PhD defense Alex Hoogerbrugge

Monday June 16th Academiegebouw Domplein Utrecht

Uncovering, at any given time, how many items are present in someone’s (visual) working memory is a complex task. Alex investigated whether computational cognitive models can give insight into working memory usage based on gaze behaviour – and how experimental manipulations affect this usage of working memory. Additionally, he investigated whether various patient populations use different working memory strategies as compared to healthy controls, by seeing whether machine learning models can dissociate between the two groups based on gaze behaviour and memory usage.

Timetable:

09:45 – 09:59 Doors to Senaatszaal open 

10:00 – Doors close & defense ceremony starts

11:25 – Reception (in the same building)

16:00 – Drinks (location TBA via email)

Ceremony

Doors to the defense hall will open from 09:45 until 10:00 — NOTE: doors close strictly at 10:00, so please be on time!

At 10:00, Alex will give a “layman’s talk” (lekenpraatje), in which he presents the work featured in his dissertation. The official defense ceremony will start at 10:15 and ends around 11:25. 

Directly after the ceremony you will have the opportunity to congratulate Alex at the reception (with cake, coffee & other drinks), until approximately 12:30.