Google+ “Posterside Hangout” on Monday evening

Allison Sekuler, associate vice-president and dean, Graduate Studies, will be one of the featured guest speakers for tonight’s first ever Posterside Hangout on Google+.

Sekuler, who co-curates the popular ScienceSunday community on Google+, says the Monday hangout is styled as “sort of a worldwide mini-conference.” The online event will feature five poster presentations related to themes in psychology, and will begin at 8:30 p.m. ET.

Presentations include:

“When audition dominates vision: Evidence from cross-modal statistical learning”
+Chris Robinson (The Ohio State University at Newark)

“Automatic selection of eye tracking variables in visual categorization for adults and infants”
+Samuel Rivera (The Ohio State University at Columbus)

“Foreign accent does not influence cognitive judgments”
+Andre L. Souza (Concordia University) and +Art Markman (The University of Texas at Austin)

“Positive mood may enhance cognitive flexibility: Evidence from category learning”
+Paul Minda (The University of Western Ontario) and +Ruby Nadler (The University of Western Ontario)

“The effects of aging on face perception”
+Allison Sekuler (+McMaster University)

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Allison Sekuler, associate vice-president and dean, Graduate Studies, will be one of the featured guest speakers for tonight's first ever <a title="Posterside Hangout" href="https://plus.google.com/112366735963271550830/posts/MBPtm9q4S6b" target="_blank">Posterside Hangout</a> on Google+.

Sekuler, who co-curates the popular ScienceSunday community on Google+, says the Monday hangout is styled as "sort of a worldwide mini-conference." The online event will feature five poster presentations related to themes in psychology, and will begin at 8:30 p.m. ET.

Presentations include:

"When audition dominates vision: Evidence from cross-modal statistical learning"
+<a href="https://plus.google.com/102370347732140106252">Chris Robinson</a>  (The Ohio State University at Newark)

"Automatic selection of eye tracking variables in visual categorization for adults and infants"
+<a href="https://plus.google.com/111133539712161811460">Samuel Rivera</a>  (The Ohio State University at Columbus)

"Foreign accent does not influence cognitive judgments"
+<a href="https://plus.google.com/105081283811534878846">Andre L. Souza</a>  (Concordia University) and +<a href="https://plus.google.com/113015718416261368227">Art Markman</a>  (The University of Texas at Austin)

"Positive mood may enhance cognitive flexibility: Evidence from category learning"
+<a href="https://plus.google.com/103320181117159035720">Paul Minda</a>  (The University of Western Ontario) and +<a href="https://plus.google.com/107151751008439244140">Ruby Nadler</a>  (The University of Western Ontario)

"The effects of aging on face perception"
+<a href="https://plus.google.com/112366735963271550830">Allison Sekuler</a>   (+<a href="https://plus.google.com/103812965508315497178">McMaster University</a>)

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