Talk title: A novel approach to measuring executive functions in typical and atypical developing young children Abstract Executive function refers to the goal-oriented ability to monitor and manage various cognitive processes, including inhibitory control, working memory and switching. It has an important impact on children’s learning, reasoning and social development. It has been theorized that…

Talk title: Knowing me, knowing you: Is one’s own interoception related to the recognition of others’ interoceptive states? Abstract While the recognition of others’ emotional states has been the focus of much research, very little work has examined the recognition of others’ interoceptive states (e.g. identifying when others feel tired, nauseated, hungry, etc.). It is…

Talk title: Inferring perceptual states from fixational eye movements Abstract Even when we attempt to maintain steady fixation on an object, our eyes drift and we make small ballistic movements called microsaccades. Although we are seldom aware of these fixational eye movements, it is becoming increasingly clear that they can provide a window onto perceptual…