Daphna Shohamy

Associate Professor of Psychology, Columbia University

Daphna Shohamy is an Associate Professor at Columbia University’s Mind, Brain Behavior Institute and Department of Psychology and a member of the Kavli Institute for Brain Science. Dr. Shohamy’s research combines brain imaging in healthy humans with studies of patients with brain disorders to understand how our expectations and experiences change the way memories are formed and the consequences for health and disease. She is the recipient of Young Investigator Awards from the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, the Society for Neuroeconomics, and the Association for Psychology Science.

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A nomenclator was a slave whose duty was to accompanying his master in canvassing the streets of Classical Rome in order to recall the names of those his master encountered. Each of us is, in a way, both that ancient politician and that slave, relying on others’ memories to supply us with knowledge, and others... read more! »

Saturday, October 14th, 2017 at 2:30pm

“Fake” Knowledge: Knowing and the Illusion of Knowing

A nomenclator was a slave whose duty was to accompanying his master in canvassing the streets of Classical Rome in order to recall the names of those his master encountered. Each of us is, in a way, both that ancient politician and that slave, relying on others’ memories to supply us with knowledge, and others... read more! »