Conference

We have hosted an Annual Omega Psi conference since 2016, exploring timely topics in cognitive science and providing a platform for budding cognitive science student researchers to present their work and connect with each other. To view more recent conferences, select the Conferences tab.

Past Conferences

2022: Language, Cognition, and Mind

2021: Foundations of Cognitive Science

Featured speaker: Paul Smolensky (JHU, Cognitive Science)

2020: Cognition in 2020; Looking into the future

This conference was cancelled due to COVID-19.

2019: Language and Cognition

2017: Frontiers of Cognitive Science

This conference was held in collaboration with Duke and Yale.

Featured speakers:

  • Dr. Joshua Knobe from Yale University on experimental philosophy and moral cognition.
  • Dr. Dale Purves from Duke University on how vision succeeds in the physical world.
  • Dr. Mónica López-González from Johns Hopkins University on the neural basis of artistic creativity.

2016: Monkeys to Infants to Humans

This conference was held in collaboration with Duke and Yale.

Featured speakers:

  • Dr. Joshua Gold from the University of Pennsylvania on the neural bases of decision-making in monkeys.
  • Dr. Mark Sheskin from Yale University on the development of moral behavior in children.
  • Dr. Bonnie Nozari from Johns Hopkins University on aphasia and aspects of executive control in humans.