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
Hi everyone,This is a gentle reminder that we will have the last CRAM talk of this semester today at 2pm EST. Dr. Su-hua Wang will be speaking about "Contextual Construction of Knowledge in Infancy and Early Childhood". Please see below for the abstract.
Zoom link https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/81021710667We hope to see you there!Best,The CRAM Team
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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
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