koglist October 2010

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Theoretical Philosophy Forum, Janos Tanacs

by Laszlo E. Szabo

THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM Institute of Philosophy Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös University Address: Múzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest 3 November (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 János Tanács Department of Philosophy and the History of Science Budapest University of Technology and Economics Érvelő szövegek perbe fogva. Egy sajtó-helyreigazítási per argumentáció- elméleti elemzésének tanulságai. (Argumentative writings go to court. Some argumentation theoretical lessons drawn from an action at law against press) ___________________________________ Abstracts and printable program (poster) are available from the web site of the Forum: http://phil.elte.hu/tpf (Please feel free to post the program in your institution!) The Forum is open to everyone, including students, visitors, and faculty members from all departments and institutes! Format: 60 minute lecture, coffee break, 60 minute discussion. The organizer of the Forum: László E. Szabó (leszabo(a)phil.elte.hu) -- L a s z l o E. S z a b o Professor of Philosophy DEPARTMENT OF LOGIC, INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY EOTVOS UNIVERSITY, BUDAPEST http://phil.elte.hu/leszabo

15 years, 6 months

PPKE-ITK Idegtudományi ea. KEDD NOV.2 - Alpha oscillations - Roman Freunberger

by Bankó Éva

Szeretettel várunk minden kedves érdeklődőt kedden! Időpont:Kedd, nov. 2. 16hHelyszín:Pázmány P. Kat. Egyetem - ITK (1083, Práter utca 50/a) Kari Tanácsterem (204-es szoba) Dr. Roman Freunberger, PhDtudományos munkatárs, Department of Psychology, University of Salzburg http://www.uni-salzburg.at/portal/page?_pageid=138,414035&_dad=portal&_sche… Are alpha oscillations a neural correlate of inhibition? Human alpha oscillations, appearing as high amplitude 10 Hz waves in the human electroencephalogram (EEG) during rest, were continuously considered as background noise. Recent investigations highlight alpha as an important attentional mechanism that serves as active ‘gatekeeper’ for sensory information processing. Increasing evidence suggest that alpha is inhibitory in nature suppressing irrelevant information processing. Studies from vision, memory and attention are presented to show if alpha is indeed inhibitory and reflects more than mere background noise. Az előadás után kötetlen beszélgetésre invitáljuk Önöket kávéés süti kíséretében! Szervezők

15 years, 6 months

[CDC Seminars] four lectures in cognitive science

by Gergely Csibra

There will be four lectures in cognitive science next week at CEU. Note that the venue for all of them is at the main CEU site in Pest and NOT at the CDC in Hattyúház. Everyone is welcome to attend. The lectures will start on time. --- Date: Tuesday, November 2 Time: 2.30pm to 4.00pm Venue: Gellner Room, CEU, 1051 Nádor u. 9. Speaker: Zsófia Virányi, Department of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna Title: Dogs and wolves: Tracking the evolution and the cognitive-emotional mechanisms of human social life Abstract: Insightful cognitive abilities as well as high cooperativity and “ultrasocial” emotional attitudes have been proposed to differentiate humans from other animal species. By definition, determining human uniqueness requires comparisons with non-human animals. Further on, comparative cognition contributes to a more complete understanding of human social life by informing us about its evolutionary origins. Firstly I will show results demonstrating that, in contrast with their initial perception as an artificial and human-controlled species, domestic dogs do not necessarily have inferior social cognitive abilities compared to primates, and even more, may represent a better model for human sociality. Dogs often show performance comparable to humans at the behavioural level but are mostly assumed to have less advanced cognitive abilities compared to humans. Consequently, human-like performance in dogs puts a high pressure on cognitive sciences to come up with various hypotheses about the potential underlying mechanisms, and as such, strongly facilitates the development of psychological theory. Secondly, I will argue that, in parallel with traditional human and non-human primate comparisons, studying the behaviour of the domestic dog and its closest wild-living relative, the wolf provides a unique opportunity to learn about the evolutionary processes that might have been shaping also human cognition as well as about the functions of social behaviours. Behaviours found in humans and dogs but missing in wolves can be seen as phenotypic convergences and are likely to reflect the operation of adaptive processes. These behaviours have most likely been influenced by the domestication process during the course of which dogs have been selected for cooperating and communicating with humans – as it happened also during human evolution. The first results of comparing longitudinally at the Wolf Science Center how similarly socialized dogs and wolves communicate with conspecifics as well as with humans and read their behaviour indicate that domestication most likely effected both the cognitive abilities and the emotional attitudes of dogs. This seems to confirm the functionality of similarly intertwined cognitive and emotional features of humans that differentiate us from other primates. --- Date: Wednesday, November 3 Time: 10.00am to 11.30am Venue: Gellner Room, CEU, 1051 Nádor u. 9. Speaker: Guenther Knoblich, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behavior, Nijmegen Title: The social nature of perception action links Abstract: Previous research in Cognitive Science has often treated social cognition as residing on top of a cognitive hierarchy. Recently, however, it has become clear that basic perception action links can do a lot of the work in social cognition that was previously attributed to high-level inferences. Using examples from music and other domains I will first demonstrate how establishing perception action links while learning new motor skills can reshape a person’s perception, e.g., the ability to play piano shapes perception of self-produced sounds. Then, I will show that a person’s skills can also affect perception of events that others produce, e.g., the ability to play piano shapes perception of sounds produced by others. Finally, I will demonstrate that the inability to sense one's own body can lead to subtle impairments of a person’s understanding of others' expectations. All of these results suggest that close perception action links play a crucial role in perceiving, predicting, and understanding others' actions. The social nature of perception action links also generates new perspectives for understanding interpersonal action coordination and agency in social interaction. --- Date: Wednesday, November 3 Time: 2.30pm to 4.00pm Venue: Gellner Room, CEU, 1051 Nádor u. 9. Speaker: Natalie Sebanz, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behavior, Nijmegen Title: Joint Action: What is Shared? Abstract: Growing interest in joint action, the ability to coordinate actions with others to bring about changes in the environment, has prompted questions about how individuals acting together take into account each other’s intentions, tasks, and actions. In this talk I will provide an overview of recent studies that have addressed these questions. Behavioural and electrophysiological experiments where pairs of participants performed tasks together showed that individual task performance changed as a function of the co-actor’s task even when this task was irrelevant for individual performance. These results indicate that people have a tendency to represent co-actors’ tasks and actions. New results on inter-group mimicry suggest that people acting together also form specific representations of actions to be performed jointly. I will discuss how these findings contribute to our understanding of the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying joint action and consider implications for philosophical accounts of shared intentionality. --- Date: Friday, November 5 Time: 10.00am to 11.30am Venue: Tóth István György Room, CEU, 1051 Nádor u. 11. (NOTE the different venue!) Speaker: Máté Lengyel, Computational and Biological Learning Lab, Cambridge University Title: Learning and memory: the powers and perils of Bayesian inference Abstract: The theory of Bayesian inference presents a normative approach to understanding how animals and humans learn about their environment. To demonstrate this, I will start by introducing the theory and show as an example how it explains aspects of human chunk learning in a visual learning paradigm that cannot be captured by traditional associative learning accounts. I will then turn to a complementary view of Bayesian inference: how it can be used as a data analysis tool to estimate mental representations of object classes from simple binary response data collected in psychophysical experiments. Such methods can be used to track as humans develop complex internal representations, with minimal changes to already existing experimental paradigms. Finally, I will take a step back, and place learning and memory within the wider context of behavioural economics. I will argue that even though Bayesian inference offers a statistically optimal way for learning, the representations it learns — internal models — can be highly inefficient for decision making. This leaves room for qualitatively different ways of learning to be advantageous under some ecologically relevant conditions. I will show how one such alternative, episodic memory, can be understood as a better way to support optimal decision making under risk and uncertainty in complex environments, and how this normative view of episodic memory accounts for many of its behavioural and neural correlates. These studies together provide a principled framework to explore complex learning and developmental phenomena reported in humans and animals. --- See also our web page at http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/events _______________________________________________ Subscribe/Unsubscribe at http://cdc.ceu.hu/mailman/listinfo/seminars

15 years, 6 months

kognitiv pszichologia es a botanika

by Molnar Zsolt

Kedves Kollégák! Molnár Zsolt botanikus vagyok, az MTA Ökológiai és Botanikai Kutatóintézetében dolgozom főmunkatársként. Egyik kutatási témám gyimesi parasztemberek és hortobágyi pásztorok természetismerete. Az érdekel, hogy milyen ismeretekkel bírnak a körülöttük lévő táj növényeiről, növényzeti típusairól, a táj biológiai változásairól, hogyan érzekelik, hogyan képezik le maguknak a körülöttük lévő természeti tájat, annak elsősorban növényzetét (csatoltam két vonatkozó cikkünket). A további kutatáshoz kognitív kérdésekben jártas partnereket keresek, mert a nemzetközi irodalmat áttekintve egyre gyakrabban kerülnek elő kognitív psychológiai és a kognitív antropológiai kérdések. Ehhez én nem értek, viszont azt látom, hogy ebbe az irányba érdemes további kutatásokat végezni, hiszen Európában az ilyen vegetációs-percepciós kutatások igen ritkák, ugyanakkor a természetvédelmi kérdések kapcsán különösen fontosak lennének. A listát sajnos nem ismerem, ezért kérem, akit érdekel ilyen jellegű kooperáció, keressen az emilemen (molnar@botanika <mailto:molnar@botabika.hu> .hu) vagy telefonon (30/399-4881). Köszönettel: Molnár Zsolt tudományos főmunkatárs MTA Ökológiai és Botanikai Kutatóintézete Vácrátót

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meghivo a Kognitiv Eszmetorteneti Kor kovetkezo talalkozojara

by Zsombor Varnagy

Szeretettel meghivjuk a Kognitiv Eszmetorteneti Kor kovetkezo talalkozojara, melyre november 9.-en 18:30-kor kerul sor Eloado: Lorincz Andras (ELTE IK, NIPG) Cim: Szimbolumok lekotese vagy szimbolumok tanulasa? Helyszin: ELTE Pszichologiai Intezet, 1064 Budapest, Izabella 46. 4. emelet 405-os terem Absztrakt: *A kognitív tudományok ho"skorától kezdve a számítógép bitjei valamit szimbolizálnak. Adódik a számítógépben levo" szimbólumok lekötésének problémája: enélkül valódi tapasztalatokra nem tehet szert a gép. Az a gyanú, hogy a szimbólumok lekötésének kérdése nehéz, ami alatt számítástudományi fogalmat értünk és ezt a fogalmat fogjuk körüljárni. Könnyebb feladatnak látszik a szimbólumok tanulása, amikor szimbólumokat tapasztalatok alapján alakítunk ki. Késo"bb, ha erre szükség van, például a kommunikáció érdekében, akkor egyeztetjük. A nehéz és könnyu" feladatok szétválasztása mentén megpróbáljuk körvonalazni, hogy mit jelenthet az intelligencia, mit jelenthet a kreativitás, miért van számítógépes arcfelismerés és miért nincs számítógépes matematika.. Az elo"adás nem tudományos tézis kifejtése, hanem kutatási koncepció, ahol mindenféle kritikának helye van.* Udvozlettel, Varnagy Zsombor (KEK)

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Meghívó - BME Kognitív Szemináriumsorozat

by Attila Keresztes

A BME Kognitív Tudományi Tanszék szeretettel vár mindenkit tanszéki szemináriumsorozatának következő előadására: Gervain Judit Université Paris Déscartes, Laboratoire Psychologie de la Perception The use of near-infrared spectroscopy in developmental psychology: the example of speech perception at birth helyszín: Stoczek utca 2. St. ép. 320-as terem, 1111 Budapest időpont: 2010 november 8, 10:00-11:00 !!! Figyelem: a szokásostól eltérően az előadás 10:00-kor kezdődik!!! Abstract Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a relatively new but increasingly popular imaging technique, which measures the concentration changes of oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin accompanying brain activity. The technique is particularly useful for imaging the brain of newborns and young infants whose skin and skull are thin, allowing a relatively deep penetration of the NIR light into the cortex. The talk will review the basic principles behind NIRS. This will be followed by the illustration of the use of NIRS to study speech perception in newborn infants. The ability to learn structural regularities is fundamental for the acquisition of language. There is increasing evidence that older infants are able to learn such regularities using different mechanisms (Marcus et al. 1999, Gomez and Gerken 1999). However, it is not know whether these abilities are available at birth or whether they emerge later during development and their neural basis is also unexplored. Therefore, in a series of NIRS studies with newborns, we examined whether they are able to learn identity-based regularities (e.g. ABB "mubaba", AAB "babamu", ABA "bamuba" etc.). Specifically, we explored whether (i) they are able to discriminate these patterns from random ABC controls (e.g. "mubage"), (ii) whether they are able to encode the identity relation as well as its serial position (i.e. whether they are able to discriminate AAB from ABB) and (iii) whether this ability is specific to speech stimuli or whether it applies more broadly to other auditory stimuli, e.g. piano tones. The results of these experiments allow us to better understand the mechanisms and the corresponding neural circuits underlying early speech perception and language acquisition. Az előadás nyelve angol Keresztes Attila Tudományos segédmunkatárs Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem Kognitív Tudományi Tanszék, Stoczek u. 2., Budapest 1111 06 1 4631072 akeresztes(a)cogsci.bme.hu

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MITT Konferencia

by Gaál Zsófia Anna

Kedves Kollégák! A MITT soron következő, 13. Konferenciáját 2011. január 20.-22. között az ELTE Élettani és Neurobiológiai Tanszéke szervezi, az MTA Pszichológiai Kutatóintézetével közösen, az ELTE Lágymányosi Épülettömbjében. Az esemény honlapján (MITT2011.ELTE.HU) már megtalálható a plenáris előadások és szimpóziumok csaknem teljes programja és egyéb fontos tudnivalók, határidők a konferenciával kapcsolatban. Különösen ajánljuk a kollégák figyelmébe a poszter szekciót, melyre az absztrakt beadási határidő 2011. január 7. A konferencia absztraktok a Frontiers in Neuroscience online újságban jelennek meg. *Íme egy kis ízelítő a pszichológiai tárgyú előadásokból:* Alexandra Bendixen On the existence and utilization of stimulus predictions in the auditory system. Judit Gervain Speech perception in newborns: experiments with optical topography. Gergely Csibra Audiovisual speech perception and the effects of word learning on visual perception in human infants. István Czigler Deviant visual features or deviant events? 1+1>2. Erich Schröger Resolving inconsistencies between different cases for predictive modeling in audition. Charles E. Schroeder Active sensing, neuronal oscillations and perceptual selection. István Winkler Predictive models in auditory stream segregation. Szeretettel várunk mindenkit januárban a 375 éves Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetemen! Détári László a Konferencia elnöke Ulbert István a Konferencia társelnöke Világi Ildikó a Konferencia Szervező Bizottságának elnöke

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Theoretical Philosophy Forum, November

by Laszlo E. Szabo

THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM Institute of Philosophy Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös University Address: Múzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest November Program 3 November (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 János Tanács Department of Philosophy and the History of Science Budapest University of Technology and Economics Érvelő szövegek perbe fogva. Egy sajtó-helyreigazítási per argumentáció- elméleti elemzésének tanulságai. (Argumentative writings go to court. Some argumentation theoretical lessons drawn from an action at law against press) 10 November (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Márton Gömöri Department of Logic, Institute of Philosophy, Eötvös University, Budapest Létezik-e klasszikus leírása a ,,töltött részecskék + elektromágneses mező” csatolt rendszernek? (Is there a classical description of the coupled system of "charged particles + electromagnetic field"?) 17 November (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Gábor Borbély Department of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy Institute of Philosophy, Eötvös University, Budapest Duns Scotus és a lehetséges világok szemantikája (Duns Scotus and the possible worlds semantics) 24 November (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Zsófia Zvolenszky Department of Logic, Institute of Philosophy, Eötvös University, Budapest Grice jelentés- és kommunikációelmélete: Mit mondjunk a ‘mond’-ról, mit értsünk az ‘ért’-en? (Grice’s on meaning and communication: what is said, what is meant) ___________________________________ Abstracts and printable program (poster) are available from the web site of the Forum: http://phil.elte.hu/tpf (Please feel free to post the program in your institution!) The Forum is open to everyone, including students, visitors, and faculty members from all departments and institutes! Format: 60 minute lecture, coffee break, 60 minute discussion. The organizer of the Forum: László E. Szabó (leszabo(a)phil.elte.hu) -- L a s z l o E. S z a b o Professor of Philosophy DEPARTMENT OF LOGIC, INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY EOTVOS UNIVERSITY, BUDAPEST http://phil.elte.hu/leszabo

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invitation to a talk - "Is There Appearance? The Problem of Parmenidean Doxa" - 26 October,4.30 PM

by Krisztina Biber

The CEU Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to a talk (as part of its Departmental Colloquium series) by Scott Austin (Texas A&M) on "Is There Appearance? The Problem of Parmenidean Doxa" Tuesday, 26 October, 2010, 4.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412 ABSTRACT Even if Parmenides was a pluralist, rather than a monist, it is not clear why there is anything other than Parmenidean Being in the universe. Why is there Appearance? Who is it that sees it? Are the 'mortals' themselves beings? Or are they other than Being? Or are they illusory? To whom does Appearance appear? What is the difference between Being and Appearance? And, finally, why is Being such that it can be believed to be otherwise than it is? Kriszta Biber Department Coordinator Philosophy Department Tel: 36-1-327-3806 Fax: 36-1-327-3072 E-mail: biberk(a)ceu.hu

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Kognitív péntek: október 22. péntek

by Rago Anett

Tisztelt Kollégák, elnézést, az előző meghívó szövege hibás, küldöm a helyes változatot (Simon Viktória nem a tanszék munkatársa) ezúton továbbítom az ELTE Kognitív Pszichológiai Tanszékének meghívóját a 'Kognitív péntek' elnevezésű előadássorozat következő, most pénteki rendezvényére, melynek programja: Simon Viktória: "Figyelemzavar és hiperaktivitás felnőttkorban" az előadás időpontja: Október 22. 14 óra helye: ELTE Pszichológia Intézet, Izabella u. 46. 305. terem Minden érdeklődőt szeretettel várunk! -- Ragó, Anett rago(a)cogpsyphy.hu INSTITUTE for PSYCHOLOGY Hungarian Academy of Sciences H- 1068 Budapest, Szondi utca 83-85 36/1-3542390 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4956 (20100318) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

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