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May 24 Presenting Science to the Public in a Post-Truth Era4:00pm

Presenting Science to the Public in a Post-Truth Era

Friday, May 24th, 2019

04:00 PM - 07:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Konover Auditorium, Dodd Center

Presenting Science to the Public in a Post-Truth Era
A multi-speaker event sponsored jointly by Science of Learning & Art of Communication (SLAC) and the University of Connecticut Humanities Institute (UCHI)

This event will feature a series of international speakers who will address challenges in presenting science to lay-audiences in the current culture of “opinionification” of facts. In particular, experts will consider the public trend in discounting data delivered by experts as “opinion” or fake news, why this occurs, and how scientists can most effectively reach lay audiences. Three speakers will be featured (see below), followed by an Open Panel in which speakers will address questions from the audience.
Speakers:
Dr. Mike Lynch (University of Connecticut)
Dr. Tali Sharot (University College London)
Dr. Asa Wikforss (Stockholm University)

Contact Information: Charlotte Nelson, charlotte.nelson@uconn.edu, 860-486-2350
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Jul 22 Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Karl Lerud3:00pm

Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Karl Lerud

Monday, July 22nd, 2019

03:00 PM - 06:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Bousfield 160

Electrophysiological, Neural, and Perceptual Aspects of Pitch

Psychological Sciences

Contact Information: Edward Large, edward.large@uconn.edu
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Oct 29 Atrium Reserved Neuroscience @ Storrs3:00pm

Atrium Reserved Neuroscience @ Storrs

Tuesday, October 29th, 2019

03:00 PM - 08:30 PM

Storrs Campus
Bousfield Atrium

Neuroscience Annual Conference @ Storrs

Contact Information: Jackie Soroka/Linda Armstrong
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Nov 1 Cognitive Science Colloquium: Aaron Shield4:00pm

Cognitive Science Colloquium: Aaron Shield

Friday, November 1st, 2019

04:00 PM - 05:30 PM

Storrs Campus
TBA

The Cognitive Science Colloquium Series is proud to present Aaron Shield, Professor in the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology at Miami University of Ohio.

Dr. Shield will provide a talk entitled “Insights into cognitive and linguistic processes from research on autism and sign language”

Abstract: In this talk, I will discuss how research into the signed languages of the deaf has the power to illuminate big questions about human language. By comparing spoken and signed languages, we gain a better understanding of what language is, how children learn languages, and how to best characterize and treat language disorders. In particular, I will show how research into the acquisition of American Sign Language (ASL) by deaf children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) sheds new light on various questions about acquisition, such as how children imitate linguistic forms, how children use pronouns and other words that refer to self and other, and how language exposure may affect other aspects of cognition.

Contact Information: dimitris.xygalatas@uconn.edu
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