[Probcogsci] Fwd: Laurie Santos talk, February 25

[Angela Yu]

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>> From: Psych Colloquia <colloquia at psy.ucsd.edu>
>> Date: February 19, 2010 7:00:00 AM PST
>> To: "psych-talks at psy.ucsd.edu" <psych-talks at psy.ucsd.edu>
>> Subject: Laurie Santos talk, February 25
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>> The UCSD Department of Psychology is honored to present a talk by
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>> Laurie Santos
>> Yale University
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>> "The Evolution of Irrationality: Insights from Non-Human Primates"
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>> On Thursday, February 25, at 4:00 pm
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>> Location: The Crick Conference Room
>> Mandler Hall, room 3545
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>> For more information about this speaker, please visit:
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>> http://info.med.yale.edu/bbs/faculty/san_la.html
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>> For more information about the colloquium series, please visit:
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>> http://psy.ucsd.edu/events/
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>> Abstract:
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>> My talk will explore the origins of our judgment and decision- 
>> making heuristics. Specifically, I will explore the possibility  
>> that some aspects of adult human irrational decision-making might  
>> be shared with non-human primates and human children. I will then  
>> attempt to use a comparative-developmental approach to directly  
>> address the origins of several classic human irrationalities, such  
>> as cognitive dissonance, loss aversion and reference dependence. I  
>> will then discuss why such irrationalities may emerge so early in  
>> human development and evolution, with the hope of providing insight  
>> into the psychological machinery that drives both accurate and  
>> biased decision-making.
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> ____________________________________________
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> cory miller phd
> assistant professor | department of psychology
> cortical systems and behavior laboratory
> neurosciences  graduate  program
> university of california san diego
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