Join us for this new exciting series of seminars, where visionary researchers present new ideas and integrate different disciplines: from developmental psychology to neuroscience, from colour perception to social identity, from positive psychology to behaviour ecology.
This list summarises 3 seminar series: SBBS seminars, Psychology departmental seminars, Social Interaction Centre seminars (co-organised with Dr Nadine Lavan and Dr Paraskevi Argyriou).
To book a slot with the speaker and/or to join for lunch, please contact the QM host listed on the right.
When
Speaker
Affiliation
Title/Topic
Contact/host at QM
Seminar series
27 Sep13:00Fogg LT
Dr Giorgio Gilestro
Imperial College
The functions of sleep. Insights from evolution
Dr Elisabetta Versace
Dept seminar
4 Oct
13:00Fogg LT
Dr Sophie Milward
University of Portsmouth
Collaboration, social co-ordination in children (and great apes)
Dr Paraskevi Argyriou
Social Interaction centre seminar
12 Oct
Prof Anna Franklin
University of Sussex
“The impact of our ‘visual diet’ on perception an aesthetics. Evidence from cross-environmental, psychophysical and infant studies”
Dr Lucie CharlesDr Elisabetta Versace
SBBS seminar
18 Oct
Prof Earl Miller
MIT (USA):webinar
“Cognition is an emergent property”
Prof Lars Chittka
25 Oct
Prof Tim Smith
University of the Arts London
“The Attentional Theory of Cinematic Continuity”
Prof Isabelle MareschalDr Marek Pedziwiatr
2 Nov
Prof Sue Healy
University of St Andrews
“Bringing a Tinbergian framework to rescue a forgotten behaviour: bird nest building”
15 Nov
Dr Suzanne Scott
QMUL Wolfston Institute
“The role of psychology in encouraging early cancer detection”
Prof Caroline Brennan
Dr Jessica Agnew-Blais
23 Nov
Prof Carlos Crivelli
De Montfort University
Affective Science and Social Interaction
Prof Isabelle Mareschal
29 Nov
Dr Rani Moran
QMUL, Psychology
“Model based and model free contributions to exploration strategies”
Dr Lucie Charles
6 Dec
Dr Janelle Jones
“The art of well-being: The experience and impacts of group-based arts intervention for older adults”
Dr Nadine Lavan
Social interaction centre seminar
14 Dec
Dr Maddie Groom
University of Nottingham
Applied Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience