Learning and Neural Development Lab

Studying how cognitive and brain development support and constrain learning outcomes @UofT 👧🤔🧠 PI: @amysuefinn

[Susan Benear @SusanLBenear]

If you're at #CNS2023 and are interested in development, event cognition, spatial cognition, and/or memory, come to Symposium 7 on Monday, 3/27, at 10 AM in the Bayview Room!! @sang_ah_lee @whartonshumthin @andreiamatuni 1/5

[Amy Finn @amysuefinn]

I love this paper! We show dissociable memory traces after statistical learning which last for different amounts of time AND are more vs. less vulnerable to later expereince. @tessforest, @duncanlabUofT @finnlandlab @mshelen_liu

https://t.co/nyEsllJQap

[Learning and Neural Development Lab @finnlandlab]

Happy Halloween from the Finn lab! https://t.co/GDRCL9paNY

[Erika Wharton-Shukster @whartonshumthin]

How do children carve up their worlds into discrete events? If you’d like to geek out about this with @SusanLBenear @samsydco Yu Jin Rah and me, give our @CNSmtg symposium a vote! https://t.co/gtniOWz0Ll

[Amy Finn @amysuefinn]

So excited to share this fantastic paper with @tessforest and @NoamSiegelman. Our attention shifts as we expereince the world! https://t.co/CJaj3lEEcs

[Marlie Tandoc @MarlieTandoc]

SO excited to share this preprint!💫 Our tasks/goals shape what we learn vs. ignore. We find that while true for adults, it is not for kids. Kids learned equally well regardless if information was the focus of a task or if it was entirely task irrelevant https://t.co/aB0faIrkvo

[Learning and Neural Development Lab @finnlandlab]

Check out this new paper from our lab, and @BuddingMindsLab, out this week in JEP:General 🎉

[Tess Forest @tessforest]

Curious about what is stored in memory following statistical learning? And if this differs with additional exposure? Read my, @amysuefinn, & @megschlichting's new paper "General Precedes Specific in Memory Representations for Structured Experience"! https://t.co/EMGNjNjQLB

[Learning and Neural Development Lab @finnlandlab]

Friday at 1:55pm EST @sm_gualtieri will present a poster on children's perception of visual illusions, and show that young children can be less susceptible to illusions than adults. 👧🏻🧩 (w/ @morganbarense, Asaf Gilboa, Kay Ostubo, & @amysuefinn)

[Learning and Neural Development Lab @finnlandlab]

Hey SRCD! Come check out work from our lab at the following three sessions (in thread). We'd love to "see" you and hear your feedback! #SRCD2021

[Learning and Neural Development Lab @finnlandlab]

Thurs 1:10pm EST @yaelanjung will give a talk in the symposium "How Top-down Influences Shape Visual Dev. from Infancy to Childhood". She shows that attentional demands do not alter neural representation in the child visual cortex 🧠 (w/ @DirkBWalther, @tessforest, & @amysuefinn)

[Learning and Neural Development Lab @finnlandlab]

How do children learn different levels of information about regularities pertaining to items and their categories? Check out @yaelanjung's recently published paper in Developmental Science to learn more!

https://t.co/drHJRUeKam

[Learning and Neural Development Lab @finnlandlab]

The LAND lab will be hosting a summer research student for 8 weeks to support BIPOC students! For more information go to https://t.co/NYgfkcHkZU - deadline is February 15th, 2021!

[Learning and Neural Development Lab @finnlandlab]

Check out Raw Talks podcast episode where our very own @amysuefinn discusses memory formation and how the brain and cognitive development constrains and enables learning!

https://t.co/reu56QtJuG

[Learning and Neural Development Lab @finnlandlab]

Take a look at this news article featuring our very own @LexiDecker3 about her research on how family income impacts learning in children shaped by the hippocampus! Thanks @UofTArtSci for featuring us!

https://t.co/cEHZrB4dDM

[Tess Forest @tessforest]

CogSci! Come check out work w/ @megschlichting and @amysuefinn on "What's represented in memory after statistical learning" and new work on how extra experience changes this 🕓 and whether this differs in kids 👨‍👧 Ill be at booth P-2-232 from 11-12:40 today https://t.co/1ptVa9NyKX

[Learning and Neural Development Lab @finnlandlab]

Check out "Errors lead to transient impairments in memory formation" here: https://t.co/QzEE80AoDh

[Learning and Neural Development Lab @finnlandlab]

Our amazing @LexiDecker3 published 2 papers this month: "Errors lead to transient impairments in memory formation" (Cognition!) and "Children's family income is associated with cognitive function and volume of anterior not posterior hippocampus" (Nat. Comm!!). We are in awe! 👑

[Alexandra (Lexi) Decker @LexiDecker3]

If you've ever wondered how making a simple error influences memory formation, check out my #VSS2020 poster with @amysuefinn and Katherine Duncan! We found that instead of preparing people to learn, memory was worse right after people made errors.