[CS] CS Wednesday Noon Talk on April 18: Part Two: Students Lightning Talks! in the ASH Lobby at Noon

[Paula Harmon]

Come hear what Emma Opitz, Emile Rutherford, Kat Mott, and Leanna 
Pohevitz have been doing in science!

== LIGHTNING TALKS BY STUDENTS! ===

Emma Opitz, an Independent Study
"An Investigation into the Acoustic Properties of Distress and Alarm 
Calls in Sciurus carolinensis"
Abstract: Humans use the descending minor third intonation in speech to 
communicate sadness. The evolutionary implications of this suggest that 
before language these intonation patterns were used to convey emotion to 
conspecifics. If this is so than we should be able to see similar 
patterns of vocalization in nonhuman communication systems. Using the 
grey squirrel as a subject, vocalizations were recorded and analyzed to 
look for properties of this or a similar intonation pattern.
The Ray and Lorna Coppinger Endowment provided funding for this research.
http://www.hampshire.edu/cs/Ray%20&%20Lorna%20Coppinger%20Endowment%20Grants.htm

Samuel Emile Rutherford, Division III research
"The effects of anger and depression on attention: An ERP examination of 
early attentional biases in a forensic sample"

Katherine Mott, Division III research
"Critiquing the Neural Correlates of Consciousness: What Can 
Neuroscience Say About Phenomenal Consciousness?"
Abstract: In attempting to correlate neural activity to consciously 
experienced events, neuroscientists may be overreaching in both their 
reduction of mind and their reliance on correlations. However, there is 
some evidence that neural activity can be differentiated by its role in 
the creation of a conscious percept. I discuss my own and a few others' 
findings to this end, and suggest a more conservative interpretation of 
the existing data.

Leanna Pohevitz, Division III research
"The Pedagogically Better Option for Learning Arabic: From Research to 
Textbook Writing - An Analysis and An Answer"

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Paula Harmon, Administrative Assistant
School of Cognitive Science
Hampshire College
893 West Street Amherst, MA 01002
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