{"444011":{"#nid":"444011","#data":{"type":"event","title":"School Colloquium - Prof. James Nairne (Purdue University)","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool Colloquium:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWednesday, September 30, 2015 - 3pm, JS Coon Bldg, Room 250\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJames Nairne\u003Cbr \/\u003EReece McGee Distinguished Professor\u003Cbr \/\u003EPurdue University\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www1.psych.purdue.edu\/~nairne\/home.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www1.psych.purdue.edu\/~nairne\/home.html\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Adaptive Memory: Evolutionary Influences on Remembering\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIf memory evolved, sculpted by the processes of natural selection, then its operating characteristics likely bear the \u201cfootprints\u201d of ancestral selection pressures. Given nature\u2019s criterion\u2014enhancing inclusive fitness\u2014our memory systems are likely biased or \u201ctuned\u201d to retain information that is fitness-relevant. Data consistent with this claim include: (1) processing information for its survival relevance leads to superior long-term retention\u2014better, in fact, than most known learning techniques, (2) animate (living) stimuli are remembered much better than inanimate (nonliving) stimuli, and (3) stimuli that have been potentially contaminated by disease are remembered especially well. Understanding how memory is used to solve adaptive problems relevant to fitness provides critical insight into how and why human memory systems formed, and why they work the way they do.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool Colloquium:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWednesday, September 30, 2015 - 3pm, JS Coon Bldg, Room 250\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJames Nairne\u003Cbr \/\u003EReece McGee Distinguished Professor\u003Cbr \/\u003EPurdue University\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www1.psych.purdue.edu\/~nairne\/home.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www1.psych.purdue.edu\/~nairne\/home.html\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdaptive Memory: Evolutionary Influences on Remembering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIf memory evolved, sculpted by the processes of natural selection, then its operating characteristics likely bear the \u201cfootprints\u201d of ancestral selection pressures. Given nature\u2019s criterion\u2014enhancing inclusive fitness\u2014our memory systems are likely biased or \u201ctuned\u201d to retain information that is fitness-relevant. Data consistent with this claim include: (1) processing information for its survival relevance leads to superior long-term retention\u2014better, in fact, than most known learning techniques, (2) animate (living) stimuli are remembered much better than inanimate (nonliving) stimuli, and (3) stimuli that have been potentially contaminated by disease are remembered especially well. Understanding how memory is used to solve adaptive problems relevant to fitness provides critical insight into how and why human memory systems formed, and why they work the way they do.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"School Colloquium featuring James Nairne  at 3PM in the JS Coon Bldg, Room 250 - \u0022Adaptive Memory: Evolutionary Influences on Remembering\u0022"}],"uid":"27570","created_gmt":"2015-09-02 15:13:56","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:18:25","author":"Will Rusk","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2015-09-30T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2015-09-30T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2015-09-30T16:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2015-09-30 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2015-09-30 20:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2015-09-30 20:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"443951","name":"School of Psychology"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"167710","name":"School of Psychology"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}