Colloquia / Events

2009-2010

September 9th, 2009

Dr. Ruth Kanfer, Georgia Institute of Technology
Motivation, Personality, and Cognitive Fatigue
 
Location: Sewall Hall 309
Time: 3:00 pm

Abstract:
One of the fundamental characteristics of tasks that involve cognitive fatigue, if not the main characteristic, is that the task is not intrinsically interesting or enjoyable to the performer.  This talk will focus on the personality and motivational characteristics correlated with subjective judgments of cognitive fatigue.  I will review empirical results of performance and subjective fatigue in cognitively-demanding tasks over extended time-on-task (up to 5½ hours), along with related reports of negative affect, positive affect, task interest, and self-efficacy across task performance.  I will also address the influence of subjective reports prior to task performance on future experiences of subjective fatigue, in the context of a trait and process model of cognitive fatigue

October 23-24, 2009

Rice University's Department of Psychology is excited to be hosting the 2009 Southwest Cognition Conference (Armadillo) conference! For more information, please visit the Armadillo website

October 26, 2009

Mentoring Meeting

Location: Sewall Hall, Art Gallery Foyer
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 pm

Rice University's Department of Psychology is hosting a Mentoring Meeting for students, interested in mental health careers, to come and meet current mental health professionals from the Houston community.
Please RSVP to lanita@rice.edu  or just drop by!