Hi Everyone,
We are excited to announce that the next CRAM (Cognitive Research at
McGill) session for this semester will take place this Friday, November
27th. Dr. Ori Ossmy from New York University, will be speaking on
“real-time processes in the development of behavioral problem solving”.
Please see below for the abstract of the talk.
The talk will span from 2-3PM (EST) and the speaker will be presenting
virtually over zoom (link below).
All are welcome!
Best regards,
The CRAM Team
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Title: From macro to micro: Real-time processes in the development of
behavioral problem solving
Abstract: Behavioral problem solving is ubiquitous across every age
and culture—how to navigate a cluttered environment, use a tool, and
so on. As our bodies, skills, and environments change, new problems
emerge and require new means to solve them. With learning and
development, children respond more adaptively and efficiently to
environmental challenges and opportunities. Traditionally,
developmental research focuses on macro changes in problem solving
skills by identifying the ages at which children solve particular
problems and characterizing differences among children at different
points in learning or development. This outcome-oriented approach
established that behavioral problem solving begins in infancy and
improves with age and experience, but is limited in informing about
how and why change occurs. In contrast, my ground hypothesis is that
macro changes in problem solving emerge from micro, real-time
experiences. These real-time experiences, in turn, play out in an
interactive system of perceptual, neural, cognitive, and motor
processes. The efficiency of these processes and their interactions
differ widely among individuals. From cruising infants to
soccer-playing robots, I test this hypothesis by adopting an
innovative integrative approach that combines interdisciplinary
perspectives (child development, cognitive neuroscience, motor
control, computer science), methods (eye-tracking, EEG, motion
tracking, robotics, computer vision, virtual reality, and video),
ages (infants, children, adults), and tasks (manual and locomotor).
Kevin da Silva Castanheira is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: CRAM Nov 27th Ori Ossmy
Time: Nov 27, 2020 02:00 PM Montreal
Join Zoom Meeting
https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/84726666172
Hi all,
We are excited to announce the last CRAM talk for this semester. Dr. Su-hua Wang (University of California Santa Cruz) will be speaking this Friday, December 4th at 2pm Montreal time. The talk is titled "Contextual Construction of Knowledge in Infancy and Early Childhood". Please see below for the abstract.
The talk will span from 2-3PM (EST) and the speaker will be presenting virtually over zoom (link below).
All are welcome!
Best regards,
The CRAM Team
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Title: Contextual Construction of Knowledge in Infancy and Early Childhood
Abstract: AI systems perform poorly at navigating the rich context of lived reality. For example, years of research on autopilot systems cannot prevent failures of recognizing a human passenger or a roadside barrier. Yet, babies readily navigate in this complex world of perception and interaction. The stark contrast is derived largely from learning: Babies come to understand the world as a holistic sensory and social phenomenon rather than abstract processes by which machine learning is typically conducted. My research framework follows Merleau-Ponty’s take on perception and its influences on psychological theories of perceptual learning, dynamic systems, and embodied cognition. Our lived experience—what we see, hear, and do—is not raw. Rather, it shapes and is shaped by interpretation, meanings, and expectations. Through systematic investigations, I ask questions about how interpretations are shaped by experiences in the early years. To tackle these questions, my work has focused on the way perceptual, conceptual, and cultural framing of an experience shapes learning in early childhood. In this talk, I will present three projects that address related questions of how the context of an experience (or the framing of a task at hand) affects the way babies and young children adjust their interpretations.
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Zoom link
https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/81021710667
