You are invited to the following public seminar:
Steven J. Seay, Jr. will speak on his dissertation research for the PhD in Psychology and Neural Science: "Information Search Behaviors Associated with Symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder."
Thursday, August 13, 2009
1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Room 128, Psychology Building
Abstract:
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has been shown to be associated with abnormalities in decision making on simple choice tasks. In this study, we applied the framework of the “fast and frugal heuristics” to investigate differences in multiattribute decision making associated with symptoms of OCD. Participants with varying levels of obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms completed a multiattribute decision making task in which they could purchase decision relevant information from 5 differentially-useful sources. Our findings suggest that OC symptoms were associated with differences in response quality, as well as differences in the process used to update cue orders. Higher OC symptoms were associated with a greater number of errors on the task. Moreover, higher OC symptoms were related to a greater tendency to make choices that were inconsistent with the available cue information and to more frequently terminate search prior to encountering a discriminating cue. With regard to the process used to update cue orders, higher OC symptoms predicted reduced cue order perseveration, increased search order reorganization, and poorer fit of the Simple Swap heuristic for characterizing information purchases during later decision trials. Finally, OC symptoms were correlated positively with indecision, intolerance of uncertainty, perfectionism, and tendencies to maximize ideal outcomes and avoid regret. This study advances our understanding of multiattribute decision making in OCD and provides some of the first evidence linking individual differences in information search behavior to psychopathology.
Committee in Charge
Professor Richard J. Viken, Chairperson
William P. Hetrick, Ph.D.
Brian F. O'Donnell, Ph.D.
Peter M. Todd, Ph.D.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
Themester at IU Bloomington
IU Bloomington’s first-ever themed semester to focus on evolution, diversity, change
IU Home Pages Article By Jennifer Piurek
http://homepages.indiana.edu/web/page/normal/11559.html
Indiana University Bloomington will commence its first-ever themed semester this fall with Themester 2009: Evolution, Diversity and Change. More than 40 related courses will tie in with the themes of diversity and evolution to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection and the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth.
Themester is grounded in the undergraduate curriculum and will draw parallels between different disciplines by offering a range of courses, performances and discussions surrounding related topics, said IU Professor Jean Robinson, associate dean for undergraduate education for the College of Arts and Sciences and director of Themester.
"It's an opportunity to connect learning inside the classroom with outside the classroom and find exciting ways to get students-particularly undergraduates-more engaged in thinking about serious problems, issues and concerns," said Robinson.
Themester is designed to offer students multiple opportunities to connect to the theme, starting with the wide range of classes for undergraduates. In addition to the 46 Themester-related courses -- which will outlive the fall semester -- there will be related theatrical performances on campus and in the community; special gallery and museum exhibitions; and speaker and film series and panel discussions. Speakers will address issues that include evolutionary game theory, the evolution of apes and monkeys, and the tension between evolution and faith.
"We'll have a philosopher who does work on evolution and creationism; a religious scholar who tries to find a middle path for people who have strong faith beliefs to show how faith can live side-by-side with evolution; and at the end, we'll have federal appeals court Judge John E. Jones III (who presided in a Pennsylvania case that determined intelligent design was religion and couldn't be taught in schools)," Robinson said.
"Students need to be exposed to big questions and big ideas requiring interdisciplinary knowledge that does not conveniently fall within individual disciplines," said Bennett Bertenthal, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. "Themester is an exciting opportunity to imbue in students the importance of studying major issues from multiple perspectives that are addressed through educational activities occurring in as well as outside the classroom. We fully anticipate that Themester will become a very popular program attracting students throughout the campus."
Cardinal Theater Company will stage Inherit the Wind, a play based on the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, during which a high school science teacher (John T. Scopes) was convicted for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in opposition with Tennessee law. IUB's Department of Theatre and Drama will do a staged reading of Palmer Park, about "white flight" from Detroit in the 1960s, which will also be staged by universities throughout the Big 10.
Speakers during IU's Themester include well-known evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins (sponsored by Union Board) and Arthur Robson of Simon Fraser University who will give a public lecture titled "We Are Impatient Because We Die. But Why Do We Die?"
Special exhibitions will be on display at the IU Art Museum, Lilly Library, Kinsey Institute and Mathers Museum of World Cultures, while Myers Hall will have displays titled "Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle" and "Evolution" and Jordan Hall will display "Tropical Biodiversity."
"We don't want to shy away from controversy," said Robinson. "We embrace the idea that universities are communities where we need to explore ideas and consider lots of different sides and question things in a safe place."
For a complete schedule of Themester events, many of which are open to the public, go to this web site: http://themester.indiana.edu/index.shtml
IU Home Pages Article By Jennifer Piurek
http://homepages.indiana.edu/web/page/normal/11559.html
Indiana University Bloomington will commence its first-ever themed semester this fall with Themester 2009: Evolution, Diversity and Change. More than 40 related courses will tie in with the themes of diversity and evolution to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection and the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth.
Themester is grounded in the undergraduate curriculum and will draw parallels between different disciplines by offering a range of courses, performances and discussions surrounding related topics, said IU Professor Jean Robinson, associate dean for undergraduate education for the College of Arts and Sciences and director of Themester.
"It's an opportunity to connect learning inside the classroom with outside the classroom and find exciting ways to get students-particularly undergraduates-more engaged in thinking about serious problems, issues and concerns," said Robinson.
Themester is designed to offer students multiple opportunities to connect to the theme, starting with the wide range of classes for undergraduates. In addition to the 46 Themester-related courses -- which will outlive the fall semester -- there will be related theatrical performances on campus and in the community; special gallery and museum exhibitions; and speaker and film series and panel discussions. Speakers will address issues that include evolutionary game theory, the evolution of apes and monkeys, and the tension between evolution and faith.
"We'll have a philosopher who does work on evolution and creationism; a religious scholar who tries to find a middle path for people who have strong faith beliefs to show how faith can live side-by-side with evolution; and at the end, we'll have federal appeals court Judge John E. Jones III (who presided in a Pennsylvania case that determined intelligent design was religion and couldn't be taught in schools)," Robinson said.
"Students need to be exposed to big questions and big ideas requiring interdisciplinary knowledge that does not conveniently fall within individual disciplines," said Bennett Bertenthal, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. "Themester is an exciting opportunity to imbue in students the importance of studying major issues from multiple perspectives that are addressed through educational activities occurring in as well as outside the classroom. We fully anticipate that Themester will become a very popular program attracting students throughout the campus."
Cardinal Theater Company will stage Inherit the Wind, a play based on the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, during which a high school science teacher (John T. Scopes) was convicted for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in opposition with Tennessee law. IUB's Department of Theatre and Drama will do a staged reading of Palmer Park, about "white flight" from Detroit in the 1960s, which will also be staged by universities throughout the Big 10.
Speakers during IU's Themester include well-known evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins (sponsored by Union Board) and Arthur Robson of Simon Fraser University who will give a public lecture titled "We Are Impatient Because We Die. But Why Do We Die?"
Special exhibitions will be on display at the IU Art Museum, Lilly Library, Kinsey Institute and Mathers Museum of World Cultures, while Myers Hall will have displays titled "Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle" and "Evolution" and Jordan Hall will display "Tropical Biodiversity."
"We don't want to shy away from controversy," said Robinson. "We embrace the idea that universities are communities where we need to explore ideas and consider lots of different sides and question things in a safe place."
For a complete schedule of Themester events, many of which are open to the public, go to this web site: http://themester.indiana.edu/index.shtml
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Seminar: Karen J. Cruickshanks
You are cordially invited to the following presentation which is part of an Advanced Knowledge Seminar funded by the IU Institute for Advanced Study.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
4:00 p.m.
IU Speech & Hearing Center, Room C141
"Hearing Impairment in Aging: A preventable, vascular disorder?" will be presented by Karen J. Cruickshanks, Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin.
Abstract:
Hearing impairment is one of the most common health conditions affecting older adults. Once considered a normal part of aging, there is growing evidence that it is at least partially preventable. The Epidemiology of Hearing Loss Study is a longitudinal, population-based study of hearing loss in Beaver Dam, WI. Hearing was measured by pure tone audiometry in 3753 participants in 1993-95 and at follow-up examinations in 1998-2000 and 2003-2005. Currently, this cohort is being re-examined for a 16-year follow-up study. During 2005-2008, the adult children of this cohort participated in the Beaver Dam Offspring Study, a study of sensory disorders and aging which included audiometric testing. In both studies, speech understanding also was measured using the Northwestern University #6 word lists. Data from these studies will be presented to summarize the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of traditional and novel cardiovascular risk factors with hearing impairment. These data suggest that vascular processes may play important roles in sensorineurological changes in aging auditory systems. On-going studies of inflammation and genetic factors will also be discussed. These on-going, large, epidemiological cohort studies are contributing important new insights into possible prevention approaches to reduce the burden of hearing impairment in older adults.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
4:00 p.m.
IU Speech & Hearing Center, Room C141
"Hearing Impairment in Aging: A preventable, vascular disorder?" will be presented by Karen J. Cruickshanks, Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin.
Abstract:
Hearing impairment is one of the most common health conditions affecting older adults. Once considered a normal part of aging, there is growing evidence that it is at least partially preventable. The Epidemiology of Hearing Loss Study is a longitudinal, population-based study of hearing loss in Beaver Dam, WI. Hearing was measured by pure tone audiometry in 3753 participants in 1993-95 and at follow-up examinations in 1998-2000 and 2003-2005. Currently, this cohort is being re-examined for a 16-year follow-up study. During 2005-2008, the adult children of this cohort participated in the Beaver Dam Offspring Study, a study of sensory disorders and aging which included audiometric testing. In both studies, speech understanding also was measured using the Northwestern University #6 word lists. Data from these studies will be presented to summarize the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of traditional and novel cardiovascular risk factors with hearing impairment. These data suggest that vascular processes may play important roles in sensorineurological changes in aging auditory systems. On-going studies of inflammation and genetic factors will also be discussed. These on-going, large, epidemiological cohort studies are contributing important new insights into possible prevention approaches to reduce the burden of hearing impairment in older adults.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Graduate Program at the University of Trento
Announcing a new Master's program in Cognitive Science at the University of Trento, Italy. The program comprises of two years. It is taught entirely in English by our international faculty. Students can choose between two tracks:
1) Cognitive Neuroscience track
http://international.unitn.it/mcs/cns-cognitive-neuroscience
2) Language and Multi-Modal Interaction track
http://international.unitn.it/mcs/lmi-language-and-multimodal-interaction
The first year aims to build the student's methodological/theoretical bases and the second provides the opportunity for hands-on research experience. This is quite unique, because normally students are not granted an opportunity to have access to fMRI, EEG, MEG, and eye trackers at the master's level, but rather have to wait to be Ph.D. candidates.
Our goal is to form a future generation of bright and young researchers, who can use this program as a springboard towards an academic career in neuroscience with a distinct advantage and will be used to an international and English-speaking environment by the time they start their Ph.D.
The application is a simple on-line procedure, which can be accessed via:
http://old.disi.unitn.it/edu/appform/login.xml
At this time, we can enroll European students only (deadline: 31 July 2009), as the deadline for non-EU candidates has already passed. You can find more information here:
http://international.unitn.it/mcs/two-year-master-program-cognitive-science
For more information, please contact:
Francesca Bacci
Master's Course Coordinator
mcs@unitn.it
1) Cognitive Neuroscience track
http://international.unitn.it/mcs/cns-cognitive-neuroscience
2) Language and Multi-Modal Interaction track
http://international.unitn.it/mcs/lmi-language-and-multimodal-interaction
The first year aims to build the student's methodological/theoretical bases and the second provides the opportunity for hands-on research experience. This is quite unique, because normally students are not granted an opportunity to have access to fMRI, EEG, MEG, and eye trackers at the master's level, but rather have to wait to be Ph.D. candidates.
Our goal is to form a future generation of bright and young researchers, who can use this program as a springboard towards an academic career in neuroscience with a distinct advantage and will be used to an international and English-speaking environment by the time they start their Ph.D.
The application is a simple on-line procedure, which can be accessed via:
http://old.disi.unitn.it/edu/appform/login.xml
At this time, we can enroll European students only (deadline: 31 July 2009), as the deadline for non-EU candidates has already passed. You can find more information here:
http://international.unitn.it/mcs/two-year-master-program-cognitive-science
For more information, please contact:
Francesca Bacci
Master's Course Coordinator
mcs@unitn.it
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
EALC Placement and Proficiency Testing
EALC Placement and Proficiency Testing for Fall
Here is information about the upcoming placement and proficiency tests for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. All testing is free. Please bring a picture ID and pencil.
CHINESE
Thursday, August 27
2:00 p.m.
Ballantine 148
JAPANESE
Thursday, August 27
2:00 p.m.
Ballantine 138
KOREAN
Thursday, August 27
2:00 p.m.
Goodbody 229
No prior registration is needed for Chinese and Japanese testing. For your results, please call the EALC department office the following day (855-1992). If you have studied Korean before and want to take it in Fall semester, please go to http://www.indiana.edu/~korean/ and fill out the online form for placement testing to be registered for this test.
For more information, visit http://www.indiana.edu/~ealc/languages/placement.shtml
Here is information about the upcoming placement and proficiency tests for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. All testing is free. Please bring a picture ID and pencil.
CHINESE
Thursday, August 27
2:00 p.m.
Ballantine 148
JAPANESE
Thursday, August 27
2:00 p.m.
Ballantine 138
KOREAN
Thursday, August 27
2:00 p.m.
Goodbody 229
No prior registration is needed for Chinese and Japanese testing. For your results, please call the EALC department office the following day (855-1992). If you have studied Korean before and want to take it in Fall semester, please go to http://www.indiana.edu/~korean/ and fill out the online form for placement testing to be registered for this test.
For more information, visit http://www.indiana.edu/~ealc/languages/placement.shtml
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