The next talk in the Cognitive Development Center seminar series at
the CEU will be given by:
Luca Suran (Cognitive Science, Trento)
"Developmental continuities and core mechanisms in social and moral
cognition"
Date and time:
Wednesday, June 2, 5.00 pm
Abstract:
In this talk, I will present the results of some recent experiments we
carried out to investigate causal perception, mental state
attribution, and social evaluation skills in infants, children and
adults. We assessed causal perception using the habituation/
dishabituation paradigm by presenting 6-month-olds with simple events
involving two agents that reacted at a distance. Mental state
attribution and early social evaluation skills were assessed using an
eye-tracking apparatus while infants watched animation events
involving the interaction of schematic animals and geometric shapes.
Toddlers’ and preschoolers’ social evaluations and moral
intuitions
have been elicited by presenting the participants with the animation
events used with infants as well as short stories followed by requests
to judge the nicety of the agent that performed a critical action, the
intentionality of the effects of the agents’ actions, and whether a
certain action had to be performed. Overall the results point out
remarkable similarities in children’s and adults responses and provide
support for some recent theoretical models of core social cognition.
Finally, I discuss the implications of these results for a theory of
core mechanisms underlying social and moral evaluations.
venue
CEU Cognitive Development Center
Hattyuhaz, Level 3, Hattyu u. 14., 1015 Budapest
As the chair of the Awards Committee of the INNS, I am pleased and
proud to announce the recipients of the 2010 INNS Awards:
2009 Hebb Award goes to:
Erkki Oja
2010 Helmholtz Award goes to:
Robert Desimone
2010 Gabor Award goes to:
Shun-ichi Amari
2010 INNS Young Investigator Award goes to:
Kenji Morita
These awards were decided after careful deliberations by the Awards
Committee and the Board of Governors.
Erkki Oja, the Hebb Award recipient, is recognized for his long-
standing contribution and achievements in biological and computational
learning.
Robert Desimone, the Helmholtz Award recipient, is recognized for his
many years of contribution and achievements in understanding sensation/
perception.
Shun-ichi Amari, the Gabor Award recipient, is recognized for his
achievements in engineering/application of neural networks.
Kenji Morita, the Young Investigator Award recipient, is recognized
for significant contributions in the field of Neural Networks by a
young person (with no more than five years postdoctoral experience and
who are under forty years of age).
These awards will be presented at IJCNN 2010 in Barcelona.
Leonid Perlovsky, Ph.D
Chair of the Awards Committee of the INNS
========================================================
Professor Ron Sun
President-Elect, International Neural Network Society
Cognitive Science Department
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 Eighth Street, Carnegie 302A
Troy, NY 12180, USA
phone: 518-276-3409
fax: 518-276-3017
email: rsun(a)rpi.edu
web: http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/~rsun
=======================================================
MEGHIVÓ
A rekurzió interdiszciplináris vizsgálata a nyelvben című OTKA
konzorcium (az NK 69042, az NK 72465 és az NK 72461 sz. kutatások)
résztvevői és a DAB nyelvészeti Munkabizottsága szeretettel meghivnak
minden érdeklődőt a 2010. május 31-én tartandó workshopjukra:
A rekurzió interdiszciplináris vizsgálata a nyelvben
Időpont: 2010. május 31., hétfőn, 11 órától 18 óráig.
Helye: Debreceni Akadémiai Bizottság Székháza
4015 Debrecen
Thomas Mann u. 49.
Program
25+10 perces prezentációk és vita
Pszichológia:
Csépe Valéria: Perceptuális kulcsok - univerzalitás versus specializáció
Honbolygó Ferenc: Az intonációs kontúr sértésének eseményhez-kötött agyi
potenciál korrelátumai
Ragó Anett: Inherens csoportosítás óvodáskori vizsgálatának módszertani
kérdései
Neurolingvisztika:
Bánréti Zoltán: Szerkezeti rekurzió és mentális modell kapcsolata
agrammatikus afáziában
Mészáros Éva: Agrammatikus afáziás személy rekurziv szerkezetépitő
teljesítményének javulási folyamatai
Kognítív csoportosítás, mondattan, prozódia, fonológia
Biró Éva: Kognitiv csoportositás kisgyermekeknél
Abuczki Ágnes (PhD-hallgató): Kísérletek multimodális csoportosítással
(színek, méretek, mintázatok)
Beregi Bea: Prozódiai vizsgálatok siketeknél
Hunyadi László: A rekuziv beágyazás legkorábbi fonológiai lejegyzése
Minden érdeklődőt szeretettel várunk:
Bánréti Zoltán, Csépe Valéria, Hunyadi László kutatásvezetők
és Csűry István, a DAB Nyelvészeti Munkabizottsága elnöke
--------------------------
*A few places still available*
*Quelques places sont encore disponibles*
(Version française plus bas)
The Cognitive Science Institute of the Université du Québec à Montréal is
pleased to launch the program of its third Summer Institute which will bear
on the Origins of language and will take place at UQAM (Montreal, Canada) in
June 2010.
Some of the issues addressed at this Institute will include: "What is language? "; "What has ape language research taught us about human language?"; "Ontogenetic and polygenetic considerations for the origin of speech"; "Palaeontological foundations of language"; and "What do linguists have to say about the evolution of language?".
Speakers include:
- Ray Jackendoff, Tufts University
- David Sloan Wilson, Binghamton University
- E. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, Great Ape Trust Research Center, Des Moines, Iowa
- Terrence Deacon, University of California at Berkeley
- Karin Stromswold, Rutgers University
- Maggie Tallerman, University of Newcastle
- Dan Sperber, CNRS, Paris
- Michael Tomasello, MPI EVA, Leipzig
- Stevan Harnad, UQAM
- Michael Arbib, University of Southern California
- Bernard Comrie, MPI EVA, Leipzig
The program is on the web site of the Summer institute at the following address:
http://www.summer10.isc.uqam.ca/
L'Institut des sciences cognitives de l'Université du Québec à Montréal est
heureux d'annoncer la sortie du programme de son troisième Institut d'été
qui portera sur l'origine du langage et qui se tiendra à l'UQAM (Montréal,
Canada) en juin 2010.
Parmi les questions abordées dans le cadre de cet Institut, mentionnons les suivantes: « Qu'est-ce que le langage? », « Qu'est-ce que les recherches sur le langage des primates nous ont appris à propos du notre? », « Réflexion ontogénétique et polygénétique sur l'origine du langage », « Les origines paléontologiques du langage », « Quel est le point de vue des linguistes sur l'évolution du langage? ».
Parmi les conférenciers:
- Ray Jackendoff, Tufts University
- David Sloan Wilson, Binghamton University
- E. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, Great Ape Trust Research Center, Des Moines, Iowa
- Terrence Deacon, University of California at Berkeley
- Karin Stromswold, Rutgers University
- Maggie Tallerman, University of Newcastle
- Dan Sperber, CNRS, Paris
- Michael Tomasello, MPI EVA, Leipzig
- Stevan Harnad, UQAM
- Michael Arbib, University of Southern California
- Bernard Comrie, MPI EVA, Leipzig
Le programme est sur le site de l'Institut d'été à l'adresse suivante:
http://www.summer10.isc.uqam.ca/
Étant donné le caractère international de l'événement, l'Institut d'été se déroule en anglais.
A Magyar Coachszövetség és az MTA ELTE Nyelvfilozófiai Kutatócsoportja
Irracionalitás
címmel konferenciát szervez.
A konferencia ideje: 2010. május 29.
A konferencia helye: Aranytíz. (Budapest 1051, Arany János utca 10.)
A konferencia programja mellékelve!
--
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
THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM
Institute of Philosophy
Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös University
Address: Múzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest
19 May (Wed) 5:00 PM Room 226 (Múzeum krt. 4/i)
Elena Sklifova
Department of Logic, Institute of Philosophy, Eötvös University, Budapest
A nem propozicionális tudás
(Non-propositional knowledge)
___________________________________
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
A BME Kognitív Tudományi Tanszék szeretettel vár mindenkit tanszéki
szemináriumsorozatának következő előadására:
Május 17., hétfő 13:00-14:00, BME, XI., Stoczek u. 2., St. ép., 320.-
as terem.
Investigation of Cognition in Dreaming: Review of Three
Phenomenological Exploratory Studies
Miloslava Kozmova
Boston, USA
abstract
Studies of dreaming consciousness have considered cognition in
dreaming as an aspect of consciousness from two different approaches:
1) The state dependent approach or deficiency view assumes that
during dreaming, both consciousness and cognition are highly state-
dependent phenomena. This line of thought centers on isomorphism of
physiology and subjective experience and advocates resultant changes
in the thought processes based on theories and findings from
neuroimaging studies. 2) The continuity approach focuses on
similarities and differences of consciousness and cognition during
dreaming and investigates the correspondence between cognitive
possibilities of waking and dreaming mind that could be discernable
from the reports of subjective experiences.
This presentation focuses on familiarizing the audience with
phenomenologically-based approaches to study of cognition in dreaming
that utilize the reports of dreamers’ subjective experiences. The
three exploratory studies focused on research of a) reflective
awareness as an aspect of self-awareness; b) development of taxonomy
of thought processes in dreaming; and c) mapping out cognitive
possibilities that dreamers are capable of using for resolving the
threats and perturbations that occur in dreaming.
The results of the presented studies indicate the need to re-examine
and re-conceptualize our understanding of cognitive capacities that
dreamers have at their disposal within context-specific anxiety-
provoking situations in dreams. The presentation will conclude with
inviting the audience to discuss the limitations, delimitations, and
implications of the presented dream research.
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
TALK 1
The next talk in the Cognitive Development Center seminar series at
the CEU will be given by:
Elizabeth Spelke (Psychology, Harvard)
Thursday, May 13, 10.30 am
Title: Core Social Cognition
at the CEU Cognitive Development Center
Hattyuhaz, Level 3, Hattyu u. 14., 1015 Budapest
TALK 2
Special Lecture at Central European University
Organized by the Cognitive Development Center and the Department of
Gender Studies
Speaker:
Elizabeth Spelke
Marshall L. Berkman Professor of Psychology, Harvard University
Title:
Gender, Math and Science: Perspectives from Cognitive Development
Date:
Thursday, 13 May 2010, 6.00 pm
Abstract:
Why are there more men than women in the fields of science,
technology, and mathematics? Here I consider three reasons why men
might predominate in these fields: because they have higher aptitude
for science and mathematics on average or at the highest levels;
because they have greater motivation for hard and extended work in
these fields; or because biased patterns of evaluation tend to enhance
the progress of male scientists, relative to females. Drawing on
research in human cognitive development, I suggest that the third
factor is the most important one, and also that it is likely to change.
About the speaker:
Elizabeth Spelke is the Marshall L. Berkman Professor of Psychology
and the co-Director of the Laboratory for Developmental Studies, both
at Harvard. Elizabeth Spelke studies the cognitive capacities of human
infants, in relation to those of non-human primates, human children,
and adults from different cultures. Her current research focuses on
the origins and development of knowledge of objects and their motions,
of other people and their social interactions, and of two domains at
the foundations of formal mathematics: number and geometry.
Location:
Toth Istvan Gyorgy room
Central European University
Nádor u. 11.
Budapest 1051
Szeretettel várunk minden kedves érdeklődőt! Időpont:Kedd, máj. 18. 16hHelyszín:Pázmány P. Kat. Egyetem - ITK (1083, Práter utca 50/a) Kari Tanácsterem (204-es szoba) Dr. Ulbert István, PhDtudományos főmunkatárs, csoportvezetőÖsszehasonlító Pszichofiziológiai Csoport, MTA Pszichológiai Kutatóintézethttp://www.mtapi.hu/index.php?mi=204&lang=hu Laminar analysis of slow wave activity in humans The most distinctive features of brain electrical activity is that it is composed of cyclic patterns with various characteristic recurrence frequencies. These electrical brain rhythms are shown to be hierarchically organized and take an important role in both pathological and physiological functions. One of the most fundamental cortical electrical rhythms is the one that emerges in the deepest stage of non rapid eye movement sleep, called the slow wave activity. It was shown in animal models that it gives rise to a variety cyclic brain activity including delta, theta, spindle, alpha, beta, gamma and ripple oscillations establishing itself as the common orchestrator of brain electrical rhythms in sleep.Cortical slow wave activity is shown to enhance epileptic manifestations, but it is also thought to underlie essential restorative processes and facilitate the consolidation of declarative memories. Animal studies show that slow wave activity is composed of rhythmically recurring phases of widespread, increased cortical cellular and synaptic activity, referred to as active- or up-state, followed by cellular and synaptic inactivation, referred as silent- or down-state. However, its neural mechanisms in humans are poorly understood since the traditional intracellular techniques used in animals are inappropriate for investigating the cellular and synaptic/trans-membrane events in humans.To elucidate the intracortical neuronal mechanisms of slow wave activity in humans, novel, laminar multichannel microelectrodes were chronically implanted into the cortex of patients with drug resistant focal epilepsy undergoing cortical mapping for seizure focus localization. Intracortical laminar local field potential gradient, multiple unit and single unit activities were recorded during slow wave sleep, related to simultaneous electrocorticography, and analyzed with current source density and spectral methods.We found that slow wave activity in humans reflects a rhythmic oscillation between widespread cortical activation and silence. Cortical activation was demonstrated as increased wideband (0.3-200 Hz) spectral power including all bands of cortical oscillations from spindle to ripple, increased multiple and single unit activity, and powerful inward transmembrane currents, mainly localized to the supragranular layers. Neuronal firing in the up-state was sparse and the average discharge rate of single cells was less than expected from animal studies. Action potentials at up-state onset were synchronized within ±10 ms across all cortical layers, suggesting that any layer could initiate firing at up-state onset.These findings provide strong direct experimental evidence that slow wave activity in humans is characterized by hyperpolarizing currents associated with suppressed cell firing, alternating with high levels of oscillatory synaptic activity associated with increased cell firing. Our results emphasize the major involvement of supragranular layers in the genesis of slow wave activity. Az előadás után kötetlen beszélgetésre invitáljuk Önöket kávéés süti kíséretében! Szervezők
<a href="http://ad.adverticum.net/b/cl,1,73468,1603537,1595372/click.prm" target="_blank">________________________________________________________<br>Használható nyelvtudásra vágysz? Iratkozz be a Katedra Nyelviskola tavaszi nyelvtanfolyamaira! Üdülési csekkel is fizethetsz! Garantált minőség 40 városban.
<br></a>
The next talk in the Cognitive Development Center seminar series at
the CEU will be given by:
Elizabeth Spelke (Psychology, Harvard)
Thursday, May 13, 10.30 am
Title: Core Social Cognition
at the CEU Cognitive Development Center
Hattyuhaz, Level 3, Hattyu u. 14., 1015 Budapest
Everyone is welcome to attend.
