Dr Kathleen Bogart (Academic Visiting Warwick)

Understanding and intervening on stigma: lessons from the facial palsy and disability community

Host: Dr John Michael

Dr Tom Beesley

Host: Professor Derrick Watson

Dr Laura Shapiro

Host: Professor Sotaro Kita

Refreshments: Common Room 15:45

Talk: 16:00 H148

Dr Ronald van den Berg

Host: Dr Henrik Singmann

The visual system as an imperfect detective 

A good detective uses all available clues when making inferences. An even better detective will weigh each of these clues by their reliability, such that, for example, the testimony of an unreliable witness matters less than that of a reliable one.

In this talk, I will argue that the visual system works in very much the same way. First, I will present a variety of experimental evidence showing that the human brain indeed weighs visual clues by their reliability, even when the weights change from trial to trial in an unpredictable manner. Thereafter, I will present findings from a more recent study, showing that despite this remarkable feature, there are notable imperfections in the visual system’s detective work. I will speculate on possible causes of these imperfections and discuss what our findings mean in light of the "Bayesian brain" hypothesis.

Professor Steve Lindsay

Host: Dr Kimberley Wade

About Steve: From 2002 to 2007 Steve served as Editor in Chief of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Currently, he is Editor in Chief of Psychological Science. He has served in various capacities within the Psychonomic Society, the Society of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, and the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science. He has a bunch of awards, grants, and honours to his name etc. And on top of this, he’s a really fun guy and a huge champion of early career researchers and students.

Prof Steve Lindsay (UVic, Canada) will visit Warwick in Nov as part of his Leverhulme Visiting Prof Fellowship. On Fri 8 Nov, he will deliver a 2-3 hour workshop on Improving replicability and transparency as outlined below. There are only 15 places available for Warwick students and staff (the remaining 15 places are reserved for PhD students from other Midland Graduate institutions) so sign up soon if you’d like place. Steve will also hold an “Ask the Editor” workshop/discussion at Warwick on the afternoon of Wed 6 Nov. More on this soon.

About Steve Lindsay: From 2002 to 2007 Steve served as Editor in Chief of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Currently, he is Editor in Chief of Psychological Science. He has served in various capacities within the Psychonomic Society, the Society of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, and the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science. He has a bunch of awards, grants, and honours to his name etc. And on top of this, he’s a really fun guy and a huge champion of early career researchers and students.

Register by clicking on title or:

https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/esrcdtc/researchandtraining/advancedtraining/replicability_and_transparency

Dr Matthias Gruber

Host: Dr Elliot Ludvig

Dr Wieske Van Zoest, Birmingham University

Host: Dr Adrian von Muhlenen

Dr Aleksandra Cichocka

Host: Professor Robin Goodwin

Dr Marcus Perlman

Provisional title: 'Iconicity in spoken and signed vocabularies'

Host: Professor Thomas Hills

Professor Dr Jaap Denissen

Google scholar citation

Host: Professor Anu Realo

Dr Bodo Winter

Host: Professor Thomas Hills

Dr Jean-Baptiste Pingault

Provisional title:

Mental health outcomes and predictors of bullying victimization: what can we learn from genetically informed designs?

Host: Professor Dieter Wolke