For the 12 days from June 30th to July 11 2002, Montreal will be the
Categorization Capital of the Cognitive World.
http://www.unites.uqam.ca/sccog/liens/program.html
The latest developments in all aspects of categorization will be
described and debated across the cognitive sciences spectrum:
cognitive anthropology, computer science, linguistics,
cognitive neuroscience, philosophy and psychology.
The University of Quebec/Montreal will host this Cognitive Sciences
Summer Institute. I hope you and your colleagues and students will
attend and participate in this remarkable convergence.
I've attached a sample of only a few of the over 50 speakers.
For the full programme:
http://www.unites.uqam.ca/sccog/liens/program.html
Best wishes,
Stevan Harnad.
Canada Research Chair
University of Quebec/Montreal
Partial List:
Categorization in cognitive neuroscience,
Stephen Grossberg, Boston University
Brain basis of category learning,
John Gabrieli, Stanford University
Categorization in linguistics,
Pieter Muysken, Universiteit van Nijmegen
Color categories across languages,
Paul Kay, University of California at Berkeley
Shape recognition,
Irv Biederman, University of Southern California
Object perception,
Phil G. Schyns, University of Glasgow
Category representation,
Rob Nosofsky, Indiana University
A state of the art on syntactic categories,
Arnold Zwicky, Stanford University
On categorisation and acquisition,
Eve Clark, Stanford University
Inferential theory of learning
Ryszard S. Michalski, George Mason University
Simulation and embodiment in situated conceptualization,
Lawrence Barsalou, Emory University
Category learning,
Rob Goldstone, Indiana University
Self-organizing vocabularies,
Stefano Nolfi, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technology, Rome
Analogical reasoning,
Dedre Gentner, Northwestern University
Categorisation and conceptual change,
Paul Thagard, University of Waterloo
A biological theory of empirical concepts,
Ruth Millikan, University of Connecticut
On category change,
Ian Roberts, University of Cambridge
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Towards a Balanced Social Psychology: Causes, Consequences and Cures
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Towards a Balanced Social Psychology: Causes, Consequences and Cures
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by Joachim I. Krueger and David C. Funder
ABSTRACT: Mainstream social psychology focuses on how people
characteristically violate norms of action through social misbehaviors
such as conformity, obedience, and failures to help. Likewise, they are
seen to violate norms of reasoning through cognitive errors such as misuse
of social information, self-enhancement, and an over-readiness to
attribute dispositional characteristics. The causes of this negative
research emphasis include the apparent informativeness of norm violation,
the status of good behavior and judgment as unconfirmable null hypotheses,
and the allure of counter-intuitive findings. The shortcomings of this
orientation include frequently erroneous imputations of error, findings of
mutually contradictory errors, incoherent interpretations of error, an
inability to explain the sources of behavioral or cognitive achievement,
and the inhibition of generalized theory. Possible remedies include
increased attention to the complete range of behavior and judgmental
accomplishment, analytic reforms emphasizing effect sizes and Bayesian
inference, and a theoretical paradigm able to account for both the sources
of accomplishment and of error. A more balanced social psychology would
yield not only a more positive view of human nature, but also an improved
understanding of the bases of good behavior and accurate judgment,
coherent explanations of occasional lapses, and theoretically-grounded
suggestions for improvement.
KEYWORDS: Bayesian inference; biases; normative models; personality;
positive psychology; rationality; reasoning; social behavior, social
judgment; social psychology
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Dear Dr. Qwerty,
Below is a link to the forthcoming BBS target article
Towards a Balanced Social Psychology: Causes, Consequences and Cures
for the Problem-seeking Approach to Social Behavior and Cognition
by
Joachim I. Krueger and David C. Funder
http://www.bbsonline.org/Preprints/Krueger/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
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Towards a Balanced Social Psychology: Causes, Consequences and Cures
for the Problem-seeking Approach to Social Behavior and Cognition
by Joachim I. Krueger and David C. Funder
ABSTRACT: Mainstream social psychology focuses on how people
characteristically violate norms of action through social misbehaviors
such as conformity, obedience, and failures to help. Likewise, they are
seen to violate norms of reasoning through cognitive errors such as misuse
of social information, self-enhancement, and an over-readiness to
attribute dispositional characteristics. The causes of this negative
research emphasis include the apparent informativeness of norm violation,
the status of good behavior and judgment as unconfirmable null hypotheses,
and the allure of counter-intuitive findings. The shortcomings of this
orientation include frequently erroneous imputations of error, findings of
mutually contradictory errors, incoherent interpretations of error, an
inability to explain the sources of behavioral or cognitive achievement,
and the inhibition of generalized theory. Possible remedies include
increased attention to the complete range of behavior and judgmental
accomplishment, analytic reforms emphasizing effect sizes and Bayesian
inference, and a theoretical paradigm able to account for both the sources
of accomplishment and of error. A more balanced social psychology would
yield not only a more positive view of human nature, but also an improved
understanding of the bases of good behavior and accurate judgment,
coherent explanations of occasional lapses, and theoretically-grounded
suggestions for improvement.
KEYWORDS: Bayesian inference; biases; normative models; personality;
positive psychology; rationality; reasoning; social behavior, social
judgment; social psychology
http://www.bbsonline.org/Preprints/Krueger/Referees/
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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"oforduló 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
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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.
* Fodor, J. and Lepore E. (1992) Holism. A Shopper's Guide.
Oxford: Blackwell.
* Baron-Cohen et al. (Ed.) (2000). Understanding Other Minds.
Oxford University Press.
* Fodor, J. and Lepore E. (1992) Holism. A Shopper's Guide. Oxford:
Blackwell.
* Hunyady György (1980). A konzisztencia mint a vélekedések
szervezõdési elve. In: Frank T. és Hoppál M. (szerk.) Hiedelemrendszer
és társadalmi tudat. Vol. 2. Tömegkommunikációs Kutatócsoport. 16-29.o.
* Mitchell P. and Riggs, K.J. (Ed.) (2000) Children's Reasoning and
the Mind. Psychology Press.
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Department of Theoretical Physics
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos University, Budapest
H-1518 Budapest, Pf. 32, Hungary
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The aim of the workshop will be to challenge our current understanding of
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* False Memory and Memory Illusions
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* Spatial Memory
* Memory for Actions and Events
* Memory for Faces and Objects
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The workshop is deliberately interdisciplinary and will cover a variety of
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* brain lesions
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In parallel to the workshop an International Summer School in Cognitive
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Key talks
· Jay McClelland (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Emergence of
Theory-like Knowledge from Experience: A Parallel-Distributed Processing
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· Alan Baddeley (University of Bristol, UK) - Constructive Processes
in Working Memory
· Daniel Schacter (Harvard University, USA) - The Seven Sins of
Memory: A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective
· Morris Moscovitch (University of Toronto, Canada) Remote Memory,
Consolidation and Hippocampal-Neocortical Interaction: Evidence from the
Laboratory and Clinic.
· Robert Bjork and Elizabeth Bjork (University of California, Los
Angeles, USA) - The Role of Retrieval-Induced Forgetting in the
Construction and Distortion of Memories
· Michael Anderson (University of Oregon, USA) - Inhibitory
Processes and the Regulation of Awareness
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Autobiographical Memories: Shaping the Self
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· William Hirst (New School for Social Research, NY, USA) The
Construction of a Collective Memory
· Jeroen Raaijmakers (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) -
Towards a General Theory of Human Memory
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Episodic Memory Construction and Distortion: Interaction between Memory and
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Word or PDF format) for presentation during the workshop. The papers should
be not longer than 10 single spaced pages, including tables, figures,
references, and appendices and use Times New Roman Font size 10. The papers
may address any of the topics described above. Interdisciplinary work is
especially welcome. Priority will be given to papers that open up new
issues, challenge the current understanding of human memory, present new
models or data.
Papers should be sent by April 1st 2003 to the following address:
memory(a)cogs.nbu.bg
Program Committee
Michael Anderson (University of Oregon, USA)
Alan Baddeley (University of Bristol, UK)
Robert Bjork (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
Martin Conway (University of Durham, UK)
Johannes Engelkamp (Saarland University, Germany)
William Hirst (New School for Social Research, NY, USA) - Co-Chair
Boicho Kokinov (New Bulgarian University) - Co-Chair
Elizabeth Loftus (University of Washington, USA)
Jay McClelland (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
Morris Moscovitch (University of Toronto, Canada)
Jeroen Raaijmakers (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Daniel Schacter (Harvard University, USA)
For more information look at:
http://www.nbu.bg/cogs/events/workshop.html
Central and East European Center for Cognitive Science
New Bulgarian University
21 Montevideo Str.
Sofia 1618
phone: 955-75-18
e-mail: school(a)cogs.nbu.bg
memory(a)cogs.nbu.bg
Radostina Belcheva
Administrative manager
Central and East European Center for Cognitive Science
Svetlana Petkova
Administrative manager
Central and East European Center for Cognitive Science