The next talk in the CEU Cognitive Development Center seminar series will be
given by
Dr. Andreas Wilke
Clarkson University Department of Psychology
Past and Present Environments: The Evolution of Decision Making
The human mind is filled with evolved decision mechanisms designed to meet
adaptively important goals. We outline a framework for studying those
mechanisms from an evolutionary cognitive psychology perspective, which
emphasizes the role of the environment in shaping organisms' decision
strategies. We hold that decision strategies often take the form of simple
decision rules constructed from building blocks that draw on evolved
capacities, all of which fit to particular information structures in the
environment. We illustrate these ideas with research examples from our work
on human foraging cognition: deciding when to leave a resource patch,
searching for information in memory, predicting when a sequence of events
will stop or continue, and detecting sequential dependencies when
simultaneously foraging for multiple resources.
Date: July 28, 2010, 5 PM
Location: CEU Cognitive Development Center
Hattyú u. 14, Budapest
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Postdoc position Theory & History of Psychology at Groningen University
Applying instruments and concepts from the fields of History &
Philosophy of Science and Science & Technology Studies, the T&G group
focuses on three themes: social technology, memory and forgetting and
neurobiological selves.
This temporary position is open to candidates with a recent relevant
PhD, combining, for instance, psychology with philosophy, sociology or
anthropology. The ideal candidate has already published one or more
articles in this interdisciplinary area.
The position is temporary for a period of 18 months (fulfilling it on a
part time basis and combining it with a part time temporary teaching
position may be negotiable).
Application deadline September 6 2010, interviews in the week of
September 13.
http://www.academictransfer.com/employer/RUG/vacancy/5353/lang/en/
The next talk in the CEU Cognitive Development Center seminar series will be
given by
Dr. Andreas Wilke
Clarkson University Department of Psychology
Past and Present Environments: The Evolution of Decision Making
The human mind is filled with evolved decision mechanisms designed to meet
adaptively important goals. We outline a framework for studying those
mechanisms from an evolutionary cognitive psychology perspective, which
emphasizes the role of the environment in shaping organisms' decision
strategies. We hold that decision strategies often take the form of simple
decision rules constructed from building blocks that draw on evolved
capacities, all of which fit to particular information structures in the
environment. We illustrate these ideas with research examples from our work
on human foraging cognition: deciding when to leave a resource patch,
searching for information in memory, predicting when a sequence of events
will stop or continue, and detecting sequential dependencies when
simultaneously foraging for multiple resources.
Date: July 28, 2010, 5 PM
Location: CEU Cognitive Development Center
Hattyú u. 14, Budapest