Online Seminar - Ecological perspectives on the neural machinery for communication and cooperation
Dr. Samuel Nastase , Princeton University
24 NOV 2021
16:30 - 18:00
Description :
ECognitive neuroscientists are trained to use clever experimental manipulations to decompose complex cognitive phenomena—like language—into simpler, more manageable components. Drawing on parallels with machine learning and evolutionary biology, I advocate for a complementary approach that puts ecological considerations at the forefront. To make this more concrete, I provide two examples of this approach from my own work. First, I introduce the "Narratives" data collection—a well-curated community benchmark dataset comprising over 800 naturalistic fMRI scans acquired while participants listened to a variety of spoken narratives. I'll touch on some recent results emerging from this dataset using deep language models to capture brain activity during narrative comprehension. Second, I briefly discuss ongoing work using deep neural networks as "model organisms" for understanding brain-to-brain coupling and cooperative behavior in an artificial gameplay ecosystem.
This talk will be held online via zoom:
https://princeton.zoom.us/j/4961416066
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