Skip to main content

Main navigation

  • About BCS
    • Mission
    • History
    • Building 46
      • Building 46 Room Reservations
    • Leadership
    • Employment
    • Contact
      • Building 46 Email and Slack
    • Directory
  • Faculty + Research
    • Faculty
    • Areas of Research
    • Postdoctoral Research
      • Postdoctoral Association and Committee
    • Core Facilities
    • InBrain
      • InBRAIN Collaboration Data Sharing Policy
  • Academics
    • Course 9: Brain and Cognitive Sciences
    • Course 6-9: Computation and Cognition
      • Course 6-9 MEng
    • Brain and Cognitive Sciences PhD
      • How to Apply
      • Program Details
      • Classes
      • Research
      • Student Life
      • For Current Students
    • Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Program
      • How to Apply to MCN
      • MCN Faculty and Research Areas
      • MCN Curriculum
      • Model Systems
      • MCN Events
      • MCN FAQ
      • MCN Contacts
    • Computationally-Enabled Integrative Neuroscience Program
  • News + Events
    • News
    • Events
    • Recordings
    • Newsletter
  • Diversity + Equity + Inclusion
    • DEIJ Mission and Vision
    • Strategic Plan
    • Community and Culture
    • Resources
      • DEIJ Readings & Workshop Materials
      • Learning
      • Resources (MIT Login Required)
    • Outreach
      • MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP)
      • Post-Baccalaureate Research Scholars
      • Volunteer Opportunities
    • Get Involved / Upcoming Events

Utility Menu

  • Directory
  • Give to BCS
  • Apply to BCS
  • Contact Us

Footer

  • Contact Us
  • Employment
  • Be a Test Subject
  • Login

Footer 2

  • McGovern
  • Picower

Utility Menu

  • Directory
  • Give to BCS
  • Apply to BCS
  • Contact Us
Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Menu
MIT

Main navigation

  • About BCS
    • Mission
    • History
    • Building 46
    • Leadership
    • Employment
    • Contact
    • Directory
  • Faculty + Research
    • Faculty
    • Areas of Research
    • Postdoctoral Research
    • Core Facilities
    • InBrain
  • Academics
    • Course 9: Brain and Cognitive Sciences
    • Course 6-9: Computation and Cognition
    • Brain and Cognitive Sciences PhD
    • Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Program
    • Computationally-Enabled Integrative Neuroscience Program
  • News + Events
    • News
    • Events
    • Recordings
    • Newsletter
  • Diversity + Equity + Inclusion
    • DEIJ Mission and Vision
    • Strategic Plan
    • Community and Culture
    • Resources
    • Outreach
    • Get Involved / Upcoming Events

Events

News Menu

  • News
  • Events
  • Newsletters

Breadcrumb

  1. Home
  2. Events
  3. SCSB Lunch Series: Observational learning in the macaque brain
SCSB Lunch Series: Observational learning in the macaque brain
Simons Center for the Social Brain

SCSB Lunch Series: Observational learning in the macaque brain

Join Stream
Add to CalendarAmerica/New_YorkSCSB Lunch Series: Observational learning in the macaque brain05/05/2023 12:00 pm05/05/2023 1:00 pmSimons Center Conference Room 46-6011,46-6011
May 5, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location
Simons Center Conference Room 46-6011,46-6011
Contact
ASOKHINA@MIT.EDU
    Description

    Date: Friday, May 5, 2023
    Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm
    Location: SCSB Conference room 46-6011 + Zoom Meeting (https://mit.zoom.us/j/95884128103)

    Speaker: Ruidong Chen, Ph.D.
    Affiliation: Simons Postdoctoral Fellow, Mehrdad Jazayeri Laboratory, McGovern Institute, MIT

    Talk title: Observational learning in the macaque brain
    Abstract: Animals make inferences about latent causes from either their own actions and outcomes (experiential learning) or that of others (observational learning). Do animals discount the experience of others relative to their own, even when facing the same amount of external information? Are the neural substrates of experiential and observational learning shared, overlapping, or independent? To reveal and compare the neural mechanisms for belief updates from self-experience and social observations, we designed a two-player social learning task for both human and non-human primates (NHPs). Two NHPs perform this task with human-like behavior, where both actor and observer accumulate evidence over trials to make choices, with observers discounting evidence from actors relative to their own. I will report preliminary findings from ongoing neurophysiology experiments.

     

    Upcoming Events

    Mar
    Tue
    21
    Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (BCS)

    Cog Lunch: Sugandha Sharma "Functional utility of hierarchical spatial representations, and their underlying mechanisms in the Hippocampal Complex"

    12:00pm to 1:00pm
    Add to CalendarAmerica/New_YorkCog Lunch: Sugandha Sharma "Functional utility of hierarchical spatial representations, and their underlying mechanisms in the Hippocampal Complex"03/21/2023 12:00 pm03/21/2023 1:00 pm46-3002,Singleton Auditorium
    Mar
    Tue
    21
    Center for Brains, Minds and Machines (CBMM)

    Quest | CBMM Seminar Series - Chiyuan Zhang, Google

    4:00pm
    Add to CalendarAmerica/New_YorkQuest | CBMM Seminar Series - Chiyuan Zhang, Google03/21/2023 4:00 pm03/21/2023 4:00 pmSingleton Auditorium,46-3002
    Mar
    Thu
    23
    The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory

    Picower Special Seminar with Lina Marcela Carmona, PhD, "Cell type and Cell State Engagement During Motor Learning "

    10:00am to 11:00am
    Add to CalendarAmerica/New_YorkPicower Special Seminar with Lina Marcela Carmona, PhD, "Cell type and Cell State Engagement During Motor Learning "03/23/2023 10:00 am03/23/2023 11:00 amBuilding 46,46-3310 (THIRD FLOOR, PICOWER SEMINAR ROOM)
    See All Events
    Don't miss our next newsletter!
    Sign Up

    Footer menu

    • Contact Us
    • Employment
    • Be a Test Subject
    • Login

    Footer 2

    • McGovern
    • Picower
    Brain and Cognitive Sciences

    MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 46-2005

    Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 | (617) 253-5748

    For Emergencies | Accessibility | Adapting to COVID

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology