Culture, Brain, and Development Student Group Fall 2011

September 15 - How has 9/11 changed "youth culture"? Reading: "Growing up in the Shadow of Terrorism" by Nancy Eisenburg and Roxanne Cohen Silver. The American Psychologist 66, September 2011. Location: 5:30pm in the ASH Lobby.

September 22 - Culture in Mind: On Cognitive Processes and the Symbolic Presentation of Self in Society. Special talk with CBD Postdoctoral Fellow Karen Danna. Optional reading: "Culture and Cognition" by Paul DiMaggio. Annual Review of Sociology 23. 1997. Location: 5:30pm in the FPH Faculty Lounge ASH Lobby (due to smoke in FPH).

September 29 - Mixing and Matching: Testosterone and Social Status. Readng: "The Mismatch Effect: When Testosterone and Status Are at Odds" by Robert A. Josephs, Jennifer Guinn Sellers, Matthew L. Newman and Pranjal H. Mehta. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2006). Location: 5:30pm in the ASH Lobby.

October 4 - *Special Event* CBD Grant Application Workshop. Come learn about how to get CBD funding for internships and Div II/III Projects! Dinner provided. Location: 5:30pm in the ASH Lobby.

October 6 - No meeting. Cognitive Science Distinguished Alumni Lecture: Tim Wilson. Coffee and cookies served.Location: 5:30pm in the FPH Main Lecture Hall.

October 13 - A History of Violence: Is human nature changing for the better? Reading: "A History of Violence (transcript)" by Steven Pinker, Edge Master Class 2011. Dinner provided. Location: 5:30pm in the ASH Lobby.

October 20 - Moment of Death: a National Geographic Documentary. Special CBD screening. Dinner provided. Location: 5:30pm in the ASH Lobby.

'''October 27 - No meeting! '''Go to the Jane Moriarty lecture in FPH Main Lecture Hall.

November 3 - Canceled due to Snowtober evacuation.

November 10 - *Rescheduled* The Salem Witch Trials: A case study in prosecutorial syndrome. Reading: Sections I and II of "Wonders of the Invisible World: Prosecutorial Syndrome and Profile Evidence in the Salem Witchcraft Trials" by Jane Campbell Moriarty. Location: 5:30pm in the ASH Lobby.

November 17 - No meeting due to Cognition and Society film screening.

November 24 - No meeting, Thanksgiving Break!

December 1 - Pain Across Cultures. Pain is a universal human experience, but it is interpreted and treated differently by different cultures? Reading: "Cross-cultural conceptions of pain and pain control" by Mary Moore Free. Location: 5:30pm in the ASH Lobby. '''December 8 - End of semester movie/party. '''Stranger Than Fiction . There will be pizza, popcorn, and COOKIES! Location: 5:30pm in the ASH Lobby.