Talks and presentations

Disengagement in an attention-driven world

July 03, 2025

Invited talk, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Leipzig, Germany

Learning from brainrot: How do visual media trends impact learning & decision making?

June 20, 2025

Poster presentation, Max Planck Institute for Human Development Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality. Berlin, Germany

Attention, learning, and digital media

March 14, 2025

Invited Talk, Brown University Computational Cognitive Development Lab (remote). Providence, Rhode Island

Cognitive science perspectives on attention & digital media

March 03, 2025

Invited Lecture, Methods in Cognitive Development, UC Berkeley. Berkeley, California

Focused or overstimulated? Children who are more engaged do not learn more

January 09, 2025

Talk, Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development. Budapest, Hungary

Bright shiny garbage: why salient kid’s media may disrupt learning

October 28, 2024

Talk, UC Berkeley Institute of Human Development Colloquium. Berkeley, CA

Visual engagement is not synonymous with learning in young children

July 28, 2024

Poster presentation, CogSci Annual Conference: Dymanics of Cognition. Rotterdam, Netherlands

Overstimulating media & the attention economy

February 26, 2024

Invited lecture, Methods in Cognitive Development. Berkeley, CA

Attention and learning in young children

December 04, 2023

Talk, NSF Advisory Board Meeting. Berkeley, CA

Investigating the limits of visual engagement as a predictor of learning in young children

October 23, 2023

Talk, UC Berkeley Institute of Human Development Colloquium. Berkeley, CA

What predicts learning in young children?

March 06, 2023

Talk, UC Berkeley Institute of Human Development Colloquium. Berkeley, CA

Visual engagement as a predictor of learning

January 06, 2023

Poster presentation, Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development. Budapest, Hungary