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UC Merced Cognitive & Information Sciences @ucmcogsci.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

🧠✨ UCM Neuroscience Poster Showcase & Mixer 📅 April 24 | ⏰ 2–3 PM 📍 California Room, Terrace Center Come see what CogSci students are up to, learn, connect, and get inspired!

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UC Merced Cognitive & Information Sciences @ucmcogsci.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Monday! Join us for the next MTS speaker, @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social's Bill Thompson as he discusses the experimental evolution of structured norms for joint action. Details in the flyer!

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UC Merced Cognitive & Information Sciences @ucmcogsci.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Michael Hove, Professor of Psychology at Fitchburg State, will join us as our next MTS speaker Monday 11/3! His talk will discuss musical features that drive body movement and repetitive drumming as a tool for inducing trance. Details in the flyer!

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UC Merced Cognitive & Information Sciences @ucmcogsci.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Our next MTS speaker @psycheloui.bsky.social, Prof. of Creativity and Creative Practice at @northeasternu.bsky.social, joins us Mon 10/27 to discuss her recent work on how/why humans across societies learn to love music in "Strange Scales: How Novel Music Reveals the Secrets of the Predictive Brain"

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UC Merced Cognitive & Information Sciences @ucmcogsci.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Drew Abney, Associate Professor of Psychology from the University of Georgia, will join us as our next MTS speaker! Dive into his talk about developmental phenomena next Monday 10/20. Details in the flyer!

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UC Merced Cognitive & Information Sciences @ucmcogsci.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Our next MTS Guest Speaker is @stolkarjen.bsky.social, Assistant Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth! Join us Monday (10/13) for "Building a Shared Conceptual Space" - examining the extreme flexibility of selecting and interpreting signals. Details in the flyer!

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UC Merced Cognitive & Information Sciences @ucmcogsci.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Our next MTS Guest Speaker is Marco Buongiorno Nardelli (Composition Studies & Physics Professor at University of North Texas)! Join us Monday (10/6) for "MUSIC" for Martians - a look at the hidden structure of music as a complex data system. Details in the flyer!

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UC Merced Cognitive & Information Sciences @ucmcogsci.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

@ucmerced.bsky.social Bobcats! Join us next Monday (9/29) for MTS Guest Speaker Sarah Creel (CogSci Professor at @ucsandiego.bsky.social) presenting on how learners figure out the structure of sound patterns in spoken language across a wide variety of speakers! Details in the flyer!

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UC Merced Cognitive & Information Sciences @ucmcogsci.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Monday (9/22) we have our next Fall 2025 Mind, Technology, & Society (MTS) speaker: Dr. Erica Cartmill of Indiana University! Come check out her presentation exploring teasing and tool use by great apes for navigating their social and physical environments (details in the flyer)!

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UC Merced Cognitive & Information Sciences @ucmcogsci.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Next week we kick off our Fall 2025 Mind, Technology, & Society (MTS) Speaker Series with guest speaker Dr. Jason Samaha! Come check out his presentation exploring the connection between alpha oscillations and temporal properties of perception (details in the flyer)!

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UC Merced Cognitive & Information Sciences @ucmcogsci.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Next week! Come check out Dr. James Holland Jones' presentation on the development of narrative as a decision-making tool in the face of uncertainty!

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UC Merced Cognitive & Information Sciences @ucmcogsci.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

TOMORROW! Come see our Bobcat Day presentation on how Cognitive Science got a Nobel Prize in AI! We will have a reception (with snacks!) after the presentation for a chance to chat with faculty. WHERE: UC MERCED COB 120 Presentation 11AM-12PM Reception 12PM-1PM

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UC Merced Cognitive & Information Sciences @ucmcogsci.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

@ucmerced.bsky.social students! Run, don't walk! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ Don't miss your chance to register for this summer's CogSci courses! Did we mention they're ONLINE!? See you (virtually) this summer!

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