Tentative Schedule of Topics Spring for  2012 CBS Professional Seminar

Jan 20

Organization & Introductions  

Jan 27

CBS Topic: Preparing for Doctoral Interviews

Feb 3

Guest Speaker: Dr. John Kostelnick, ISU dept of Geology-Geography
Perceptual and Cognitive Issues in Mapmaking
reading

Feb 10

Article Discussion: Boot, Blakely, & Simons (2011). Do action video games improve perception and cognition?

Feb 17

Student Speaker: Brandon Thomas
Action scaling and functional equivalence in perception of affordances for a remembered object
abstract | reading

Feb 24

TBA

Mar 2

Applicant Day

Mar 9

Guest Speaker: Dr. Jeffrey Zacks,  Washington University
Title: Event Perception, Cognitive Control, and Memory
abstract | reading

Mar 16

Spring Break

Mar 23

No Proseminar Meeting

Monday Mar 26, 12-1 (with reception following, location TBA)

IPC Guest Speaker: Dr. Takahiro Higuchi, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Prospective control of locomotion
abstract | Higuchi et al (2011)

Mar 30

Student Speaker: Brandon Thomas
Can Discrepant Categorical Priming of Cues Support a Spontaneous Retrieval Mechanism in Prospective Memory?
abstract | reading

Apr 6

Guest Speaker: Dr. Derek D. Reed, University of Kansas
Paradoxical Preferences: Discounting the Value of Abundance
abstract | Reed et al (2011)

Apr 13

Student Speaker: Andrew Baker
Title
abstract | reading

Apr 20

Student Speaker: Dave Vinson
Title
abstract | reading

Apr 27

Student Speaker: Drew Abney
Title
abstract | reading

May 4

Student Speaker: Doug Schuweiler
Title
abstract | reading

Past Proseminar Topics