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Motivated Cognition Meeting (MCM) Online Talk Series

Upcoming speaker will be announced soon.


Past Events

2024

  • October 30, 2024: Motivated Cognition Meeting Talk Series #9 - "Knowledge as a Sustainable Source of Internal Rewards: How Curiosity Transforms into Enduring Interest" - Speaker: Dr. Kou Murayama, Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Tübingen - Place: Online - Resources: Video coming soon 
  • July 8, 2024: Motivated Cognition Meeting Talk Series #8 - “Motivated Learning and Memory Processes Across Development" - Speaker: Dr. Alexandra Cohen, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Emory University - Place: Online - Resources: Video available here
  • June 18, 2024: Motivated Cognition Meeting Talk Series #7 - “Reward-Motivated Memory in Younger and Older Adults" - Speaker: Dr. Holly Bowen, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Southern Methodist University - Place: Online - Resources: Video available here
  • May 13, 2024: Motivated Cognition Meeting Talk Series #6 - “The Role of Metamotivation in Regulating Ourselves and Others" - Speaker: Dr. Abigail Scholer, Batten Family Bicentennial Distinguished Leadership Professor of Public Policy, University of Virginia - Place: Online
  • February 28, 2024: Motivated Cognition Meeting Talk Series #5 - “What Criticality Tells Us About Brain Maturation, Excitation-Inhibition Balance, and Cognitive Effort” - Speaker: Dr. Andrew Westbrook, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Rutgers University - Place: Online - Resources: Video available here

2023

  • February 7, 2023: SPSP Preconference: The Psychology of Extremism - Speakers: Erica Molinario (Florida Gulf Coast University/ Jagiellonian University), Arie Kruglanski (University of Maryland), Ewa Szumowska (Jagiellonian University) - Place: Online, San Diego, USA
  • November 30, 2023: Motivated Cognition Meeting Talk Series #4 - “Interactions of Motivation & Cognitive Control” - Speaker: Dr. Todd Braver, Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Radiology, and Neuroscience, Washington University in St. Louis - Place: Online - Resources: Video available here
  • October 26, 2023: Motivated Cognition Meeting Talk Series #3 - “Thoughts about Actions and Outcomes (And What They Lead To)” - Speaker: Dr. Ruud Custers, Associate Professor of Social & Behavioral Sciences, Psychology, and Social, Health, & Organisational Psychology, Utrecht University - Place: Online - Resources: Video available here
  • September 26, 2023: Motivated Cognition Meeting Talk Series #2 - “Age Differences in Drivers and Consequences of Epistemic Curiosity” - Speaker: Dr. Julia Spaniol, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Aging, Toronto Metropolitan University - Place: Online - Resources: Video available here
  • June 27, 2023: Motivated Cognition Meeting Talk Series #1 - “My Life at the Motivation-Cognition Interface: A Tale of Two Journeys” - Speaker: Arie Kruglanksi, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of Maryland - Place: Online - Resources: Video available here
  • June 26-30, 2023: 21st World Congress of Psychophysiology - Organizer: Guido H.E. Gendolla (University of Geneva, IOP2023 Congress Chair) - Place: Geneva, Switzerland
  • May 31 – June 3, 2023: 8th International Self-Determination Theory Conference - Organizer: Center for Self-Determination Theory - Place: Orlando, USA
  • February 22, 2023: SPSP Preconference: The Psychology of Extremism—A Motivational Perspective - Organizers: Arie Kruglanski (University of Maryland), Erica Molinario (Florida Gulf Coast University), Ewa Szumowska (Jagiellonian University) - Place: Atlanta, USA
  • February 23, 2023: SPSP Preconference: Motivation Science - Organizers: Katharina Bernecker (University of Zurich), Daniela Becker (Radboud University), Pontus Leander (Wayne State University) - Place: Atlanta, USA

2022

  • February 17, 2022: SPSP Preconference: Motivation Science - Organizers: Pontus Leander (University of Groningen), Rima Toure-Tillery (Northwestern University) - Place: San Francisco, USA


Past Events


2021

  • May 20, 2021: HabitEvent2021 Conference: Understanding Habits in Societal Context - Organizers: Hans Marien (Utrecht University), Ruud Custers (Utrecht University) - Place: Utrecht, Netherlands
  • February 4, 2021: SSM Happy Hour Meeting Series - Speaker: Ruud Custers (Utrecht University) - Place: Online

2020

  • December 11, 2020: SSM Happy Hour Meeting Series - Speaker: Ayelet Fishbach (University of Chicago) - Place: Online