Departmental Brown Bag Series
In-House Research Presentations
Come out and participate in the Department’s Brown Bag Meetings.
The presentations consist of work in progress, or practice talks for conferences. All faculty
and department trainees (including post docs, graduate students and undergraduates working in our
labs) are encouraged to attend.)
Upcoming Presentations
Monday March 18, 2013: 12:00 - 2:00pm - DV Faculty Club
Bonnie Le (PhD Student): When holding back helps: Suppressing negative emotions during sacrifice feels authentic and is beneficial for the highly interdependent
Karen Gordon (Scientist, Hospital for Sick Kids, Toronto): Defing and treating hearing loss in children
For information about our Brown Bag Series
contact Susan Allison (susan.allison@utoronto.ca)
Previous Presentations
February 25, 2013
Hyun Ji Kim (Ph.D. Student) - Schimmack Lab
Evidence for the influence of positive evaluative biases on cultural difference in well-being
Ella Daniel (Post-Doctoral Fellow) - Malti Lab
Children's moral emotions, moral reasoning and social justice values
January 21, 2013
Huiwen Goy: Ph.D. student (Pichora-Fuller/VanLieshout Labs)
Perceptual quality of speech processed by hearing aids
Samantha Mahabir: Ph.D. student (Gerlai Lab)
The biological and behavioral effects of embryonic alcohol exposure in two zebra fish (Danio rerio) strains
October 22, 2012
Kathleen Wonch, Ph.D. Student (Fleming Lab)
Responsiveness to infant cues in postpartum depressed and non-depressed mothers: Functional neural correlates and their relation to behavior
Cris Rabaglia, Post Doc (Daneman/Schneider Labs)
Individual differences in adult language production and comprehension
September 24, 2012
Heather Sheridan, Ph.D. Student (Reingold Lab)
On the time course of lexical influences in reading: Evidence from eye movements
Michael Weiss, Ph.D. Student (Trehub Lab)
Evedence that the voice enhances memory for melodies
March 19, 2012
Skyler Mooney, Ph.D. Student (Holmes Lab)
Oxytocin and social status in the naked mole-rat
Katie Corrigall, Postdoctoral Researcher (Schellenberg Lab)
Enculturation to musical pitch structure in young children
February 27, 2012
Ashlyn Swift-Gallant, Ph.D. Student (Monks Lab)
Where does testosterone act to mediate sex differences in the nervous system?
Judith Plantinga, Postdoctoral Researcher (Trehub Lab)
Exploring multimodal aspects of maternal speech and singing
January 23, 2012
Marieke van Heugten, Ph.D. Student (Johnson Lab)
Adaptation in Infancy: Is Lexical Access Necessary?
Aleksandr Kogan, Postdoctoral Researcher (Impett Lab)
From Virtue to Vice: The Vagus Nerve's Non-Linear Relationship with Prosociality
November 28, 2011
Laura Girz, Ph.D. Student (Polivy Lab)
The Effects of Calorie Information on Food Selection and Intake
Stephanie Stalinski, Ph.D. Student (Schellenberg Lab)
Liking and Memory for Music
October 24, 2011
David Chen, Postdoctoral Researcher (Daneman Lab)
The Dual Properties of Visual Working Memory: Slot Capacity and Resource Capacity
Christine Buske, Ph.D. Student (Gerlai Lab)
Fishy Behavior: What Zebrafish are Teaching us about the Effects of Embryonic Alcohol Exposure
September 26, 2011
Amy Muise, Postdoctoral Researcher (Impett Lab)
Relationships on Facebook - It's Complicated
Viara Mileva, Ph.D. Student (Fleming Lab)
Genes, Environment and Mothering