| Thursday 2 May 2024 | |
| Events for day: Wednesday 24 November 2021 |
| 16:30 - 18:00 Online Seminar - Ecological perspectives on the neural machinery for communication and cooperation School COGNITIVE SCIENCES Description : ECognitive neuroscientists are trained to use clever experimental manipulations to decompose complex cognitive phenomena—like language—into simpler, more manageable components. Drawing on parallels with machine learning and evolutionary biology, I advocate for a complementary approach that puts ecological considerations at the forefront. To make this more concrete, I provide two examples of this approach from my own work. First, I introduce the "Narratives" data collection—a well-curated community benchmark dataset comprising over 800 naturalistic fMRI scans acquired while participants listened to a varie ... |