Events for April 9, 2025

Speaker: Christopher A. Baldassano Title: Remembering events using schematic knowledge Abstract: Our everyday experiences consist of familiar sequences of events in familiar contexts, and we use our knowledge of the past to understand and remember the present. Research in my lab combines behavioral, eye-tracking, and neuroimaging methods to investigate how prior knowledge of temporal and spatial structure impacts…

Title: How the human brain thinks about itself Abstract: The human brain has a remarkable ability to monitor and evaluate its own mental states, known as metacognition. Metacognition is crucial to success, enabling us to recognise gaps in our knowledge and collaborate effectively. Problems with metacognition are linked to maladaptive behaviours, such as endorsing false…