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April 10th 2026 - Carlo de Lillo, U. Leicester, UK. Cognition and overshadowing in human virtual foraging for ephemeral resources
PALM is a series of online meeting on topics related to learning process and in particular the psychology of associative learning and memory. For each session, an invited speaker gives a talk (up to 40 minutes) followed by a discussion.
Talks are handled via zoom (follow this link ZOOM LINK). More information here.
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Scheduled conferences are listed below.
Important : the schedule is set within the Central European Time zone.
April 10th 2026, 4pm
Carlo De Lillo, University of Leicester, UK
Cognition and overshadowing in human virtual foraging for ephemeral resources
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
May 15th 2026, 4pm
Lucas Alvares, UFRGS, BR
TBA
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
June 12th 2026, 4pm
Dominik R Bach, University of Bonn, DE
Benchmarks for Associative Learning Models
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
Coming up - 2025-2026
October 10th 2025, 4pm - Dominic Dwyer, Cardiff University, UK - Propositional inference a stimulus generator for Evaluative Conditioning: Implications for propositional theories of learning
November 14th 2025, 4pm - Andy Delamater, Brooklyn College, CUNY, USA - Learning to Predict “What” and “When”: Psychological, Neural Systems, & Computational Approaches
December 12th 2025, 4pm - Marie Monfils, UT Austin, USA - Rats are us
January 16th 2026, 4pm - Thomas Chartier, CRPN, Aix-Marseille Université, FR - Association: one term, five concepts
February 13th 2026, 4pm - Emma N Cahill, University of Bristol, UK - The sound of salience: hypervigilance responses in rats
March 13th 2026, 4PM - Ralph Miller, SUNY-Binghamton, USA - Conditioned Inhibition: The bidirectional relationship between theory and assessment
April 10th 2026, 4PM - Carlo De Lillo, University of Leicester, UK - Cognition and overshadowing in human virtual foraging for ephemeral resources
May 15th 2026, 4PM - Lucas Alvares, UFRGS, BR - TBA
June 12th 2026, 4PM - Dominik R Bach, University of Bonn, DE - Benchmarks for Associative Learning Models
March 13th 2026, 4pm
Ralph Miller, SUNY-Binghamton, USA
Conditioned Inhibition: The bidirectional relationship between theory and assessment
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
February 13th 2026, 4pm
Emma N Cahill, University of Bristol, UK
The sound of salience: hypervigilance responses in rats
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
January 16th 2026, 4pm
Thomas Chartier, CRPN, Aix-Marseille Université, FR
Association: one term, five concepts
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
December 12th 2025, 4pm
Marie Monfils, UT Austin, USA
Rats are us
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
November 14th 2025, 4pm
Andy Delamater, Brooklyn College, CUNY, USA
Learning to Predict “What” and “When”: Psychological, Neural Systems, & Computational Approaches
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
October 10th 2025, 4pm
Dominic Dwyer, Cardiff University, UK
Propositional inference a stimulus generator for Evaluative Conditioning: Implications for propositional theories of learning
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
June 6th 2025, 4 pm
Mark E. Bouton, University of Vermont, USA
Paying attention (or not) to what you are doing: Habit, goal direction, and inhibition in operant learning
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
May 9th 2025, 4 pm
Ron Keiflin, University of California Santa Barbara, USA
Context-gated reward predictions in rats
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
March 14th 2025, 4 pm
Susan Sangha, School of Medicine, Indiana University, USA
Conditioned Inhibition of Fear Behaviors in Rats
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
December 13th 2024, 4 pm
Tom Verguts, Ghent University, BE
Learning cognitive control
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
November 15th 2024, 4 pm
Sam Cooper, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Neurobehavioral Mechanisms of Higher-Order Fear Generalization in Anxiety-Related Psychopathology
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
October 11th 2024, 4 pm
Anna Wilkinson, University of Lincoln, UK
Cold-blooded Cognition
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
September 13th 2024, 4 pm
Shepard Siegel, McMaster University, CA.
The Ghost in the Addict
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
July 26th 2024, 4 pm
Yuri Pavlov, University of Tubingen, DE
The role of contingency awareness in human fear conditioning
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
July 12th 2024, 4 pm
Jeremie Jozefowiez, Université de Lille, FR
The impact of outcome valence on interference in human associative learning
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
June 28th 2024, 4 pm
Liat Levita, University of Sussex, UK
Expanding neurobiological models of adolescence: Threat learning, extinction and cortical plasticity
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
June 14th 2024, 4 pm
Elliot Ludvig, University of Warwick, UK
Memory biases in risky choice and gambling
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
May 3rd 2024, 4 pm
Manuel Vidal, INT CNRS Marseille, FR.
Using virtual reality to study fish behavior
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
April 19th 2024, 4 pm
Ricardo Pellon Suarez De Puga, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, ES.
The two sides of reinforcement: induction and strength
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
April 5th 2024, 4 pm (gmt+1)
Michael Domjan, University of Texas at Austin, USA.
Pavlovian sensitization
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
March 8th 2024, 4 pm (gmt+1)
Stefano Palminteri, Ecole normale supérieure, Paris, FR.
Context-induced memory illusions of economic values: a test across elicitation methods and learning modalities
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
February 23rd 2024, 4 pm (gmt+1)
Vijay Mohan K Namboodiri, UCSF, USA.
Associative learning, prospective or retrospective?
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
January 26th 2024, 4 pm (gmt+1)
Jan De Houwer, Ghent University, BE.
On the nature and boundaries of learning: Learning effects as subset of feature transformation effects
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
January 12th 2024, 4 pm (gmt+1)
Victor Navarro, Cardiff University, UK.
Prediction error in models of adaptive behavior
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
December 1st 2023, 4 pm (gmt+1)
Olivier de Vries, University of Amsterdam, NL.
Pavlovian conditioning and episodic memory: towards an integrated account of associative learning
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
November 17th 2023, 4 pm (gmt+1)
Jack Van Allsburg & Timothy Shahan, Utah State University, USA.
How do animals weigh conflicting information about reward sources over time? Comparing dynamic averaging models
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
November 3rd 2023, 4 pm (gmt+2)
Jose Prados, University of Derby, UK
Tolman Revisited: Associative rather than gestaltic cognitive mapping
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
October 20th 2023, 4 pm (gmt+2)
Mark Haselgrove, University of Nottingham, UK
The Role of Novelty Mismatch in Latent Inhibition
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
October 6th 2023, 4 pm (gmt+2)
Laurent Madelain, Université de Lille, FR
Constraints on contextual learning for saccadic adaptation
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
September 22nd 2023, 4 pm (gmt+2)
Tina Lonsdorf, Universität Bielefeld, DE
How do adverse childhood experiences get under the skin - Neurofunctional, psychophysiological and methodological results from associative threat and reward learning
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
September 8th 2023, 4 pm (gmt+2)
Andy Lattal - West Virginia University, USA
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
July 21st 2023, 4 pm (gmt+2)
David Shanks - University College London, UK
Contextual cueing of visual search: A test case for studying learning systems
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
July 7th 2023, 4 pm (gmt+2)
Gonzalo Urcelay - University of Nottingham, UK
Facilitation and competition in associative learning
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
June 23rd 2023, 4 pm (gmt+2)
Bram Vervliet - KU Leuven, Belgium
The power of relief in regulating fears
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09
June 9th 2023, 4 pm (gmt+2)
Anastasia Chalkia - KU Leuven, Belgium
Disrupting emotional associative memory through directed forgetting
Zoom link : https://univ-lille-fr.zoom.us/j/99663759933?pwd=RFdjQWhQcGQvazR4MTZ2bDdJNnJEZz09