The next psychology colloquium is scheduled for next Wednesday February 9th at 3:30pm via Zoom. Dr. Kimberly Cuevas from the Department of Psychological Sciences of UConn will be presenting a talk titled “Insights into the Infant Mind: From Cognitive Processes to Neural Oscillatory Rhythms.” We hope that you will join us!
Event link for attendees:
https://zoom.us/j/92433138225?pwd=aU41YW1qWTNqbTBaNWlIMTVtUU5Wdz09
Meeting ID: 924 3313 8225
Passcode: Cw7nA0
Abstract: My program of research examines the fundamental building blocks of early cognitive processes. Our work combines neuroscience and biopsychological perspectives to investigate learning and memory, executive functions, and social action perception. In this presentation, I will introduce the behavioral techniques we use to assess learning/memory and executive processes during infancy. Characteristics of infant memory will be discussed, with a focus on experimental investigations of associative networks and memory potentiation. Our findings reveal potential underlying mechanisms for increasing transfer of learning beyond encoding-specific conditions as well as protracting relatively brief memories. Furthermore, a fundamental question for developmental scientists is how to characterize neural processing during early development and identify potential neural markers linked with optimal outcomes. I will provide an overview of the use of EEG to assess neural oscillatory rhythms during infancy. Our longitudinal work has primarily focused on the 6-9 Hz “infant alpha/mu” rhythm in the context of executive and action perception processing. I will discuss evidence of concurrent and longitudinal links between individual differences in EEG oscillatory activity and cognitive processes, while also highlighting limitations of current approaches and future directions for the field.
The remaining colloquium scheduled is listed below. All talks will take place at 3:30pm on Wednesday's unless otherwise noted. The mode (online/in-person) of each talk may differ, please see future email announcements.
February 23rd, 2022
Dr. Kevin Cokley
Department of Educational Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin
March 23rd, 2022
Cross-Disciplinary Psychology Graduate Colloquium
March 30th 2022
Dr. Jeffrey Burke
Tenure Talk, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut
April 20th, 2022
Dr. Mona Abo-Zena
College of Education and Human Development, University of Massachusetts, Boston
For more information, contact: Merrisa Lin at merrisa.lin@uconn.edu