COGNITIVE SCIENCE SEMINAR FALL 2026

The Science of Decision-making

Please join us Wednes­days at 4:00pm in ERIC 201/203 for our pub­lic guest speak­er series.

Guest Speakers

  • Sep 2 — Dr. nick Simon: Good (and bad) things come to those who wait — The sci­ence of delay dis­count­ing
  • Sept 9 — Dr. Leah Wind­sor: Deci­sion-mak­ing in agri­cul­ture
  • Sept 16 — Dr. Ian Mendez: Clear­ing the air: Insights from a rodent mod­el of e‑cigarette use
  • Oct 7 — Dr. Stan Flo­resco: The effects of stress on deci­sion-mak­ing
  • Oct 14 — Dr. Bar­ry Set­low: The biol­o­gy of risk-tak­ing
  • Oct 21 — Dr. Mar­co Ven­niro: Social vs drug reward
  • Oct 28 — Dr. Helen Sable: Effects of ear­ly drug and tox­in expo­sure on deci­sion-mak­ing in adult­hood
  • Nov 4 — Dr. Bita Moghad­dam: The impact of psy­che­del­ic drugs on deci­sion-mak­ing
  • Nov 18 — Dr. Alok Bhu­patkar: Deci­sion-mak­ing dur­ing high stress careers
  • Dec 2 — Dr. Caitlin Orsi­ni: How and why do men and women dif­fer in risky deci­sion-mak­ing


COGNITIVE SCIENCE SEMINAR Fall 2025

The Psychology of Digital Media Literacy

Please join us Wednes­days at 4:00pm in ERIC 201/203 for our pub­lic guest speak­er series.

Guest Speakers

Dr. Shel­bi Kuhlmann, Uni­ver­si­ty of Mem­phis (August 27, 2025)

Dr. Made­line Jal­bert, Uni­ver­si­ty of Wash­ing­ton (Sep­tem­ber 3, 2025)

Dr. Doug Lom­bar­di, Uni­ver­si­ty of Mary­land (Sep­tem­ber 10, 2025)

Dr. Kate Star­bird, Uni­ver­si­ty of Wash­ing­ton (Sep­tem­ber 17, 2025)

Dr. Jef­frey Greene, UNC – Chapel Hill (Octo­ber 1, 2025)

Dr. David Rapp, North­west­ern Uni­ver­si­ty (Octo­ber 8, 2025)

Dr. Emi­ly Vra­ga, Uni­ver­si­ty of Min­neso­ta (Octo­ber 15, 2025)

Dr. Josh Rosen­berg, Uni­ver­si­ty of Ten­nessee (Octo­ber 22, 2025)

Dr. Gale Sina­tra, USC Rossier (Octo­ber 29, 2025)

Dr. Mar­shal Shep­herd, Uni­ver­si­ty of Geor­gia (Novem­ber 5, 2025)

Dr. Michael Colare­si, Uni­ver­si­ty of Pitts­burgh (Novem­ber 19, 2025)

Dr. James Fahey, Uni­ver­si­ty of Mem­phis (Decem­ber 3, 2025)