PEN Distinguished Lecture Series
The PEN Distinguished Lecture Series in Educational Neuroscience was created in association with the Foundations Proseminar course for graduate students in the Ph.D. in Educational Neuroscience (PEN) program. Since its inception, the series has grown!
The lecture series focuses on the intersection of the Science of Learning (learning across the lifespan) and Educational Neuroscience (learning across early life). Scientists and researchers who are pioneers in the fields of Cognitive-Educational Neuroscience, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, and Child Development come to Gallaudet University's campus to talk about their research.
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All lectures are open to the public and are video recorded for online distribution.
PEN DLS brochure for 2024-2025
Causes and Consequences of Exploration Across Development
Dr. Catherine Hartley
Associate Professor in Psychology and Neural Science, New York University
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Dr. Catherine Hartley is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at New York University. She received her B.S. in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University and her Ph.D. in Psychology from New York University. She conducted her postdoctoral training at the Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology at Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Hartley’s research focuses on characterizing the learning, memory, and decision-making processes that support goal-directed behavior across development and how dynamic changes in brain circuits give rise to these functions. Dr. Hartley’s research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Mental Health and Drug Abuse, and the excellence of her research has been recognized with early career awards from the National Academy of Sciences, the Association for Psychological Science, the Society for Neuroeconomics, the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, and the Social Affective Neuroscience Society. A central goal of her research is to understand the adaptive benefits of how individuals learn and make decisions at different developmental stages, as well as how specific learning and decision-making biases contribute to psychological vulnerability or resilience.
The PEN Distinguished Lecture Series in Educational Neuroscience honors researchers who have changed the landscape of science. We invite them to share their discoveries as we forge new links across research communities within Gallaudet University, Washington D.C., and the world.
To view this year's and all previous presentations, please visit VL2's PEN Distinguished Lectures webpage.