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[Fwd: [TypoKlub] Harmadik Kultura Szalon]

by Laszlo E. Szabo

Sajnos, a Harmadik Kultura Szalon kovetkezo osszejovetelenek idopontja utkozik a mi hetfonkenti Tudomanyfilozofia Szeminariumunkkal. Az athidalo megoldast mar megbeszeltuk: mi egy kicsit sietunk a szeminariumon, ok egy kicsit huzzak az idot az elejen, es majd futunk. Udvozlettel, Sz. L. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [TypoKlub] Harmadik Kultura Szalon Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 12:31:43 +0100 (CET) From: "Betti" <betti(a)typotex.hu> Reply-To: typoklub(a)typotex.hu To: typoklub(a)typotex.hu Kedves Klubtagunk! A Harmadik Kultura Szalon legujabb temaja a VEGTELEN CSIRMAZ LASZLO matematikus es SZEKELY LASZLO filozofus vezeti a beszelgetest. Helyszin: Helikon Konyveshaz Budapest, VI. Bajcsy-Zsilinszky ut 37. Idopont: 2003. marcius 10. (hetfo) delutan 6 ora. Varjuk Ont! Szokas szerint szereny etel-itallal is szolgalunk. Votisky Zsusza (Typotex Kiado) es Hortobagyi Tiborne (Helikon Konyvesbolt) Typotex Kiado www.typotex.hu 1024 Bp., Retek u. 33-35. 06-1-315-0256 _______________________________________________ TypoKlub levelezőlista TypoKlub(a)typotex.hu http://www.peaktopeak.hu/mailman/listinfo/typoklub -- L a s z l o E. S z a b o Theoretical Physics Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Department of History and Philosophy of Science Eotvos University, Budapest H-1518 Budapest, Pf. 32, Hungary Phone/Fax: (36-1)372-2924 Mobil/SMS: (36) 20-366-1172 http://hps.elte.hu/~leszabo

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Ecole d'ete (fwd)

by Stevan Harnad

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 14:49:25 -0500 From: "Lefebvre, Claire" <lefebvre.claire(a)uqam.ca> To: iscgroupe: ; Subject: Ecole d'ete Bonjour à tous, Veuillez trouver cette invitation à participer à l'École d'été en sciences cognitives de l'UQAM de Claire Lefebvre, directrice de l'École. Nicolas Marchand <bold>Premier Institut d'été en sciences cognitives à l'Université du Québec à Montréal</bold> Chères, chers collègues Comme vous le vous savez sans doute, notre université tiendra sa première École d'été en sciences cognitives. Nous aurons le plaisir d'accueillir pour l'occasion de nombreux conférenciers de l'extérieur. Le thème sera la<bold> catégorisation</bold>, telle que vue par les disciplines suivantes: l'anthropologie cognitive, l'informatique cognitive, la linguistique, la neuroscience cognitive, la philosophie et la psychologie. L'événement vous est destiné, ainsi qu'à vos étudiants des cycles supérieurs. Il a lieu du<bold> 30 juin au 11 juillet 2003</bold>. Vous trouverez le programme en annexe. Aussi, pour de plus amples renseignements, vous pouvez consulter le site Internet: http://www.unites.uqam.ca/sccog. Il faut souligner que les inscriptions effectuées avant le 1er mars bénéficient d'un tarif réduit. Salutations cordiales Claire Lefebvre Département de Linguistique Téléphone: (514) 987-3000 #8464 Télécopieur: (514) 987-4652

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Philosophy of Science Colloquium, March Program

by Laszlo E. Szabo

Department of HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Eotvos University, Budapest Pazmany P. setany 1/A Budapest Phone/Fax: (36-1) 372 2924 Department's Home Page:http://hps.elte.hu P h i l o s o p h y o f S c i e n c e C o l l o q u i u m Room 6.54 (6th floor) Monday 4:00 PM ____________________________________ P r o g r a m: March 3 March 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54 (English, except all participants speak Hungarian) K a t a l i n F a r k a s <http://www.ceu.hu/phil/farkas> Deprtment of Philosophy Central European University, Budapest Descartes on sensations In contemporary philosophy of mind dualism is often characterised as the view that the mental and the physical are fundamentally different, where paradigmatic examples of the mental are provided by conscious mental events with a phenomenal character - like sensations, sensory perceptions or feelings. It is also common to claim that the originator of this view was Descartes. A problem that is often discussed in connection with these question is known as the "explanatory gap" problem - this is the idea that even if we accept that mental events are identical to physical events, there is no intelligible connection between the nature of the mental and the physical event, hence the kind of theoretical reduction familiar from the sciences (e.g. that water is H2O) is not possible between the mental and the physical. But when we look at what Descartes actually says about sensations, perceptions or feelings, the picture is rather different. As a matter of fact, he thought that these mental events have the closest connection to the body, and his reason for this is probably found in his scientific theory. And he may have seen an explanatory gap between the mental and the physical, but he was more interested in another explanatory gap, which he claimed to lie between sensations and pure cognitive acts. These and other aspects of Decsartes' views on sensations will be discussed in the lecture. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10 March 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54 A n d r á s L o" r i n c z <http://people.inf.elte.hu/lorincz/> Department of Information Systems Eötvös University, Budapest A homunculus modellezése (Modeling of the 'homunculus') A homunculus paradoxon szerint "reprezentáció" nem értelmes, azt meg kell vizsgálni és értelmezni kell. Igy -- sajnos -- adódik a kérdés, hogy (1) hol van "az" a valaki, aki az értelmezést végzi és (2) milyen reprezentációt használ. Tehát végtelen regresszióhoz jutunk. A paradoxonon megpróbálhatunk "kifogni" a következ? módon: Az input értelmes (és nem a reprezentáció), ha az input a reprezentációból (és a tapasztalatok alapján) el?állítható. Így két dolgot tettünk egyszerre: (3) a végtelen regressziót hurokká alakítottuk és (4) a paradoxon feloldási kísérletével modellalkotási lehet?séget kaptunk. Az el?adásban azt próbálom elhitetni a hallgatósággal, hogy a fenti elv -- és néhány apró "dialektikus" kiegészítés -- részletes leírást származtat a hippocampusról, az hippocampust körülvev? entorhinális kéreg szerkezetér?l, a neocortex struktúrájáról és a bazális ganglionok szerkezetér?l is. Az el?adásban csak logikai és matematikai megfontolásokról lesz szó, a neurobiológiai részleteket illet?en (részben már publikált) hivatkozásokra fogok szorítkozni. Fontosabb hivatkozások: Two-phase computational model of the entorhinal-hippocampal region A. Lörincz and Gy. Buzsáki In: The parahippocampal region: Implications for neurological and psychiatric diseases Eds.: H.E. Sharfman, M.P. Witter, R. Schwarcz. (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 911, 2000) pp. 83-111. Independent component analysis of temporal sequences subject to constraints by LGN inputs yields all the three major cell types of the primary visual cortex B. Szatmáry and A. Lörincz Journal of Computational Neuroscience 11: 241-248, 2001. Ockham's razor modeling of the matrisome channels of the basal ganglia thalamocortical loop A. Lörincz, Gy. Hévízi and Cs. Szepesvári International Journal of Neural Systems 11: 125-143, 2001. Categories, prototypes and memory systems in Alzheimer's disease Sz. Kéri, Z. Janka, Gy. Benedek, P. Aszalós, B. Szatmáry, G. Szirtes, and A. Lörincz Trends in Cognitive Science 6: 132-136, 2002. Ockham's razor at work: Modeling of the 'homunculus' A. Lörincz, B. Póczos, G. Szirtes, and B. Takács Brain and Mind 3: 187-220, 2002 Relating priming and repetition suppression A. Lörincz, G. Szirtes, B. Takács, I. Biederman, and R. Vogels International Journal of Neural Systems 12 : 187-202, 2002. Mystery of structure and function of sensory processing areas of the neocortex: A resolution A. Lörincz, B. Szatmáry and G. Szirtes Journal of Computational Neuroscience 13: 187?205, 2002. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 17 March 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54 L á s z l ó S z é k e l y <http://www.phil-inst.hu/intezet/szl.htm> Institute for Philosophical Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Túl az antropikus elven (Beyond antropic principle) Az antropikus kozmológiai elv kapcsán két élésen szembenálló filozófiai álláspont alakult ki. Az egyik ? az ?anti antropikus? ? oldal a priori elutasítja azt a leheto"séget, hogy a természettudományos kutatás a fizikai világban emberi vonatkozásokat tárjon föl, s ezért minden ilyen irányú kutatást és álláspontot a természettudományos normák durva megsértéseként, a természettudományba történo" agresszív ideológiai behatolásként értékel. Az ?antropikus-párti? oldal szerint ezzel szemben az antropikus elvet valós természettudományos problémák indukálták, s ezért minden természettudósnak és a természettudományokkal foglalkozó filozófusnak szembe kell néznie vele ? még akkor is, ha a természettudománnyal kapcsolatos hagyományos materialista-ateista elvárásoknak ellentmondó filozófiai következményei vannak. A vita ero"s ideológiai töltésu" ero"térében ? amelyet alapveto"en az anti-antropikus oldalnak az elvvel szembeni ellenséges érzülete, s a benne jelentkezo" valós probléma tagadására irányuló törekvése határoz meg ? hiányoznak az olyan elemzések, melyek elfogulatlanul közelítenének az itt fölveto"do" kérdésekhez. Elo"adásomban korábbi könyvem szellemében ? de a könyv konkrét érveit részben újrafogalmazva, s továbbgondolva ? az antropikus elvvel kapcsolatos vita hibás fogalmi kontextusára szeretnék rámutat. Ennek részeként elo"ször amellett fogok érvelni, hogy a fizikai világ emberi vonatkozásnak keresése nem csupán nem tudományellenes, hanem triviális természettudományos módszertani követelmény abban az értelemben, amiképpen az a gyenge elvben megfogalmazódik. A gyenge antropikus elv ? bár ?antropikus? ? semmiféle ideológiai vagy metafizikai tartalommal nem bír, s még a legortodoxabb materialista sem találhat kivetni valót benne. A nagy számokra vonatkozó Dirac-féle hipotézis kapcsán megmutatom, hogy éppen az ?emberi vonatkozás? kizárása tünteti ki megengedhetetlen, anti-kopernikánus módon a megfigyelo"t, s sérti meg a természettudományos kutatás normáit. Amikor Dicke új ? antropikus ? magyarázatot ad ugyanezen számokra, valójában csupán visszaállítja a természettudományos magyarázat hagyományos logikáját, amit az egyoldalúan anti-antropikus tradíció eltorzított. Bár a gyenge elv ismeretelméletileg és kultúrtörténetileg igen érdekes, egy filozófus számára az ero"s antropikus elv az, ami igazán izgalmas, hiszen itt a háttérben tradicionális metafizikai problémák húzódnak meg. Filozófiai szempontból azonban az ero"s antropikus elvnek ? legalábbis abban a szu"k értelemben, amiképpen az megfogalmazódott és a mai diszkussziókban szerepel ? csupán másodlagos jelento"sége van: az elv által érintett tényleges ontológiai és metafizikai kérdések ?túl? vannak az antropikus elven. Ma egyre gyakrabban olvashatunk szenzációsnak szánt kijelentéseket arról, hogy az ero"s antropikus elv az új tudományos elméletek fényében fölöslegessé vált, azt megsemmisítette a fizika fejlo"dése. Amennyiben azonban az ero"s elv a természettudományban fontossággal bírhat, s amennyiben azt a természettudomány fölöslegessé teheti, filozófiailag nem igazán érdekes. Az igazi filozófiai kérdés a világegyetem antropikusságára vonatkozik, s e kérdés mint a filozófia leibnizi és heideggeri alapkérdésének levezetettje nyeri el értelmét. Azt a természettudomány ezért sohasem válaszolhatja meg, s így sohasem teheti meghaladottá. Ajánlott irodalom: Székely László: Az emberarcú kozmosz. Budapest: Áron Kiadó, 1997. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 24 March 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54 S z a b o l c s K i s s* <mailto:kiss.szabolcs@matavnet.hu> I r i n g ó H a l a s i E d i t M o l n á r _________ * elo"adó Institute of Psychology University of Pécs A humán vélekedésrendszer konzisztenciájának tulajdonítása gyermekeknél (Children's ascription logical consistency to human beliefs) Az ún. naív tudatelmélet kutatása napjaink megismeréstudományának egyik központi területe (ld. pl. Baron-Cohen et al. 2000). Ezen belül a gyermek elméro"l való gondolkodásának és ítélethozatalának a feltárása kitüntetett terület (ld. pl. Mitchell és Riggs 2000). A szociálpszichológiában a fenti kutatásoktól függetlenül ugyanakkor nagy hagyománya van a humán nézet- vagy vélekedésrendszerek kutatásának. Itt az egyik központi kérdés a vélekedésrendszerek konzisztenciáját érinti (ld. pl. Hunyadi 1980). Napjaink tudatfilozófiájában pedig a másik személy tudatának interpretálásakor használt racionális elvek beazonosítása kap központi szerepet. Jelen elo"adás célja, hogy egy saját empirikus munka eredményeinek ismertetése keretében összekapcsolja a naív tudatelméleti, a szociálpszichológiai és a tudatfilozófiai elméleteket. A kognitív fejlo"déslélektani kísérleti adatgyu"jtés kiindulópontja a másik személy tudatának értelmezésekor használt normatív (racionális) alapelvek egyike volt. Ezt az ún. zárás alapelvét a tudatfilozófiában például Fodor és Lepore (1992, 143.o.) is ismerteti : ?(...) Szükségszeru"en, ha egy lényt úgy reprezentálunk, mint aki P-t véli és P implikálja Q-t, akkor a lényt úgy kell reprezentálni, mint aki Q-t véli.? Mikortól folyamodik a gyermek ehhez az alapelvhez? Hogyan sajátítja ezt el? Mi a kapcsolat a gyermek logikai fejlo"dése és a zárás alapelvének kialakulása között? Milyen szerepet játszik a saját vélekedésrendszerhez való introspektív hozzáférés az alapelv elsajátításában? Az elo"adásban ismertetett kísérlettel a fenti kérdésekre kerestünk választ. Az empirikus munka során óvodás korú gyermekek olyan rövid történeteket hallgattak, amelyek feltételezték a zárás alapelvének megértését. A történetek végén feltett kérdésekre adott helyes válaszokon keresztül mértük fel a gyermekek teljesítményét. A számos rendkivül izgalmas kísérleti eredmény ismertetésekor kitérek a három évesek gyenge adataira és erre vonatkozó lehetséges magyarázatokat fogalmazok meg. Tárgyalom a talált fejlo"dési trendet és az eredményeket összevetem a hamis vélekedés teszt klasszikus eredményeivel. Eközben bemutatom az általunk használt próba komputációs szintu" feladatelemzését is, amely szorosan kapcsolódik a vélekedésrendszer reprezentációjának különbözo" szintjeihez. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 31 March 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54 P é t e r F ö l d i á k <http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/%7Epf2/> School of Psychology, University of St Andrews Centre for Cognitive Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics Neurális reprezentáció a magasszintu" látókéregben (Neural representation in visual cortex) A Barlow-féle redundancia-csökkentési elv már régóta jósolta, hogy hasznos, ha a nagy valószínu"séggel el?forduló jellemzo"-kombinációk lokális neurális reprezentációt kapnak. Egy ilyen gyakori, és viselkedésileg is jelento"s kombinációt hoz létre az emberi arc. A halántéklebeny STSa agykérgi területén már régóta találtak arcokra reagáló idegsejteket (Perret), de a szelektivitás mérésének egy újfajta, gyors megjelenítésen alapuló módszerével ezek a sejtek (is) lényegesen objektívebben vizsgálhatóak. ___________________________________ The 60-minute lecture is followed by a 10-minute break. Then we held a 30-60-minute discussion.The participants may comment the talks and initiate discussion on the Internet. The comments should be written in the language of the presentation. The organizer of the colloquium: Laszlo E. Szabo (email: leszabo(a)hps.elte.hu) -- Laszlo E. Szabo Department of Theoretical Physics Department of History and Philosophy of Science Eotvos University, Budapest H-1518 Budapest, Pf. 32, Hungary Phone/Fax: (36-1)372-2924 Home: (36-1) 200-7318 Mobil/SMS: (36) 20-366-1172 http://hps.elte.hu/~leszabo

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Philosophy of Science Colloquium, February Program

by Laszlo E. Szabo

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News from Science & Consciousness Review

by Thomas Zoëga Ramsøy

Dear member of this list, Science & Consciousness Review ( http://psych.pomona.edu/scr ) has released new articles and reviews: _______________________ EDITORIAL REVIEW --- THIRD COMMENTARY ON CRICK & KOCH The Missing Self, or: 10 Ways How To Be A Zombie - by John G. Taylor The article by Crick and Koch is undoubtedly a first: for Nature to cave in so spectacularly to the so-called Framework proffered to them in the name of neuroscience. But unfortunately the Framework gets nowhere fast, since it has no real teeth to get at the underlying phenomenon of consciousness itself. The Framework needs to feel right from the inside consciousness is surely about our inner experience Full text at: http://psych.pomona.edu/scr/editorials/20030203.html In February, Science & Consciousness Review publishes editorial commentaries on Crick & Koch's recent article in Nature Neuroscience. _______________________ LATEST HEADLINES - Neuronal synchrony does not correlate with motion coherence in cortical area MT - Multiple routes to memory - Mapping the brain - Brain imaging study sheds light on inner workings of human intelligence See NEWS IN BRIEF at: http://psych.pomona.edu/scr/more_news.html _______________________ PREVIOUS ARTICLES Integration in the brain at: http://psych.pomona.edu/scr/news/articles/20021002.html Automaticity, unconsciousness and speech production at: http://psych.pomona.edu/scr/news/articles/20020501.html Touching what is out there at: http://psych.pomona.edu/scr/news/articles/20020903.html Visit our archives at: http://psych.pomona.edu/scr/archive.html _______________________ SEND YOUR CONTRIBUTION For students, teachers, scientists, and all other fans of consciousness... Send your news summaries to us. See more at: http://psych.pomona.edu/scr/author_instructions.html Sincerely, Thomas Zoëga Ramsøy Managing Editor

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RELIGION, COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY

by david smith

2nd Annual Conference of the New England Institute for Cognitive Science and Evolutionary Psychology (NEI) RELIGION, COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY August 12-13, 2003 Eastland Park Hotel, Portland, Maine At least since the great psychologist and philosopher William James, the issue of religious experience has been the subject of scientific investigation. The conference will apply empirical and theoretical findings from cognitive science and evolutionary psychology, including neuroscience, philosophy, and anthropology to explore the nature of religion and the religious experience from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and methodologies. Conference Presentations: Opening remarks Nicholas Humphrey, Ph.D. Religion and The Mental Instincts That Create It Pascal Boyer, Ph.D. Religion's Evolutionary Landscape: Counterintuition, Commitment, Compassion, Communion Scott Atran, Ph.D. The evolutionary origins of spiritual consciousness Matthew Apler Natural selection is non-denominational: why evolutionary models of religion should be more concerned with behavior than concepts Jesse M. Bering, Ph.D. Religious costs as adaptations signalling altruistic intention. Joseph A. Bulbulia, Ph.D. Cognitive psychology of 'original sin' H. John Caulfield, Ph.D. Religion, death and horror films: an evolutionary analysis Hank Davis, Ph.D and Andrea Javor, Ph.D.* Problem solving and religion in the EEA: an endorphin rush? Christopher di Carlo, Ph.D. Negation and doubt in religious representations Bradley Franks, Ph.D. * God talk: abstract schemata of deity in verbal narratives Robert E. Haskell, Ph.D. Why do people behave religiously? Stephen W. Kercel, Ph.D. and Donald C. Mikulecky, Ph.D. The capacity for religious experience is an evolutionary adaptation to warfare Allen D. MacNeill, Ph.D. The cognitive neuropsychiatry of religious belief Ryan McKay, Ph.D. With or without belief: a new evolutionary approach to the definition and explanation of religion. Craig Palmer, Ph.D.and Lyle B. Steadman, Ph.D. Categorizing the supernatural: an investigation of the relationship between conceptualization and belief Andre W. Shtulman, Ph.D. Religion, evolution and an immunology of cultural systems Jespert Sørensen, Ph.D. To register for the conference or to obtain further information visit our web page at www.une.edu/nei and click on the hyperlink for international conferences.

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Glover/Separate Visual Representations: BBS Call for Commentators

by Barbara Finlay - Behavioral & Brain Sciences

Below is a link to the forthcoming BBS target article: Separate Visual Representations in the Planning and Control of Action by Scott Glover http://www.bbsonline.org/Preprints/Glover/Referees/ This article has been accepted for publication in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS), an international, interdisciplinary journal providing Open Peer Commentary on important and controversial current research in the biobehavioral and cognitive sciences. Commentators must be BBS Associates or suggested by a BBS Associate. To be considered as a commentator for this article, to suggest other appropriate commentators, or for information about how to become a BBS Associate, please reply by EMAIL within three (3) weeks to: calls(a)bbsonline.org The Calls are sent to 10,000 BBS Associates, so there is no expectation (indeed, it would be calamitous) that each recipient should comment on every occasion! Hence there is no need to reply except if you wish to comment, or to suggest someone to comment. If you are not a BBS Associate, please approach a current BBS Associate (there are currently over 10,000 worldwide) who is familiar with your work to nominate you. All past BBS authors, referees and commentators are eligible to become BBS Associates. An electronic list of current BBS Associates is available at this location to help you select a name: http://www.bbsonline.org/Instructions/assoclist.html (please note that this list is being updated) If no current BBS Associate knows your work, please send us your Curriculum Vitae and BBS will circulate it to appropriate Associates to ask whether they would be prepared to nominate you. (In the meantime, your name, address and email address will be entered into our database as an unaffiliated investigator.) ======================================================================= ** IMPORTANT ** ======================================================================= To help us put together a balanced list of commentators, it would be most helpful if you would send us an indication of the relevant expertise you would bring to bear on the paper, and what aspect of the paper you would anticipate commenting upon. (Please note that we only request expertise information in order to simplify the selection process.) Please DO NOT prepare a commentary until you receive a formal invitation, indicating that it was possible to include your name on the final list, which is constructed so as to balance areas of expertise and frequency of prior commentaries in BBS. To help you decide whether you would be an appropriate commentator for this article, an electronic draft is retrievable at the URL that follows the abstract and keywords below. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Separate Visual Representations in the Planning and Control of Action Scott Glover University of Oxford ABSTRACT: Evidence for a dichotomy between the planning of an action and its on-line control in humans is reviewed. This evidence suggests that planning and on-line control each serve a specialized purpose different from the other, and utilize distinct visual representations. Evidence from behavioral studies suggests that planning is influenced by a large array of visual and cognitive information, whereas control is influenced solely by the spatial characteristics of the target, including such things as its size, shape, orientation, etc. Evidence from brain imaging and neuropsychology suggest that planning and control are subserved by separate visual centers in the posterior parietal lobes, each constituting part of a larger network for planning and control. Planning appears to rely on phylogenetically newer regions in the inferior parietal lobe, along with the frontal lobes and basal ganglia, whereas control appears to rely on older regions in the superior parietal lobe, along with the cerebellum. 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Fw: Cognitive Science Society Virtual Colloquium

by Krajcsi Attila

----- Original Message ----- From: "Art Markman" <markman(a)psyvax.psy.utexas.edu> To: <acl(a)aclweb.org>; <chi-Announcements(a)acm.org>; <cogdop(a)lsv.uky.edu>; <cogpsy(a)listserv.tamu.edu>; <Cognitive.Neuroscience.Society(a)Dartmouth.EDU>; <cogsci(a)umich.edu>; <connectionists(a)cs.cmu.edu>; <distributed-ai-request(a)mailbase.ac.uk>; <empiricists-request(a)unagi.cis.upenn.edu>; <evolutionary-computing-request(a)mailbase.ac.uk>; <hybrid-list(a)cs.ua.edu>; <info(a)aaai.org>; <info-childes(a)childes.psy.cmu.edu>; <linguist(a)tamvm1.tamu.edu>; <ml(a)ics.uci.edu>; <mlnet(a)csd.abdn.ac.uk>; <cogling(a)ucsd.edu>; <MPSYCH-L(a)lISTSERV.BROWN.EDU>; <neron-request(a)cattell.psych.upenn.edu>; <news-announce-conferences(a)uuunet.uu.NET.cs.cmu.edu>; <nipsinfo(a)salk.edu>; <owner-info-psyling-digest(a)gla.ac.uk>; <psyling(a)psy.gla.ac.uk>; <soar-requests(a)cs.cmu.edu>; <soar-group(a)umich.edu>; <linguist(a)listserv.linguistlist.org>; <rasmusse(a)cs.rutgers.edu>; <BWanchisen(a)apa.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 4:13 PM Subject: Cognitive Science Society Virtual Colloquium > The Cognitive Science Society is hosting a 2002-2003 virtual colloquium > series presented live via the Internet, with the with the fourth talk given > by Dr. John Anderson. Register now to attend: > www.ctaresource.com/CognitiveScience. > > Time: Friday February 28, 2003 > 1:00pm US Eastern Standard Time > > Presenter: Dr. John Anderson > Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Psychology > > Topic: Use of a Cognitive Architecture and fMRI to Mutually inform Each > Other or A Tale of Three Buffers > > We will describe the interaction between cognitive modeling and brain > imaging. Two fMRI studies will be described. The first was concerned with > the solution of algebraic equations. We tried to relate the brain regions > discovered to components of a prior ACT-R model that had been developed. A > left posterior parietal region corresponded to the behavior of a module in > ACT-R that maintains an image of the equation and performs mental > transformations on it. A left prefrontal region corresponded to the > behavior of a module that retrieves relevant information such as arithmetic > facts. A left motor region corresponded to the behavior of module that > programs hand movements. We will describe how we were able to fit precisely > the BOLD functions obtained from these regions given the operation of the > ACT-R model. To show that these regions were not specific to mathematics and > to turn our model-fitting exercise from postdiction to prediction we > performed a second study using a more abstract symbol-manipulation task. The > model fits were equally good if not better, although we had to adjust our a > priori rehearsal assumptions. The second study identified an anterior > cingulate particle whose behavior appears to correspond to the conflict > resolution process in ACT-R. This research illustrates profitable back and > forth that is possible between brain imaging and cognitive modeling. The > basic methodology can be applied to help shape any information processing > architecture, not just ACT-R. > > Further information about this talk, the colloquium series, a schedule of > future talks, and an archive of previous talks are available at > http://www.cognitivesciencesociety.org/colloquium > > Contact Janet Morrow, cta(a)aptima.com with any questions about registration > for this seminar. > > Please forward this invitation to colleagues who would benefit from this > seminar or the series. > > This series is sponsored by the Office of Naval Research. > > Sincerely, > Art Markman > markman(a)psy.utexas.edu > > Dr. Arthur B. Markman > University of Texas > Department of Psychology > Austin, TX 78712 > 512-232-4645

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Glover/Separate Visual Representations: BBS Call for Commentators

by Barbara Finlay - Behavioral & Brain Sciences

Dear Dr. Qwerty, Below is a link to the forthcoming BBS target article: Separate Visual Representations in the Planning and Control of Action by Scott Glover http://www.bbsonline.org/Preprints/Glover/Referees/ This article has been accepted for publication in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS), an international, interdisciplinary journal providing Open Peer Commentary on important and controversial current research in the biobehavioral and cognitive sciences. Commentators must be BBS Associates or suggested by a BBS Associate. To be considered as a commentator for this article, to suggest other appropriate commentators, or for information about how to become a BBS Associate, please reply by EMAIL within three (3) weeks to: calls(a)bbsonline.org The Calls are sent to 10,000 BBS Associates, so there is no expectation (indeed, it would be calamitous) that each recipient should comment on every occasion! Hence there is no need to reply except if you wish to comment, or to suggest someone to comment. If you are not a BBS Associate, please approach a current BBS Associate (there are currently over 10,000 worldwide) who is familiar with your work to nominate you. All past BBS authors, referees and commentators are eligible to become BBS Associates. An electronic list of current BBS Associates is available at this location to help you select a name: http://www.bbsonline.org/Instructions/assoclist.html (please note that this list is being updated) If no current BBS Associate knows your work, please send us your Curriculum Vitae and BBS will circulate it to appropriate Associates to ask whether they would be prepared to nominate you. (In the meantime, your name, address and email address will be entered into our database as an unaffiliated investigator.) ======================================================================= ** IMPORTANT ** ======================================================================= To help us put together a balanced list of commentators, it would be most helpful if you would send us an indication of the relevant expertise you would bring to bear on the paper, and what aspect of the paper you would anticipate commenting upon. (Please note that we only request expertise information in order to simplify the selection process.) Please DO NOT prepare a commentary until you receive a formal invitation, indicating that it was possible to include your name on the final list, which is constructed so as to balance areas of expertise and frequency of prior commentaries in BBS. To help you decide whether you would be an appropriate commentator for this article, an electronic draft is retrievable at the URL that follows the abstract and keywords below. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Separate Visual Representations in the Planning and Control of Action Scott Glover University of Oxford ABSTRACT: Evidence for a dichotomy between the planning of an action and its on-line control in humans is reviewed. This evidence suggests that planning and on-line control each serve a specialized purpose different from the other, and utilize distinct visual representations. Evidence from behavioral studies suggests that planning is influenced by a large array of visual and cognitive information, whereas control is influenced solely by the spatial characteristics of the target, including such things as its size, shape, orientation, etc. Evidence from brain imaging and neuropsychology suggest that planning and control are subserved by separate visual centers in the posterior parietal lobes, each constituting part of a larger network for planning and control. Planning appears to rely on phylogenetically newer regions in the inferior parietal lobe, along with the frontal lobes and basal ganglia, whereas control appears to rely on older regions in the superior parietal lobe, along with the cerebellum. KEYWORDS: action, apraxia, control, illusions, optic ataxia, planning, PET, reaching http://www.bbsonline.org/Preprints/Glover/Referees/ ======================================================================= ======================================================================= *** SUPPLEMENTARY ANNOUNCEMENT *** (1) Call for Book Nominations for BBS Multiple Book Review In the past, Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) had only been able to do 1-2 BBS multiple book treatments per year, because of our limited annual page quota. BBS's new expanded page quota will make it possible for us to increase the number of books we treat per year, so this is an excellent time for BBS Associates and biobehavioral/cognitive scientists in general to nominate books you would like to see accorded BBS multiple book review. (Authors may self-nominate, but books can only be selected on the basis of multiple nominations.) It would be very helpful if you indicated in what way a BBS Multiple Book Review of the book(s) you nominate would be useful to the field (and of course a rich list of potential reviewers would be the best evidence of its potential impact!). *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Please note: Your email address has been added to our user database for Calls for Commentators, the reason you received this email. If you do not wish to receive further Calls, please feel free to change your mailshot status through your User Login link on the BBSPrints homepage, using your username and password. Or, email a response with the word "remove" in the subject line. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Barbara Finlay Editor Jeffrey Gray Editor Behavioral and Brain Sciences bbs(a)bbsonline.org http://www.bbsonline.org -------------------------------------------------------------------

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REMINDER: IJCAI workshop on Cognitive Modeling of Agents and Multi-Agent Interactions

by Ron Sun

Workshop on Cognitive Modeling of Agents and Multi-Agent Interactions During IJCAI'2003 August 9, 2003. Acapulco, Mexico Computational models of cognitive agents that incorporate a wide range of cognitive functionalities (such as a variety of memory/representation, various types of learning, and sensory motor capabilities) have been developed in both AI and cognitive science. In AI, they appear under the rubric of intelligent agents and multi-agent systems. In cognitive science, they are often known as cognitive architectures. These strands of research provide useful paradigms for addressing some fundamental questions in AI and Cognitive Science. Artificial intelligence started out with the goal of designing functioning intelligent agents. However, faced with the enormous difficulty of the task, the focus has largely been on modeling specific aspects of intelligence, often in highly restricted domains. Nevertheless, some researchers have focused on putting the pieces together with the goal of designing autonomous agents. More important, there is a growing interest in multi-agent interactions that addresses issues of coordination and cooperation among cognitive agents. On the other side, traditionally, the main focus of research in cognitive science has been on specific components of cognition (e.g., perception, memory, learning, language). Recent developments in computational modeling of cognitive architectures provide new avenues for precisely specifying complex cognitive processes in tangible ways, thereby addressing foundational questions in cognitive science. Such developments need to be extended to multi-agent interactions and there are promising developments in this regard (see e.g. recent papers in this area in the journal Cognitive Systems Research). Against this background, this workshop seeks to bring together cognitive scientists and AI researchers, with a wide range of background and expertise, to discuss research problems in understanding cognition at the individual level as well as at the collective level. The workshop is open to all members of the AI and CogSci research communities. We invite submissions on all aspects of cognitive modeling of agents and multi-agent interactions, including, but not limited to: * Cognitive architectures of individual cognitive agents. * Cognitive models of multi-agent interactions (e.g., communication, cooperation, and negotiation, in relation to cognition). * Cognitive models of multi-agent organizations (e.g., organizational structure, economies, culture, and other coordination structures and mechanisms, in relation to cognition). * Cognitive models of co-learning of multiple cognitive agents. * Computational models of evolution of cognition and behavior. * Computational abstractions, languages, and tools for cognitive modeling of agents and multi-agent interactions. The discussions at the workshop will focus on the following issues, among many others: * What are the characteristics of the successful cognitive architectures for modeling individual cognitive agents? * What are the suitable characteristics of cognitive architectures for modeling both individual cognitive agents and multi-agent interactions? * What are the fundamental ways of understanding and modeling multi-agent interactions? Can they be reduced to individual cognition? * How can we best characterize and model social structures and organizations in relation to cognition? * How important is evolution in shaping individual cognition and collective behavior? How can we model that aspect? SUBMISSION If you are interested in giving a presentation at the workshop, please submit a full paper, 6-10 pages, in the IJCAI paper format. If you are only interested in attending, submit a brief abstract (one page or less) describing your interest. Use the IJCAI paper format (and templates) for your papers. See the IJCAI Web site: http://www.ijcai-03.org for details. Electronic submission is required. Only the Postscript or PDF format is accepted. Send your paper (in PS or PDF) as an email attachment. In the body of your email, include (in plain ASCII): names of all authors, their affiliations, their physical addresses, and their email addresses. In addition, the same information should also be included in your paper itself. All submissions should be sent to: rsun(a)cecs.missouri.edu Each paper will be reviewed for technical soundness, relevance, significance, and clarity. An edited book volume, as well as a special issue of the journal Cognitive System Research, is planned for a selected subset of the papers of the workshop. IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES * Deadline for the submission of full papers (6 to 10 pages) or abstracts (1 page): March 1, 2003. * Notification of acceptance/rejection: March 30, 2003. * Deadline for the receipt of camera-ready papers: May 1, 2003 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Prof. Ron Sun (Chair) CECS Department, 201 EBW University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO 65211-2060 rsun(a)cecs.missouri.edu http://www.cecs.missouri.edu/~rsun Prof. Cristiano Castelfranchi Department of Communication Sciences University of Siena Siena, Italy castel(a)ip.rm.cnr.it Prof. Jan Treur Department of Artificial Intelligence Faculty of Sciences Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands treur(a)cs.vu.nl Dr. Robert L. West Department of Psychology and Department of Cognitive Science Carleton University 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6 robert_west(a)carleton.ca Dr. Christian Lebiere Human-Computer Interaction Institute School of Computer Science Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 cl(a)andrew.cmu.edu ------------------------------------------------------------ See the workshop Web page at: http://www.cecs.missouri.edu/~rsun/wsp03.html =================================================================== Professor Ron Sun, Ph.D James C. Dowell Professor CECS Department, 201 EBW phone: (573) 884-7662 University of Missouri-Columbia fax: (573) 882-8318 Columbia, MO 65211-2060 email: rsun(a)cecs.missouri.edu http://www.cecs.missouri.edu/~rsun ===================================================================

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