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BBS Call for Commentary Proposals: Anderson

by Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Dear Dr. Qwerty: When a target article or recent book has been accepted for BBS Commentary, the editorial office sends out the Call for Commentary Proposals to thousands of people. Commentary Proposals help the BBS Editors craft a well-balanced commentary invitation list. If this target article interests you as a possible subject for commentary, please download the full pre-print to see if you would like to propose a commentary. If you are interested please follow the instructions below the target article information. Please keep in mind that we are not asking you to submit a commentary -- but rather, a short proposal in order to be considered as an invited author after the proposal deadline. Please also be aware that we typically get far more proposals than we can accept. NOW ACCEPTING COMMENTARY PROPOSALS ON: Target Article: "Neural re-use as a fundamental organizational principle of the brain" Author: Michael Anderson Deadline for Commentary Proposals: April 1, 2010 Abstract: An emerging class of theories concerning the functional structure of the brain takes the re-use of neural circuitry for various cognitive purposes to be a central organizational principle. According to these theories, it is quite common for neural circuits established for one purpose to be exapted (exploited, recycled, redeployed) during evolution or normal development, and put to different uses, often without losing their original functions. Neural re-use theories thus differ from the usual understanding of the role of neural plasticity (which is, after all, a kind of re-use) in brain organization along the following lines: according to neural re-use, circuits can continue to acquire new uses after an initial or original function is established; the acquisition of new uses needn't involve unusual circumstances such as injury or loss of established function; and the acquisition of a new use needn't involve (much) local change to circuit structure (e.g., it might involve only the establishment of functional connections to new neural partners). Thus, neural re-use theories offer a distinct perspective on several topics of general interest, such as: the evolution and development of the brain, including (for instance) the evolutionary-developmental pathway supporting primate tool use and human language; the degree of modularity in brain organization; the degree of localization of cognitive function; and the cortical parcellation problem and the prospects (and proper methods to employ) for function to structure mapping. The idea also has some practical implications in the areas of rehabilitative medicine and machine interface design. Keywords: Brain; Development; Evolution; Exaptation; Functional architecture; Localization; Modularity Download Target Article Preprint: http://journals.cambridge.org/BBSJournal/Call/Anderson_preprint COMMENTARY PROPOSALS MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING 1. What aspect of the target article or book you would anticipate commenting upon. 2. The relevant expertise you would bring to bear on the target article or book. Please include names and affiliations of your co-authors if applicable. SUGGESTING COMMENTATORS AND NOMINATING BBS ASSOCIATES Commentators must be BBS Associates, or suggested by a BBS Associate. If you are not a BBS Associate, please follow the instructions below. To suggest others as possible Commentators, or to nominate others for BBS Associateship status, please email bbsjournal(a)cambridge.org. http://journals.cambridge.org/BBSJournal/Inst/Assoc HOW TO SUBMIT A COMMENTARY PROPOSAL If you would like to nominate yourself for potential commentary invitation, you must submit a Commentary Proposal via our BBS Editorial Manager site: 1. Log-in as Author Username: CQwerty-545 Password: Qwerty875632 Log-in to your BBS Editorial Manager account as an author: http://www.editorialmanager.com/bbs. If you do not have an account, please visit the site and register. You can also submit a request for missing username and password information if you have an existing account. 2. Submit New Manuscript Within your author main menu please select Submit New Manuscript. 3. Select Article Type Choose the article type of your manuscript from the pull-down menu. Commentary Proposal article types are temporarily created for each accepted target article or book. Only select the Commentary Proposal article type that you wish to submit a proposal on. For example; "Commentary Proposal (Anderson)" 4. Enter Title Please title your proposal submission by indicating the relevant first author name of the target article or book. For example: "Commentary Proposal on Anderson" 5. Add Co-Authors If you are proposing to write a commentary with any co-authors, please enter their required information here. These potential co-authors need not contribute to the Commentary Proposal itself. 6. Attach Files The only required submission Item is your Commentary Proposal in MSWord or RTF format. In the Description field please add the first author name of the target article or book. For example: "Commentary Proposal on Anderson" 7. Approve Your Submission Editorial Manager will process your Commentary Proposal submission and will create a PDF for your approval. On the 'Submissions Waiting for Author's Approval' page, you can view your PDF, edit, approve, or remove the submission. Once you have Approved the Submission, the PDF will be sent to the editorial office. **It is VERY important that you check the and approve your Commentary Proposal manuscript as described above. Otherwise, we cannot process your submission.** Note: If you have designated a different Corresponding Author, only the new Corresponding Author will have access to the PDF and must log-in to the system in order to approve the PDF. 8. Editorial Office Decision At the conclusion of the Commentary Proposal period, the editors will review all the submitted Commentary Proposals. An undetermined number of Commentary Proposals will be approved and those author names will be added to the final commentary invitation list. At that time you will be notified of the decision. If you are formally invited to submit a commentary, you will be asked to confirm your intention to submit by the commentary deadline. Note: Before the commentary invitations are sent, the copy-edited and revised target article will be posted for invitees. In the case of Multiple Book Review, invitees will be sent a copy of the book to be commented upon if requested. With Multiple Book Reviews, it is the book, not the Précis article that is the target of commentary. Please do not write a commentary unless you have received an official invitation! SPECIAL NOTE Since this is our first year on Editorial Manager, we would like your feedback regarding how the process could be improved. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. BEING REMOVED FROM THE CALL EMAIL LIST If you DO NOT wish to receive Call for Commentary Proposals in the future, please reply to bbsjournal(a)cambridge.org, and type "remove" in the subject line. Sincerely, Ralph DeMarco Editorial Administrator, BBS Associate Editor, STM Journals Cambridge University Press 32 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10013-2473 Tel 001 212.337.5016 bbsjournal(a)cambridge.org http://journals.cambridge.org/bbs http://bbs.edmgr.com/

16 years, 2 months

Meghivo Topal Jozsef eloadasara - Kognitiv Eszmetorteneti Kor

by Zsombor Varnagy

A Kognitiv Eszmetorteneti Kor szeretettel meghivja Ont a kor kovetkezo talalkozojara, melyen Topal Jozsef (MTA PI) tart eloadast. Az emberi es allati elme massagai es azonossagai cimmel 2010. marcius. 24. szerda 18h, ELTE Pszichologiai Intezet, Izabella u. 46. 1.em. 101-es terem Absztrakt: A kognitív etológia az állatok belso" mentális állapotának, kognitív képességeinek összehasonlító, evolúciós és ökológiai szemléletu" tudománya. Alaphipotézise szerint az állatok (és az ember) viselkedése -más tulajdonságokhoz hasonlóan- evolúciós fejlo"dés következménye, s az evolúciós kontinuitás elve akkor is alkalmazandó, ha a viselkedés belso", rejtettebb gondolkodási, illetve emocionális szintjeiro"l beszélünk. Bár a kognitív etológia a mesterséges intelligencia kutatás, a kognitív pszichológia és az etológia módszereinek és szemléletmódjának újfajta egyesítésével jött létre, mind vizsgálati tárgyát, mind módszereit illeto"en megleheto"s filozófiai illetve természettudományos alapú elutasításban volt (és részben van) része. Különösen élesen eltéro" nézetek fogalmazódnak meg az olyan, korábban tudománytalannak minásített fogalmak kapcsán mint az állati tudat, és az állat értelmi mu"ködésének különbözo" megnyilvánulásai (intencionalitás, tudatelmélet stb.), melyek ugyanakkor alapveto" szerepet játszottak a pszichológiai kutatásokban, a humán kognitív fejlo"dés, az ún. "naiv tudatelmélet" kialakulási folyamatának megismerésében. Manapság a kogníciókutatás dinamikusan fejlo"do" tudományterület, melynek egyik fo" oka, hogy az egyes pszichológiai irányzatok saját kutatási stratégiájukként egyre inkább sikerrel integrálják az evolúciós és etológiai szemléletet, valamint az összehasonlító módszert. Az emberi viselkedés- és elmeképességek ezen új perspektívába való helyezése és az emberszabásúak mellett más fajok modellállatként való alkalmazása leheto"séget teremt arra, hogy mélyebb belátást nyerhessünk saját fajunk viselkedés-evolúciójának és elmemu"ködésének titkaiba. tovabbi informacio: kogek.blogspot.com Udvozlettel, Varnagy Zsombor, Kognitiv Eszmetorteneti Kor

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invitation to a talk by Francois Recanati on `Pragmatic modulation` March 16th, 4.30 PM

by Krisztina Biber

The CEU Philosophy Department cordially invites you to a talk (as part of its Departmental Colloquium series) by Francois Recanati (Institut Jean Nicod) on Pragmatic modulation Tuesday, 16 March, 2010, 4.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412 ABSTRACT In addition to indexicality, I will argue that we need to make room for another form of context-dependence, namely pragmatic modulation ; and I will discuss the implications of this new form of context-dependence for semantics. Kriszta Biber Department Coordinator Philosophy Department Tel: 36-1-327-3806 Fax: 36-1-327-3072 E-mail: biberk(a)ceu.hu

16 years, 2 months

Habilitacios eloadas meghivo

by Janos Horvath

Meghívó Dr. Horváth János György habilitációs előadására A 45 perces magyar nyelvű tantermi előadás címe: „A feladatváltásos paradigma (task switching)” A 30 perces angol nyelvű tudományos előadás címe: "The three-stage model of auditory distraction: no strong coupling between distraction-related ERPs" Az előadások kezdési időpontja: 2010. március 12.,péntek, 11 óra Az előadások helye: ELTE PPK Kari Tanácsterem Bp. VII., Kazinczy u. 23-27. I. em. 104. Üdvözlettel, Horváth János -- Janos Horvath, PhD Mailing adress: Institute for Psychology H-1394 Budapest, P.O.B. 398 Hungarian Academy of Sciences Szondi u 83/85, HUNGARY Phone: +36 1 354 2397 Fax: +36 1 354 2416 E-mail: horvath(a)cogpsyphy.hu

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CDC seminar March 17

by Agnes Kovacs

The next talk in the Cognitive Development Center seminar series at the CEU will be given by: Olivier Morin Institut Jean-Nicod Title: Mechanisms of cultural transmission : beyond social learning Date and time: Wednesday, 17 March 2010, 5.00 pm Abstract What makes traditions survive? What makes some technologies, songs or social norms spread in populations and stand the test of time ? While neglected by mainstream anthropologists, this issue has been of increasing interest to psychologists and biologists. They tend to emphasize the importance of mechanisms of social learning like imitation or teaching. These mechanisms, I argue, cannot tell us the whole story of cultural transmission. They tell us how a cultural practice can be passed on from one individual from another, during your typical episode of cultural transmission, but not why such transmission episodes multiply and eventually result in the diffusion of a tradition through a long transmission chain. In other words, social learning mechanisms explain transmission, not diffusion. It is my contention that mechanisms of transmission and mechanisms of diffusion are distinct to a certain extent. At small scales of space and time - like when you are trying to get a message across a building in three steps - the two kinds of mechanisms are so completely overlapping that the distinction is useless. Your message will most probably make it across the building if you managed to communicate it, and it most probably won't, if you didn't. Only when you consider greater scales - nations, centuries - does the distinction become relevant. My model helps make sense of a set of data regarding a long- studied phenomenon : the bafflingly long life-span of children's playground rhymes and games, as compared to similar adult practices. Consequences will be drawn regarding the interplay between the evolution of our capacity for communication and the emergence of culture. CEU Cognitive Development Center Hattyuhaz, Level 3, Hattyu u. 14., 1015 Budapest Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1015+Budapest,+Budapest,+Hattyu+utca+14,+Hung… Everyone is welcome to attend. Our seminars start on time and we may not be able to let latecomers in. -- Ágnes M. Kovács Marie Curie Research Fellow-DISCOS MTA PKI Hungarian Academy of Sciences & CEU, Cognitive Development Centre Budapest Hungary tel: +3612796095

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BBS Call for Comm. Proposals: Niedenthal et al.

by Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Dear Dr. Qwerty: When a target article or recent book has been accepted for BBS Commentary, the editorial office sends out the Call for Commentary Proposals to thousands of people. Commentary Proposals help the BBS Editors craft a well-balanced commentary invitation list. If this target article interests you as a possible subject for commentary, please download the full pre-print to see if you would like to propose a commentary. If you are interested please follow the instructions below the target article information. Please keep in mind that we are not asking you to submit a commentary -- but rather, a short proposal in order to be considered as an invited author after the proposal deadline. Please also be aware that we typically get far more proposals than we can accept. NOW ACCEPTING COMMENTARY PROPOSALS ON: Target Article: "The Simulation of Smiles (SIMS) Model: Embodied Simulation and the Meaning of Facial Expression" Author: Paula Niedenthal, Martial Mermillod, Marcus Maringer, and Ursula Hess Deadline for Commentary Proposals: March 26, 2010 Abstract: Recent application of theories of embodied or grounded cognition to the recognition and interpretation of facial expression of emotion has led to an explosion of research in psychology and the neurosciences. However, despite the accelerating number of reported findings, it remains unclear how the many component processes of emotion and their neural mechanisms actually support embodied simulation. Equally unclear is what triggers the use of embodied simulation versus nonemotional, perceptual strategies in these processes. The present paper integrates extensive behavioral research from social psychology with recent research in neurosciences in order to provide coherence to the extant and future research on this topic. The roles of several of the brain's reward systems, and the amygdala, somatosensory cortices, and motor centers are examined. These are then linked to behavioral and brain research on facial mimicry and eye gaze. Articulation of the mediators and moderators of facial mimicry and gaze are particularly useful in guiding interpretation of relevant findings from neurosciences. Finally, a model of the processing of the smile, the most complex of the facial expressions, is presented as a means to illustrate how to advance the application of theories of embodied cognition in the study of facial expression of emotion. Keywords: amygdala; basil ganglia; eye contact; Duchenne smiles; facial expression; embodiment; mimicry; simulation; somatosensory cortex Download target article pre-print: http://journals.cambridge.org/BBSJournal/Call/Niedenthal_preprint COMMENTARY PROPOSALS MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING 1. What aspect of the target article or book you would anticipate commenting upon. 2. The relevant expertise you would bring to bear on the target article or book. Please include names and affiliations of your co-authors if applicable. SUGGESTING COMMENTATORS AND NOMINATING BBS ASSOCIATES Commentators must be BBS Associates, or suggested by a BBS Associate. If you are not a BBS Associate, please follow the instructions below. To suggest others as possible Commentators, or to nominate others for BBS Associateship status, please email bbsjournal(a)cambridge.org. http://journals.cambridge.org/BBSJournal/Inst/Assoc HOW TO SUBMIT A COMMENTARY PROPOSAL If you would like to nominate yourself for potential commentary invitation, you must submit a Commentary Proposal via our BBS Editorial Manager site: 1. Log-in as Author Username: CQwerty-545 Password: Qwerty875632 Log-in to your BBS Editorial Manager account as an author: http://www.editorialmanager.com/bbs. If you do not have an account, please visit the site and register. You can also submit a request for missing username and password information if you have an existing account. 2. Submit New Manuscript Within your author main menu please select Submit New Manuscript. 3. Select Article Type Choose the article type of your manuscript from the pull-down menu. Commentary Proposal article types are temporarily created for each accepted target article or book. Only select the Commentary Proposal article type that you wish to submit a proposal on. For example; "Commentary Proposal (Niedenthal)" 4. Enter Title Please title your proposal submission by indicating the relevant first author name of the target article or book. For example; "Commentary Proposal on Niedenthal et al." 5. Add Co-Authors If you are proposing to write a commentary with any co-authors, please enter their required information here. These potential co-authors need not contribute to the Commentary Proposal itself. 6. Attach Files The only required submission Item is your Commentary Proposal in MSWord or RTF format. In the Description field please add the first author name of the target article or book. For example; "Commentary Proposal on Niedenthal et al." 7. Approve Your Submission Editorial Manager will process your Commentary Proposal submission and will create a PDF for your approval. On the 'Submissions Waiting for Author's Approval' page, you can view your PDF, edit, approve, or remove the submission. Once you have Approved the Submission, the PDF will be sent to the editorial office. **It is VERY important that you check the and approve your Commentary Proposal manuscript as described above. Otherwise, we cannot process your submission.** Note: If you have designated a different Corresponding Author, only the new Corresponding Author will have access to the PDF and must log-in to the system in order to approve the PDF. 8. Editorial Office Decision At the conclusion of the Commentary Proposal period, the editors will review all the submitted Commentary Proposals. An undetermined number of Commentary Proposals will be approved and those author names will be added to the final commentary invitation list. At that time you will be notified of the decision. If you are formally invited to submit a commentary, you will be asked to confirm your intention to submit by the commentary deadline. Note: Before the commentary invitations are sent, the copy-edited and revised target article will be posted for invitees. In the case of Multiple Book Review, invitees will be sent a copy of the book to be commented upon if requested. With Multiple Book Reviews, it is the book, not the Précis article that is the target of commentary. Please do not write a commentary unless you have received an official invitation! SPECIAL NOTE Since this is our first year on Editorial Manager, we would like your feedback regarding how the process could be improved. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. BEING REMOVED FROM THE CALL EMAIL LIST If you DO NOT wish to receive Call for Commentary Proposals in the future, please reply to bbsjournal(a)cambridge.org, and type "remove" in the subject line. Sincerely, Ralph DeMarco Editorial Administrator, BBS Associate Editor, STM Journals Cambridge University Press 32 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10013-2473 Tel 001 212.337.5016 bbsjournal(a)cambridge.org http://journals.cambridge.org/bbs http://bbs.edmgr.com/

16 years, 2 months

CEU CDC seminar on MONDAY: Jozsef Fiser

by Gergely Csibra

József Fiser (Psychology, Brandeis) at 4.30 pm on Monday, 8 March 2010 Title: Developing internal representations in the mind to understand the visual world Abstract: Arguably, the mind's internal representations of its environment have a crucial role in the emergence of intelligent behavior, yet there are few concrete proposals about the nature of these internal representations or the way they are acquired. Using the domain of visual recognition, I will present a framework and a combined empirical-computational program that explore these issues. First, I will demonstrate that in everyday perceptual tasks humans process not only the sensory information but also their uncertainty about that information, and they do this in a theoretically optimal manner. As such behavior assumes a probabilistic internal representation of the world, I present evidence that indeed, adults and infants develop such representations when they face a novel visual environment. I will show how this framework can cover not only low-level statistical regularities of events and features, but also more complex abstract “rules” of the sensory world, as well as internal models of higher cognitive functions. Next, I turn to the issue of whether the implementation of such representations and computations is feasible in the brain. I will outline how probabilistic internal representations could be implemented in the cortex in a sampling-based manner, and how this can explain a wide range of puzzling observations such as illusions and dreams, as well as the high level of spontaneous activity in the brain. I provide confirmation of this framework by demonstrating that as young animals grow, the visually evoked and spontaneous activity in their brains becomes statistically similar, indicating how their internal model gets tuned to the structure of their environment. Thus this framework offers a rigorous approach to the age-old question of subjectivity and it provides tools for exploring empirically the structure of internal representations in the mind. Venue: CEU Cognitive Development Center Hattyuhaz 1015 Budapest Hattyu u 14. Level 3 (one level up from the entrance level) Everyone is welcome to attend.

16 years, 2 months

Scepticism about one's own existence,9th March - 4.30 PM

by Krisztina Biber

The CEU Philosophy Department cordially invites you to a talk (as part of its Departmental Colloquium series) by Rory Madden (University College London)) on Scepticism about one's own existence Tuesday, 9 March, 2010, 4.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412 ABSTRACT Is it beyond doubt that one exists? In this talk I will describe a number of ways of constructing scenarios which form the basis of a sceptical challenge to the knowledge that one exists . Some of these possibilities depend upon unorthodox metaphysical views about the nature of existence, or the conditions for thought ownership -- but some of them do not. Instead they build on the general point that a sceptical scenario concerning a certain proposition p need not be a case in which p is false. I will conclude that scepticism about one's own existence should be taken no less seriously than other, more familiar, forms of sceptical challenge. Kriszta Biber Department Coordinator Philosophy Department Tel: 36-1-327-3806 Fax: 36-1-327-3072 E-mail: biberk(a)ceu.hu

16 years, 2 months

DISCOS conference, June 2010 Budapest

by Gergely Csibra

DISCOS: International conference on Intersubjectivity and the Self’ Budapest, 17-19 June, 2010 During the last decade, philosophical, psychological and neurobiological approaches to the self have increasingly overcome their disciplinary constraints and entered into a productive dialogue. Different levels of self-awareness such as the ‘core’ or ’minimal self’ and the ’extended’ or ’narrative self’ have been distinguished and investigated from a phenomenological, developmental and neurocognitive perspective. In this context, disorders of self-experience have also attracted growing attention. This integrative and interdisciplinary approach is well represented by the European Marie-Curie Research Training Network entitled “Disorders and Coherence of the Embodied Self” (DISCOS), a consortium of 10 European research facilities which organizes this present conference. The aim of the conference is to create an interdisciplinary forum for the exchange of ideas on the themes of intersubjectivity, self-awareness and its disorders. Special emphasis will be placed on the interplay of biological and social factors that are crucially important for establishing self-coherence, assuming that intersubjectivity and the development of the self are inherently related. Thus, exploring the self from different perspectives will elucidate and enrich our understanding of the mechanisms underlying intersubjectivity and self-other differentiation. Main Speakers Developmental Science - Renée Baillargeon, Hannes Rakoczy, György Gergely Neuroscience – Julie Grezes, Gergely Csibra, Kai Vogeley, Vittorio Gallese Philosophy – Shaun Gallagher, Dan Zahavi, Pierre Jacob Psychiatry – Efraim Bleiberg, Louis Sasse, Josef Parnas/Andrea Raballo, Thomas Fuchs/Hanne De Jaegher Organisers: György Gergely, Ágnes Kovács, Ernő Téglás, Andrea Schrök Venue: Hotel President, Budapest Further information: www.discos-2010.com Contact: gergelygy(a)ceu.hu (scientific issues), schroka(a)ceu.hu (program issues) Further information: www.discos-rtn.eu

16 years, 2 months

Theoretical Philosophy Forum, Alexander V. Tyaglo

by Laszlo E. Szabo

THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM Institute of Philosophy Faculty of Humanities, Eotvos University Wednesday 5:00 PM Room 226 Muzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest Web site: http://phil.elte.hu/tpf 10 March (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Alexander V. Tyaglo Department of Philosophy and Political Science National University of Internal Affairs, Kharkiv Is informal logic a manifestation of new logical and philosophical paradigm? Abstract: http://phil.elte.hu/tpf/2009-2010/March/#2 ___________________________________ The Forum is open to everyone, including students, visitors, and faculty members from all departments and institutes! Format: 60 minute lecture, 10 minute coffee break, followed by a 30-60 minute discussion. The language of presentation is English or Hungarian. A printable poster is available from here: http://phil.elte.hu/tpf/2009-2010/March/poster.pdf Please feel free to post it in your institution! The organizer of the Forum: Laszlo E. Szabo (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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