BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk// X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The integration of sensory cues across development - Professor Den is Mareschal\, Professor of Psychology &\; Deputy Head of Department\, Department of Psychological Sciences\, Birkbeck\, University of London DTSTART:20140509T153000Z DTEND:20140509T170000Z UID:TALK51741@talks.cam.ac.uk CONTACT:Louise White DESCRIPTION:Abstract: We live in a multi-sensory world in which cues relat ed to an event may sometimes be redundant but at other times be in conflic t. The same is can be said of sensory cues within a single modality. Child ren must learn not just to combine these cue but also to establish if the cues are reliable\,or if some must be ignored. In this talk\, I will discu ss 2 examples of cue integration: visual cues in the perception of depth\, and visual-proprioceptive cues in spatial localisation. In both case\, op timal cue integration is not found until around 10 years of age. I will di scuss possible reasons for this phenomenon.\n\nNardini\, M.\,  Begus\, K. \, & Mareschal\, D. (2012). Multisensory uncertainty reduction for hand lo calization in children and adults. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Hum an Perception and Performance.\n\nM Nardini\, R Bedford\, D Mareschal (201 0). Fusion of visual cues is not mandatory in children. Proceedings of the  National Academy of  Science U. S. A. 107(39)\, 17041-17046\n\nBio:\n\ nProfessor Denis Mareschal obtained his first degree in Physics and Theore tical Physics from Cambridge University. He then completed a Masters in Ps ychology from McGill University before moving on to complete a PhD in psyc hology at Oxford University. He has received the Marr prize from the Cogni tive Science Society (USA)\, the Young Investigator Award from the Interna tional Society on Infant Studies (USA)\, the Margaret Donaldson Prize from the British Psychological Society\, and is co-recipient of the Queen's An niversary Prize in Higher Education. Finally\, he is a fellow of the Assoc iation for Psychological Science and a recipient of a Royal Society-Wolfso n research merit award. His research centers on developing mechanistic mod els of perceptual and cognitive across infancy and childhood. \n\n LOCATION:Ground Floor Lecture Theatre\, Department of Psychology END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR