In order to navigate a complex web of relationships, an individual must learn and represent the connections between people in a social network. However, the …
Humans are remarkably adept at generalizing knowledge between experiences in a way that can be difficult for computers. Often, this entails generalizing constituent pieces of …
Growing bodies of research emphasize the importance of representing both context and expected value (EV) in support of flexible behavior. Both representations have been pinned …
How synaptic plasticity in-vivo manages diverse properties of biological neural networks remains poorly understood. My collaborators and I address this by examining basic models of …
Trust, and specifically appropriate trust, is essential to beneficial interaction between agents. Robots are becoming increasingly present in everyday life and offer a multitude of …
Abstract of DISSOCIATED RESPONSES TO AI: LEGAL AI ADVISORS ARE PERSUASIVE BUT NOT TRUSTWORTHY?, by ZEYNEP AYDIN, Degree ScM., Brown University, MAY 2024. The rapid …
In the current project, I examined how efficiently people learn social norms. Specifically, I investigated the relative learning efficiency for social norms by comparing it …
Visually guided action is successful even when the human perceptual system fails to recover veridical 3D structures of objects. The dual visual stream account explains …
The relationship between parental involvement and child engagement in STEM tasks has become a focal point in understanding educational dynamics within informal learning environments. Parents …
Given that rats are both highly social animals and are commonly used in cognitive research, they are a prime candidate to investigate underlying mechanisms of …
Homophones are words that share the same pronunciation but have unrelated meanings. They are widespread in world languages, but little is known regarding how their …
Microaggressions are unintentional offenses perpetrated by a majority group member on a minority group member and highlight group membership since they involve implicit stereotypes or …
This study investigates how the mental health of Asian American college students relates to their immigrant parents' pre-migration trauma using the framework of intergenerational trauma. …
Abstract of Intrinsic Change or Mere Compliance? The Influence of Descriptive Norms on Moral Conformity, by Ryan Miller, Ph.D., Brown University, May 2018. How are …
Echolocating bats use an active perceptual system, also known as biosonar, that allows them to navigate and forage in complete darkness by emitting ultrasonic vocalizations …
Recent literature points to a potential link between the evolution of complex social behavior and the posterior parietal cortex (PPC) in primates including humans (Parkinson …
Cognitive effort is often aversive, which is evident in people’s tendency to avoid cognitively demanding tasks. The intrinsic cost of effort has been coined as …
Abstract of Knowing When to Leave Someone Isn’t Easy: Social Foraging with Partners of Varying Cooperation Levels, by William Lee, Degree ScM., Brown University, October …
Computational Modeling is a significant part of cognitive neuroscience. It allows arbitration between suggested models by virtue of quantitative fits to behavioral, brain and other …