neurons regulate emotional behaviour and the response to stress. The next challenge is to identify the synaptic and cellular mechanisms by which new neurons and related circuits guide behaviour. |
| Date Posted: 01/09/12 Last Updated: 01/09/12 Erin Larson, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 12:00 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Erin Larson, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Title: Role of striatal neuroadaptations in cocaine addiction WEB URL: The development of excessive drug-taking and -seeking behavior in addicted individuals is thought to involve drug-induced neuroadaptations in the striatum. Here, we show that chronic up-regulation of the cAMP-PKA intracellular signaling pathway in direct and indirect striatal output neurons leads to differential effects on cocaine self-administration and dopamine-mediated locomotor activity. We also found that increasing the function of the downstream target CREB facilitated the motivation for cocaine, possibly through negative reinforcement mechanisms. These data suggest that similar neuroadaptations in different striatal output neurons play distinct but complementary roles in promoting excessive drug-taking and drug-seeking behavior. |
| Date Posted: 01/09/12 Last Updated: 01/09/12 Charles Pickens, National Institute on Drug Abuse Monday, January 16, 2012 at 12:00 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Charles Pickens, National Institute on Drug Abuse Title: Development and Pharmacological Validation of Animal Models for Human Health Problems WEB URL: The value of animal research to understand human health problems depends upon the validity of the animal models. I am working on two projects to model two human problems. The first project is aimed at modeling delayed-onset post-traumatic stress disorder. I will present my behavioral experiments developing this new model. The other project is aimed at modeling relapse to unhealthy eating during dieting using the reinstatement of palatable food-seeking procedure. I will present my work pharmacologically validating this model by giving rats the diet drug fenfluramine, which is effective in human dieting, to see if it works in the reinstatement model. |
| Date Posted: 01/09/12 Last Updated: 01/09/12 Joe Henrich, Canada Research Chair in Culture, Cognition and Co-evolution, Department of Psychology Friday, January 20, 2012 at 9:00 am, Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel |
| Speaker: Joe Henrich, Canada Research Chair in Culture, Cognition and Co-evolution, Department of Psychology Title: The Evolution of Fairness WEB URL: http://www.explorefairness.pwias.ubc.ca/public-talks Dr. Henrich will discuss the evolution of fairness and prosociality in humans and other primates by synthesizing field and experimental research done across diverse societies and species. Location: Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel, Grand Ballroom D North Tower, 1088 Burrard Street |
| Date Posted: 01/04/12 Last Updated: 01/24/12 Amori Yee Mikami Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 2:00 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Amori Yee Mikami Title: Encouraging Peers' Inclusion of Children with ADHD WEB URL: |
| Date Posted: 12/13/11 Last Updated: 01/04/12 Philip David Zelazo, University of Minnesota Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 12:30 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Philip David Zelazo, University of Minnesota Title: Executive Function and the Developing Brain WEB URL: http://www.cehd.umn.edu/icd/ZelazoLab/ This year the Michael Chandler lecture series features Professor Philip Zelazo of the University of Minnesota, who will speak about his work on "Executive function and the developing brain." |
| Date Posted: 12/12/11 Last Updated: 02/06/12 Conor Steckler & Doan Le Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 2:00 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Conor Steckler & Doan Le Title: TBA WEB URL: |
| Date Posted: 12/12/11 Last Updated: 02/06/12 Marcus Watson & Kristan Marchak Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at 2:00 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Marcus Watson & Kristan Marchak Title: TBA WEB URL: |
| Date Posted: 12/12/11 Last Updated: 02/06/12 Tracy Cassels & Maciek Chudek Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 2:00 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Tracy Cassels & Maciek Chudek Title: TBA WEB URL: |
| Date Posted: 12/12/11 Last Updated: 02/06/12 Ben Cheung & Janine Gellerman Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at 2:00 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Ben Cheung & Janine Gellerman Title: TBA WEB URL: |
| Date Posted: 12/12/11 Last Updated: 02/06/12 Allison Master Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at 2:00 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Allison Master Title: TBA WEB URL: |
| Date Posted: 12/12/11 Last Updated: 02/06/12 Afra Foroud Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 2:00 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Afra Foroud Title: TBA WEB URL: |
| Date Posted: 12/12/11 Last Updated: 02/06/12 Janet Werker Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 2:00 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Janet Werker Title: The effects of early experience on the perceptual foundations of language acquisition. WEB URL: |
| Date Posted: 11/30/11 Last Updated: 11/30/11 Randy O'Reilly, University of Colorado Friday, December 2, 2011 at 11:00 am, Brain Research Centre Conference Centre |
| Speaker: Randy O'Reilly, University of Colorado Title: Doing it right the first time: toward a biological model of novel task performance WEB URL: How do people perform novel tasks correctly on the first try? My colleagues and I have been tackling this mystery from several directions, with the common underlying theme of forming novel combinations of existing representations. Encoding separable elements of tasks in different brain areas is one important way to facilitate the formation of useful novel combinations. This motivates an understanding of large-scale brain organization along several axes: What (identification/semantics, in ventral stream) vs. How (performance, in dorsal stream); Online processing (stimulus driven, in posterior cortex) vs. Control (goal driven, in prefrontal cortex); and External (stimuli and actions, in lateral cortex) vs. Internal (subjective/affective values, in medial cortex). Using biologically-based computational models, we show how novel behavior can arise by recombining these different elements. But it is not enough to merely form a novel combination: the separate elements must also interact appropriately in driving the resulting behavior. We show how the basal ganglia is well situated to integrate different elements in a way that specifically facilitates novel task performance, by separating control from content. Several empirical tests of our models using a variety of methods are also described. |
| Date Posted: 11/25/11 Last Updated: 11/25/11 Yuko Munakata, Dept. of Psychology, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 12:30 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Yuko Munakata, Dept. of Psychology, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder Title: Inhibition is Out of Control WEB URL: The inhibition of thoughts and actions figures centrally in daily life. Inhibition is thought to be an effortful, targeted, executive function that taps specialized neural mechanisms and relies upon the integrity of prefrontal cortical regions. Inhibitory processes have thus been invoked to explain developments in cognitive control in children, patterns of prefrontal activity during putatively inhibitory tasks, and the function of inhibitory neurons. Here, we present an alternate perspective, that inhibition is an effortless, diffuse by-product of the active maintenance capacities of the prefrontal cortex. We test competing predictions from active-maintenance and standard inhibitory accounts in the domains of task-switching, response inhibition, and language production. Our evidence -- from computational models, studies with children, links to psychopathology, and fMRI, ERP, pupilometric, and neuropharmacological methods -- supports active-maintenance accounts of inhibition and prefrontal function. |
| Date Posted: 11/23/11 Last Updated: 11/23/11 Monday, November 28, 2011 at 4:30 pm, BUCH D314 |
| Speaker: Title: Psychology Finals Study Session WEB URL: http://psa.psych.ubc.ca/events/ As final exams period is approaching, you may have many questions about your course materials. Join us for a final exam study session with Drs. Michael Souza (an instructor for: PSYC 101-004, PSYC 207-002, and PSYC 309a-001) and Sunaina Assanand (an instructor for: PSYC 304-002, PSYC 305-001, and PSYC 320-002). It’s a great opportunity to meet the Profs, and ask general or topic specific questions about your courses. You may also form a study group with your classmates and study together during this event. This event is for Psychology Students’ Association members only. |
| Date Posted: 11/22/11 Last Updated: 11/22/11 Stella Christie Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at 2:00 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Stella Christie Title: Learning relations: Mutual bootstrapping between language and comparison. WEB URL: This is a revised talk from last week. |
| Date Posted: 11/17/11 Last Updated: 11/17/11 Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 6:00 pm, Buchanan Block A, Lecture Hall 101 |
| Speaker: Title: This Hour Has 6 Ideas WEB URL: http://wire.arts.ubc.ca/events/this-hour-has-6-ideas/ The UBC Faculty of Arts has jumped on the popular 'big ideas' concept and given it a decidedly Arts-focused bent. Six professors have just 10 minutes each to present an idea that changed their world. Everything from Music to Economics, Philosophy to Political Science and First Nations Studies to Psychology are included in this thought-provoking forum. |
| Date Posted: 11/15/11 Last Updated: 11/15/11 Friday, November 25, 2011 at 7:00 pm, East Atrium of the Life Sciences Institute |
| Speaker: Title: Psyc 217 Research Methods Poster Session WEB URL: Come support our 600 newest psychology majors as they showcase their research projects. |
| Date Posted: 11/07/11 Last Updated: 11/07/11 Monday, November 21, 2011 at 4:00 pm, Kenny 2101 |
| Speaker: Title: UBC Undergraduate Journal of Psychology Information Sessions WEB URL: http://ubcujp.psych.ubc.ca This year we are publishing UBC Psychology's first-ever undergraduate psychology journal. UBC's Undergraduate Journal of Psychology (UBC-UJP) is a student-run, peer-reviewed journal which aims to provide a platform for undergraduates to both showcase their research and to experience the publication and peer-review process. We will be holding two informal information sessions on Monday, Nov. 21 and Tuesday, Nov. 22 from 4-5pm in Room 2101 at the Kenny Bldg. Please stop by to learn more about how to submit your work to the journal. Questions? Please visit http://ubcujp.psych.ubc.ca or email David at ubcujp@psych.ubc.ca. |
| Date Posted: 11/02/11 Last Updated: 11/02/11 Eric Eich, FRSC Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 12:30 pm, Dodson Room in IKE Barber |
| Speaker: Eric Eich, FRSC Title: The Cognitive Psychology of Learning WEB URL: The Cognitive Psychology of Learning - Ever wonder how to best promote long-term retention in our students? How to maximize the efficacy of testing situations? Join us as Dr. Eric Eich leads a fascinating tour of research from the fields of learning and memory that is immediately applicable to our classroom contexts. By Dr. Eric Eich, FRSC, former Psychology Department Head, Current Editor-in-Chief of Psychological Science (psychology’s leading journal). |
| Date Posted: 10/28/11 Last Updated: 10/28/11 Monday, November 14, 2011 at 4:00 pm, Scarfe 100 |
| Speaker: Title: Learning about Schizophrenia WEB URL: Join us for a unique and powerful presentation by a mental health professional from the BC Schizophrenia Society and a recovered schizophrenia patient. We should mention that the latter is also a recipient of Coast Foundation's Courage to Come Back Award. Coffee and treats will be provided before and after the event. This event is for Psychology Students’ Association members only. Annual membership is only $10 and you may join at the door of this event. Please bring exact change to expedite the membership process. Please contact Sophia (psa.membership@psych.ubc.ca) if you have any questions. |
| Date Posted: 10/28/11 Last Updated: 10/28/11 Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 5:00 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Title: Psychology Faculty-Student Social for Celebrate Learning Week WEB URL: Spend an evening with faculty members and graduate students in Psychology. Get to know your department and your fellow students a bit better! Come see why the Department of Psychology is a fantastic place to spend your undergraduate years at UBC. Light snacks will be provided. Please note: this event is open to all interested students, you need not be a PSA member. For more information or to RSVP if you are a faculty member or graduate student, please contact James at psa.vpsocial@psych.ubc.ca. |
| Date Posted: 10/27/11 Last Updated: 10/27/11 Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 10:00 am, Life Science Institute, LSC2 |
| Speaker: Title: UBC TEDx Terry Talks WEB URL: http://www.terry.ubc.ca/tedxterrytalks/ Each year, the UBC Terry Project orchestrates the UBC student version of the well-established TED conferences, choosing 8 passionate individuals with unique perspectives to share their stories with the UBC community. |
| Date Posted: 10/24/11 Last Updated: 10/24/11 Luke Eric Lassiter, Marshal University Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 11:30 am, Michael Ames Theatre, MOA |
| Speaker: Luke Eric Lassiter, Marshal University Title: Collaborative, Participatory Research in Anthropology: Concerning its Current Conditions and Future Trajectories WEB URL: http://www.anth.ubc.ca/fileadmin/user_upload/anso/files/2011_-2012_Colloqui a/2011-10-27_Eric_Lassiter.pdf This presentation is sponsored by the Ethnographic Film Unit at UBC and the Department of Anthropology in collaboration with Green College, the First Nations House of Learning and the Museum of Anthropology. |
| Date Posted: 10/24/11 Last Updated: 10/24/11 David Olson, Emeritus Professor, Univ. of Toronto Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 10:00 am, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies |
| Speaker: David Olson, Emeritus Professor, Univ. of Toronto Title: The Search for the Beginnings of Wisdom: Agency, intentionality and responsibility in childhood. WEB URL: |
| Date Posted: 10/24/11 Last Updated: 10/24/11 Joan Silk, UCLA Monday, December 5, 2011 at 5:00 pm, Green College |
| Speaker: Joan Silk, UCLA Title: The Origins of the Prosocial Ape: Insights from Comparative Studies of Social Preferences WEB URL: |
| Date Posted: 10/20/11 Last Updated: 10/20/11 Joy Kirchner, Scholarly Communications Coordinator, UBC Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 12:30 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Joy Kirchner, Scholarly Communications Coordinator, UBC Title: New UBC Copyright Guidelines for Faculty, Students and Staff WEB URL: Joy will tell us what we need to know to be compliant with the law and protect yourself from risk of liability. |
| Date Posted: 10/13/11 Last Updated: 10/13/11 Jane Jaquette, Teaching Emerita Professor of Politics and Diplomacy and World Affairs Monday, October 24, 2011 at 5:00 pm, Green College Piano Lounge |
| Speaker: Jane Jaquette, Teaching Emerita Professor of Politics and Diplomacy and World Affairs Title: Machiavelli and Hobbes on Power and Political Authority WEB URL: Jane Jaquette, Teaching Emerita Professor of Politics and Diplomacy and World Affairs and Bertha Harton Orr Professor Emerita in the Liberal Arts, Adjunct Research Professor, The Watson Institute, Brown University Monday, October 24, 2011 "Machiavelli and Hobbes on Power and Political Authority" Green College Piano Lounge 5:00 to 6:30 pm followed by dinner at Green College at 6:45pm. Tuesday, October 25, 2011 "Breaking the Rules/Making the State: Machiavelli and Practical Wisdom" Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies 10:00 am to 12:00 noon |
| Date Posted: 10/13/11 Last Updated: 10/13/11 Jessica Tracy Monday, October 24, 2011 at 6:00 pm, UBC Wood |
| Speaker: Jessica Tracy Title: Death and Science: The Existential Underpinnings of Belief in Intelligent Design and Discomfort with Evolution WEB URL: Death and Science: The Existential Underpinnings of Belief in Intelligent Design and Discomfort with Evolution - UBC Wood 6 - 7pm - A talk and discussion with UBC psychologist Dr. Jessica Tracy. |
| Date Posted: 10/07/11 Last Updated: 10/07/11 Tim Oberlander, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics Monday, November 21, 2011 at 12:00 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Tim Oberlander, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics Title: Development in Children with Prenatal Antidepressant Exposure: The Challenge of Separating Mood from Meds WEB URL: |
| Date Posted: 10/07/11 Last Updated: 10/07/11 Peter Garvin, Ph.D., Post-doctoral fellow Monday, November 7, 2011 at 12:00 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Peter Garvin, Ph.D., Post-doctoral fellow Title: A Prospective Population Based Study in Sweden Focusing on Psychobiology WEB URL: |
| Date Posted: 10/07/11 Last Updated: 10/07/11 Kiley Hamlin Monday, November 7, 2011 at 5:00 pm, Green College Coach House |
| Speaker: Kiley Hamlin Title: Moral Babies: Preverbal Infants Know Who and What are Good and Bad WEB URL: http://www.hecc.ubc.ca/seminars/20112012.html There is a near universal interest in morality that has sparked thought-provoking inquiry for thousands of years. Much of that inquiry proceeded without the benefit of modern cognitive science, but that is now changing. And the change promises to shed new light on morality, particularly its practices, development, and the psychology behind ethical thought. In this series we bring together speakers from a vast array of disciples--from philosophy and law to biology and psychology--to discuss cutting edge research in the cognitive science of morality. |
| Date Posted: 10/05/11 Last Updated: 10/05/11 Catherine Rawn Saturday, October 15, 2011 at 8:00 am, UBC Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability |
| Speaker: Catherine Rawn Title: ICE Closing Keynote: Why should any student care about my class? WEB URL: http://www.cisa-acei.ca/ice/?p=ubc Geared towards students and educators alike, the first-ever Interuniversity Conference on Education (or ICE) will be happening across Canada this October 15th (Saturday). By challenging delegates in the concepts of learning and education, the conference hopes to change how delegates perceive learning & education, particularly through discussion of current issues and sharing of innovative ideas. |
| Date Posted: 09/30/11 Last Updated: 09/30/11 Michael S. Roth, President, Wesleyan University Friday, September 30, 2011 at 4:30 pm, Frederick Lasserre Building, Room 102 |
| Speaker: Michael S. Roth, President, Wesleyan University Title: Where do the Humanities Go From Here? Configuring the Creative Arts and Humanities for their Publics WEB URL: With Keynote Speakers: Desmond Manderson (CRC in Law & Discourse, Faculty of Law; Director, Institute for the Public Life of Arts & Ideas, McGill University), Michael S. Roth (President, Wesleyan University), Steven Zwicker (Stanley Elkin Professor of Humanities, Professor of English and History, Washington University, St. Louis) Opening Comments by Dean Gage Averill, Faculty of Arts, UBC A campus-wide initiative sponsored by the Faculty of Arts and the Vice-President, Research and International. Students, Faculty, Staff, and the General Public are Welcome to Join. |
| Date Posted: 09/27/11 Last Updated: 09/27/11 Laura A. King, University of Missouri, Columbia Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 12:30 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Laura A. King, University of Missouri, Columbia Title: Reality, Intuition, and Affect: The emergence of meaning in human life WEB URL: The psychological approach to meaning often relies on the notion that meaning is a problem to be solved by the human meaning maker. I will present a different approach to meaning inspired by William James’ nonsensory fringe of consciousness. From this perspective, meaning is a ubiquitous aspect of human experience that emerges out of intuitive processes. From this perspective, sense is not made but automatically sensed through meta-cognitive experience, heuristics, and affect. Research on magical thinking, pattern recognition, and semantic coherence judgments demonstrates the importance of individual differences in intuitive information processing and positive affect in the experience of meaning. Recognizing and understanding the intuitive experience of meaning promises to illuminate the grand judgment of life’s meaningfulness, the relationship between conscious thought and meaning, and the place of the experience of meaning in a natural science. |
| Date Posted: 09/27/11 Last Updated: 09/27/11 Kimberly Schonert-Reichl, Associate Professor of Educational and Counselling Psychology Monday, October 24, 2011 at 12:00 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Kimberly Schonert-Reichl, Associate Professor of Educational and Counselling Psychology Title: Daily Cortisol Patterns and Children's Prosocial and Aggressive Behaviours in Everyday Classroom Settings WEB URL: |
| Date Posted: 09/26/11 Last Updated: 09/26/11 Hilary Levey Friedman, Harvard University Monday, October 3, 2011 at 3:00 pm, ANSO 2107 |
| Speaker: Hilary Levey Friedman, Harvard University Title: Playing to Win: Raising Girls in a Competitive Culture WEB URL: http://www.soci.ubc.ca/index.php?id=11165&backPID=11289&tt_news=2341 The Department of Sociology Seminar Series What motivates parents to get their daughters involved in competitive activities? I analyze the roots and effects of participation in competitive children’s activities using data from sixteen months of fieldwork spent in the worlds of competitive children’s chess, dance, and soccer, including 43 interviews with parents of elementary school-age girls and 17 interviews with their daughters. |
| Date Posted: 09/23/11 Last Updated: 09/23/11 Sylvia Berryman, Department of Philosophy, UBC Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 2:00 pm, PWIAS Conference Rooms |
| Speaker: Sylvia Berryman, Department of Philosophy, UBC Title: Aristotle’s Ethics and Obedience to Authority WEB URL: Wall Distinguished Scholar in Residence Public Talk co-sponsored with Green College Thursday, September 29, 2011. |
| Date Posted: 09/19/11 Last Updated: 09/19/11 Linda Stewart, Justice Institute of BC Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 5:30 pm, room 182 - Irving K. Barber Learning Centre |
| Speaker: Linda Stewart, Justice Institute of BC Title: Riding with Madonna: Experience the Streets of Vancouver through the Eyes of a Crisis Cop WEB URL: http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/2488 I am pleased to invite you to listen to Linda Stewart, former Vancouver Police Department Constable and expert crisis negotiator, currently an instructor at the Justice Institute of BC. Linda is legendary within the police community for her compassionate and caring approach to young people in distress. Linda’s work with the VPD was focused on negotiating crisis situations with peop le on th nd on Wednesday September 28th she will be sharing her experiences with us. During the event, Linda will be sharing scenes from the upcoming documentary based on her life’s work, Riding with Madonna. We believe that you will find her talk relevant and timely. |
| Date Posted: 09/16/11 Last Updated: 09/16/11 Celso Gomez-Sanchez, Univ. of Mississippi Medical Center Friday, September 30, 2011 at 11:00 am, Brain Research Centre Conference Centre |
| Speaker: Celso Gomez-Sanchez, Univ. of Mississippi Medical Center Title: Extra-adrenal Steroidogenesis in the Brain and the Protection of the Mineralocorticoid Receptor WEB URL: Neuroscience Research Colloquia 2011-12 |
| Date Posted: 09/16/11 Last Updated: 09/16/11 Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 5:00 pm, Scarfe 100 |
| Speaker: Title: Applying to graduate studies in Psychology: Wisdom from students currently in the application process WEB URL: An undergraduate student panel representing multiple areas in our department will discuss their experience of applying to graduate school. Hear it from your fellow students working hard to pursue graduate studies! Questions from students in the audience will be encouraged. These workshops are hosted by the Psychology Students’ Association. You must be a member for admission: join at the door for only $10/year. Current PSA members: please show your membership card at the door. |
| Date Posted: 09/16/11 Last Updated: 09/16/11 Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 5:00 pm, Swing 221 |
| Speaker: Title: Life in graduate school at UBC Psychology: A peek into the lives of some of our graduate students WEB URL: A graduate student panel representing multiple areas in our department will discuss their experiences in graduate school thus far. Hear it from students currently working through graduate school at one of the best programs in the world. Questions from students in the audience will be encouraged. These workshops are hosted by the Psychology Students’ Association. You must be a member for admission: join at the door for only $10/year. Current PSA members: please show your membership card at the door. |
| Date Posted: 09/16/11 Last Updated: 09/16/11 Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 5:00 pm, Swing 221 |
| Speaker: Title: Graduate admissions at UBC Psychology: A chat with Dr. Larry Walker WEB URL: Dr. Walker (Director, UBC Psychology Graduate Studies) will review important guidelines for admission to our program. This information session will give you a better sense of what you should be thinking about as you consider graduate studies in Psychology at UBC or at other highly-ranked universities. These workshops are hosted by the Psychology Students’ Association. You must be a member for admission: join at the door for only $10/year. Current PSA members: please show your membership card at the door. |
| Date Posted: 09/12/11 Last Updated: 09/16/11 Working Effectively with Technology for TAs Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 3:30 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Working Effectively with Technology for TAs Title: WEB URL: In three 20 minute demonstrations, learn about how to use the scantron machine, turnitin.com, and WebCT Vista. These sessions will be led by experienced TAs and are geared toward the key skills TAs may need to use these technologies effectively. Bring your questions! All are welcome. Where: Suedfeld lounge and copy room When: Thursday September 22, 3:30-4:30 |
| Date Posted: 09/08/11 Last Updated: 09/26/11 Thomas Kerr, Director Urban Health Research Initiative Monday, September 26, 2011 at 12:00 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Thomas Kerr, Director Urban Health Research Initiative Title: The science and politics of INSITE WEB URL: The science and politics of INSITE: Experiences with the evaluation of Vancouver's supervised injection site. |
| Date Posted: 09/08/11 Last Updated: 09/08/11 Greg Miller, UBC Psychology Monday, September 12, 2011 at 12:00 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Greg Miller, UBC Psychology Title: Why cortisol won't save psychology WEB URL: Why cortisol won't save psychology. |
| Date Posted: 09/06/11 Last Updated: 09/06/11 Matt Bedke, UBC Monday, September 12, 2011 at 5:00 pm, Green College Coach House |
| Speaker: Matt Bedke, UBC Title: The Normative and the Vague WEB URL: If you ask me, ethical thoughts and statements are largely expressions of sentiment. If I say lying is wrong, I'm disapproving of it, or expressing a negative emotional reaction to it, or some such. So I disagree with moral realists, who think that I am reporting a fact. "Lying is wrong" is more like "Boo Boston!" than it is like "Grass is green." But this view of things comes with significant explanatory burdens. It turns out to be really hard to explain why we seem to disagree with one another about what really matters when we engage in moral disputes, and it's really hard to explain how we can reason our way to moral conclusions. Consider this perfectly valid inference: Failing to save a drowning child is wrong; if that is wrong, then failing to donate $15 to Oxfam is wrong; so, it's wrong to fail to donate $15 to Oxfam. [Matt begrudgingly writes a check]. The problem is, one can't formulate rational, valid inferences with "Boo"s - one has to use language that looks like statements of fact. In this talk, I will draw of the semantics of vague language to give an account of the meaning of moral terms that allows them to merely express sentiments, but also explains moral reasoning, and explains away appearances that favour the moral realist. |
| Date Posted: 09/06/11 Last Updated: 12/08/11 Christiane Hoppmann, UBC Psychology Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 2:00 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Christiane Hoppmann, UBC Psychology Title: Goals, health, and well-being: Promises and challenges of taking a lifespan perspective WEB URL: |
| Date Posted: 09/06/11 Last Updated: 11/15/11 Stella Christie, UBC Psychology Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 2:00 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Stella Christie, UBC Psychology Title: Learning relations: Mutual bootstrapping between language and comparison. WEB URL: |
| Date Posted: 09/06/11 Last Updated: 11/07/11 Jeremy Frimer, UBC Psychology Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 2:00 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Jeremy Frimer, UBC Psychology Title: WEB URL: At this meeting, recent program grad. Jeremy Frimer will be presenting a draft of his job talk. |
| Date Posted: 09/06/11 Last Updated: 10/25/11 Patricia Brosseau-Liard and Will Dunlop Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 2:00 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Patricia Brosseau-Liard and Will Dunlop Title: Children's knowledge attributions: Narrow, broad or savvy? WEB URL: The title of Will Dunlop's talk is "The Importance of Knowing Who Likes To fep: Evidence For Constraints On Social Category Based Induction." |
| Date Posted: 09/06/11 Last Updated: 10/17/11 Carla Hudson Kam Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 2:00 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Carla Hudson Kam Title: Learning variation in language WEB URL: |
| Date Posted: 09/06/11 Last Updated: 10/04/11 Mélanie Havy, Post-doc, UBC Psychology Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at 2:00 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Mélanie Havy, Post-doc, UBC Psychology Title: Reference and induction of foreign phonetic categories in infancy and in adulthood WEB URL: |
| Date Posted: 09/06/11 Last Updated: 09/20/11 Kiley Hamlin Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at 2:00 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Kiley Hamlin Title: Infants’ Understanding of Helpful and Unhelpful Third-Party Actions WEB URL: This coming Wednesday (the 21st) the developmental area will be holding its first meeting of the year. To kick things off in style, Kiley Hamlin will present some of her recent work at this gathering. Kiley’s talk, entitled "Infants’ Understanding of Helpful and Unhelpful Third-Party Actions", will begin at 2:00 PM in the Suedfeld Lounge. |
| Date Posted: 08/29/11 Last Updated: 08/29/11 Larry Walker Monday, October 3, 2011 at 5:00 pm, The Green College Coach House |
| Speaker: Larry Walker Title: Agency and Communion in the Live of Moral Exemplars: Antagonistic or Integrative? WEB URL: http://www.hecc.ubc.ca/seminars/20112012.html?no_cache=1 The Cognitive Science of Morality 2011/2012 There is a near universal interest in morality that has sparked thought-provoking inquiry for thousands of years. Much of that inquiry proceeded without the benefit of modern cognitive science, but that is now changing. This year's seminar series will be held at 5pm at Green College |
| Date Posted: 08/24/11 Last Updated: 08/24/11 Toni Schmader Thursday, September 1, 2011 at 12:30 pm, Suedfeld Lounge |
| Speaker: Toni Schmader Title: HSP Informational Session WEB URL: Does your lab run studies with the Psychology Department Human Subjects Pool? If so, please attend an informational session on Thursday, September 1 (12:30-1:30) in the Lounge regarding a few enhancements we are making to the HSP. We ask that all faculty who use the HSP try to attend. In addition, if there is a member of your lab who oversees training of RA's, we ask that you also invite them to attend this session. As an overview, we will be presenting results from a recent analysis of HSP usage and discussing a few procedural changes designed to both enhance the educational payoff to students who participate in studies and increase the number of students taking part in lab-based research. This will have a few implications for doing research using the HSP, so we would like to have every interested lab to have a representative present. |
| Date Posted: 08/24/11 Last Updated: 08/24/11 Imagine Day at UBC Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at 1:00 pm, CIRS 1250 |
| Speaker: Imagine Day at UBC Title: WEB URL: Imagine Day provides students with the opportunity to learn more about their major, possible career paths, and programs and services available on campus. Sunaina Assanand, Mike Souza, Jennifer Janicki and Alan Kingstone will be hosting a welcoming session from 1:00-2:00 in CIRS 1250, at which they will present students with information on a variety of topics (e.g., careers in psychology, graduate school admission procedures). This will be followed by presentations on the BSc and Honours programs. There will be an open house in the Kenny building from 2:00 - 3:30. |
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