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Karolina Janacsek
Understanding the neurocognitive underpinnings of learning predictive relationships in event sequences

THESIS TOPIC PROPOSAL

Institute: Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
psychology
Doctoral School of Psychology

Thesis supervisor: Karolina Janacsek
Location of studies (in Hungarian): ELTE, Doctoral School of Psychology
Abbreviation of location of studies: PDI


Description of the research topic:

Learning about the regularities and sequential patterns of the environment is a vital part of life that underlies the acquisition of a wide range of skills. Yet, there is no profound understanding of and consensus on the exact mechanisms that underlie this fundamental learning ability; more specifically, 1) what the primary determinants of learning are, 2) how these factors alter the associations that we form based on the predictive relationships within event sequences, 3) how these factors alter the involvement of the underlying neural circuitries in learning, and 4) what the optimal combination of these factors is that can maximize learning performance? We specifically focus on the effects of time- and response-related factors, feedback, reward and explicit instructions.

Required language skills: english
Number of students who can be accepted: 1

Deadline for application: 2018-04-24


2024. IV. 17.
ODT ülés
Az ODT következő ülésére 2024. június 14-én, pénteken 10.00 órakor kerül sor a Semmelweis Egyetem Szenátusi termében (Bp. Üllői út 26. I. emelet).

 
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