[CaBSSem] Cognition & Brain Sciences Seminar: Fri Feb 16, Madeleine Ransom (UBC-O)

[Jordana Wynn]

The Cognition and Brain Science Seminar (CaBSSem) will take place this Friday at 3:00pm in the Psychology Reading Room (Cornett A228) featuring Madeleine Ransom (UBC-O) speaking on "Bias in Perceptual Learning" (abstract below).

Many attend FTF, but we also livestream sessions at

https://uvic.zoom.us/j/81257812980?pwd=VndFY3hueDA2cWl0SXljK0ZSYVhxdz09

For students/faculty at UVic, best practice is to launch the Zoom app and then click "Sign in with SSO" so that you access the call from the UVic Zoom.

Schedule at https://www.wynnlab.org/cabssem

Hope to see you Friday!

Bias in Perceptual Learning

Perceptual learning is often understood as conferring some benefit to the learner, such as allowing for the extraction of more information from the environment. However, perceptual learning can be biased in several different ways, some of which do not appear to provide such a benefit. Here we outline a systematic framework for thinking about these biases and discuss how several cases fit into this framework. We argue these biases are compatible with an understanding in which perceptual learning is beneficial, but that its benefits are tied to the training environment or domain, and so if there are changes to either of these, (including the distribution of information, reward, or the organism’s goals) then benefits can turn into liabilities, though these are often temporary.

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