Aging, Culture and Cognition Laboratory

Culture and Cognition Pre-conference

The Culture and Cognition Pre-conference has moved to a new website. 
Check it out here!
Archive of 2023 Conference Program below:

people standing underneath the earth

The 4th Culture and Cognition Pre-conference of the Psychonomics Society

Thursday November 16, 2023
In-Person, Imperial B, at the Hilton, San Francisco Union Square

C&C pre-conference registration is free, though space is limited. The meeting is associated with the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society

The Culture & Cognition pre-conference will also offer travel awards of $500 USD for students this year. The deadline is October 8th, 2023.


Schedule

Invited Talks and Roundtable Discussion will occur in person

Welcome and Invited Talks: 9:00 am – 11:35 am
Open Q&A: 11:35 am – 11:55 am
Roundtable Discussions: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Meet & Greet: 1:00 – 2:00 pm

Welcome & Invited Talks

9-9:15am, Welcome

9:15-9:40am, Taka Masuda & Tsolmon Bayart-Od (University of Alberta, Canada)

Cross-Cultural Research on Perception and Cognition: Comparing Historically Nomadic-Pastoral vs Sedentary Societies


9:40-10:05am, Caroline Blais (Université du Québec en Outaouais, Canada)

A data-driven approach to the study of culture and its impact on low-level visual mechanisms in face recognition


10:05-10:30am, Jeanne Tsai (Stanford University, USA)

Cultural Variation in the Smiles We Trust: The Role of Ideal Affect

10:30-10:45am, Break

10:45-11:10am, Cristina Moya  & Nicolás Restrepo Ochoa (University of California, Davis, USA)

The adoption of a new and hard to verify belief: An empirical test from the Peruvian Altiplano


11:10-11:35am, Henry L. Roediger, III (Washington University in St. Louis, USA)

The Importance of Subcultures in Cultural Analysis of Collective Memory

11:35-11:55am, Open Q&A and Discussion with Speakers

Roundtable Discussions (with light refreshments)

12-1pm, Operationalizing the Study of Culture for Research in Cognition

Meet & Greet

1-2pm, Opportunity for informal follow-up and conversations

 Founded and Organized by:
  • Suparna Rajaram, Stony Brook University

  • Angela Gutchess, Brandeis University

2023 Co-Organizer:

  • Caroline Blais, Université du Québec en Outaouais

Student Organizers:

  • Garrett Greeley, Stony Brook University
  • Francis Gingras, Université du Québec en Outaouais

 

Past years' programs and presenter lists: 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2023

This meeting is made possible through support from the Perception, Action, and Cognition and
Cultural Anthropology Programs at the National Science Foundation and the Psychonomic Society