Event:
| 29.01.2026, 12:00 | TUM-NeuroImaging Center | ||
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until 13:00
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Event Type:
Talk
Speaker: Ondrej Zika Institute: School of Psychology, University College Dublin Title: Computational mechanisms of contextual inference and generalization under uncertainty in anxiety |
Location:
Online - Zoom Ismaninger Str. 22 81675 München Host: Franziska Knolle Host Email: franziska.knolle@tum.de |
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Abstract:
Recent work has associated anxiety with anomalous learning and inference in aversive uncertain situations. In this talk I will focus on two specific mechanisms: contextual inference and generalization. In the first part, I will discuss how anxiety impacts inference of hidden structures in ambiguous environments and how this might relate to increased rates of return-of-fear. I will also discuss the possibility that anxious individuals might sometimes learn structures that do not in fact exist, such as by generating overfitting hypotheses to explain observations. Subsequently, I will discuss our recent work on the role of anxiety in aversive generalisation, presenting our recent results on dissociating perceptual from value-based mechanisms.
Join the Research Seminar online: https://tum-conf.zoom.us/j/66486345358 Meeting ID: 664 8634 5358 Passcode: 170230 We are looking forward to a great discussion. See full programme: https://franziskaknolle.com/journal-club-tumnic/ Registration Link: |
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