Dear All, We would like to invite you to the following talk by Ilona Kovács (Pázmány Péter Catholic University & Eötvös Loránd University), organized as part of the ELTE Cognitive Seminar series. Time and date: 18:00 (CET), Tuesday, November 8th 2022 Place: Budapest (Hungary), Izabella u. 46, 1064, Room P3 or via Zoom (see below) Speaker: Ilona Kovács (Pázmány Péter Catholic University & Eötvös Loránd University) Title: Biological and experience-based trajectories in adolescent brain and cognitive development Abstract: Adolescent development is not only shaped by the mere passing of time and accumulating experience, but it also depends on pubertal timing and the cascade of maturational processes orchestrated by gonadal hormones. Although individual variability in puberty onset confounds adolescent studies, it has not been efficiently controlled for. Here we introduce ultrasonic bone age assessment to estimate biological maturity and disentangle the independent effects of chronological and biological age on adolescent cognitive abilities, emotional development, and brain maturation. Comparing cognitive performance of participants with different skeletal maturity we uncover the impact of biological age on both IQ and specific abilities. With respect to emotional development, we find narrow windows of highest vulnerability determined by biological age. In terms of neural development, we focus on the relevance of neural states unrelated to sensory stimulation, such as cortical activity during sleep and resting states, and we uncover a novel anterior-to-posterior pattern of human brain maturation. Based on our findings, bone age is a promising biomarker of adolescent maturity. Related papers: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-09329-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-11098-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-05620-1 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0882596322002159 [https://media.springernature.com/m685/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1038%2… Alternative female and male developmental trajectories in the dynamic balance of human visual perception | Scientific Reports - Nature<https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-05620-1> The numerous multistable phenomena in vision, hearing and touch attest that the inner workings of perception are prone to instability. We investigated a visual example—binocular rivalry—with ... www.nature.com Zoom link:https://ppk-elte-hu.zoom.us/j/99001664208?pwd=WUZkTzR5eGdiU1lhSWVDcENHWnMvdz09 Meeting ID: 990 0166 4208 Passcode: 118521 If you have questions about the event, please contact us via email (szabo.eszter.dora(a)ppk.elte.hu). We look forward to seeing you at the event, Eszter Dóra Szabó organizer ELTE Department of Cognitive Psychology