Departmental Brown Bag Series

In-House Research Presentations

Come out and participate in the Department’s Brown Bag Meetings.

The presentations consist of work in progress, or practice talks for conferences. All faculty
and department trainees (including post docs, graduate students and undergraduates working in our
labs) are encouraged to attend.

Upcoming Presentations

March 19, 2012

Skyler Mooney, Ph.D. Student (Holmes Lab)
Oxytocin and social status in the naked mole-rat

Katie Corrigall, Postdoctoral Researcher (Schellenberg lab)
Enculturation to musical pitch structure in young children

Location: Faculty Club
Time: 12:10pm

Previous Presentations

February 27, 2012

Ashlyn Swift-Gallant, Ph.D. Student (Monks Lab)
Where does testosterone act to mediate sex differences in the nervous system?

Judith Plantinga, Postdoctoral Researcher (Trehub lab)
Exploring multimodal aspects ofmaternal speech and singing


January 23, 2012

Marieke van Heugten, Ph.D. Student (Johnson Lab)
Adaptation in Infancy: Is Lexical Access Necessary?

Aleksandr Kogan, Postdoctoral Researcher (Impett Lab)
From Virtue to Vice: The Vagus Nerve's Non-Linear Relationship with Prosociality


November 28, 2011

Laura Girz, Ph.D. Student (Polivy Lab)
The Effects of Calorie Information on Food Selection and Intake

Stephanie Stalinski, Ph.D. Student (Schellenberg Lab)
Liking and Memory for Music 


October 24, 2011

David Chen, Postdoctoral Researcher (Daneman Lab)
The Dual Properties of Visual Working Memory: Slot Capacity and Resource Capacity

Christine Buske, Ph.D. Student (Gerlai Lab)
Fishy Behavior: What Zebrafish are Teaching us about the Effects of Embryonic Alcohol Exposure


September 26, 2011

Amy Muise, Postdoctoral Researcher (Impett Lab)
Relationships on Facebook - It's Complicated

Viara Mileva, Ph.D. Student (Fleming Lab)
Genes, Environment and Mothering


For information about our Brown Bag Series
contact Rani Murugesan (rani.murugesan@utoronto.ca)