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 February 23, 2012
| Time: | 3:15-4:30 p.m. |
| Description: | Douglas J. Gillan presents a paper titled "Repurposing Cognition: A Theory of Modern Tasks," which examines how humans have repurposed ancient cognitive processes in adapting to modern times.
Primate cognitive processes evolved to meet specific functions that lead to greater survival, functions such as foraging, finding or building shelter, avoiding predators, or attracting a mate. Task context in modern times differs dramatically from task context in which our cognitive processes evolved. Gillan talks about how humans apply cognitive processes that originally evolved for other purposes, that is, how we repurpose these processes.
Gillan is professor and head of the Department of Psychology at North Carolina State University. He is a fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and associate editor of Human Factors. His background in psychology is broad, from doctoral training in biopsychology and postdoctoral fellowships in animal cognition to work in industry on taste perception and human factors in the U.S. space program, to faculty positions in Human Factors and Ergonomics. |
| Location: | UT Administration Building (UTA) 5.522 (Large Conference Room) |
| URL: | More about this event... |
| Contact: | Yan Zhang | 512-471-9448 |
| Sponsor: | Yan Zhang |
| Admission: | Free |
| Categories: | Colloquium, Everyone, Lecture/talk, Research, Science & Technology |
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