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[koglist] Meghívó - BME Kognitív Szemináriumsorozat / Invitation - BME Cognitive Seminar Series

by Attila Keresztes

We cordially invite you to the next lecture of the BME Cognitive Seminar Series: Date & Time: December 5, Monday, 12:00-13:00 Location: BME, XI., Egry József utca 1., T. ép 515. *Beatrix Burghardt*** Indiana University, USA *Evidence for the [PATH [PLACE]] linguistic hierarchy from adult Hungarian language acquisition* Abstract This talk reports on the acquisition of directed motion expressions by adult learners of Hungarian as a second language. Results reveal that L2 learners have access to Universal Grammar during interlanguage development. Recent cross-linguistic analysis has shown that the syntactic ordering of adpositions forms a strict hierarchical pattern where the directional phrase precedes the lower locational phrase (van Riemsdijk, 1990; Stringer, 2005; Svenonious, 2006). The same analysis has also been applied toHungarian (Hegedu"s, 2006; Stringer, 2008). Hungarian provides an interesting testing ground for acquisitionally-orientated investigations because of its wealth of spatial expressions, agglutinative character and its rich morphology. In particular, I bring evidence from second language acquisition in support of the claim that the layered PP structure is universal, and knowledge of UG is accessible during L2 acquisition. Original data has been collected from adult English L1 learners of Hungarian L2 (N=18). I conducted two forced elicitation production tasks to test expressions of PATH, i.e. source, goal, location. These include the language-specific /Pléh-Palotás-Lo"rik Test (PPL) /(2002), and a purposefully designed original picture series capturing a frog jumping to and from different types of objects. Learner-produced non- target-like utterances are systematic and only include the following two types of ordering: (1) in case of Hungarian postpositions Path is ordered before Place, and the latter is before the N; (2) in case of locative suffixes the ordering is reversed, i.e. N is followed by Place, and the latter by Path. These patterns result in spatial suffix stacking on nouns and postpositions. Neither pattern is target-like, nor can they be derived from the learners' L1 English; thus they provide clear evidence that in the spatial domain UG is available during interlanguage development. -- Attila Keresztes Junior Research Fellow Budapest University of Technology and Economics Dept. of Cognitive Science, Egry József u. 1, Budapest 1111, Hungary Tel: +36 1 4633525

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[koglist] CEU PhD studentships

by Gergely Csibra

PhD studentships are available for the doctoral program in Cognitive Science at Central European University (CEU), Budapest, Hungary. Application deadline: 25 January 2012. The Department of Cognitive Science at CEU invites applications for doctoral student positions starting in September 2012. This is a research-based training program in human cognition with social cognition and learning as core themes. Research topics include cooperation, communication, social learning, cultural transmission, embodied cognition, joint action, developmental social cognition, strategic decision-making, problem solving, visual cognition, sensory and statistical learning, visual psychophysics, computational neuroscience, and social cognitive neuroscience. Students will follow courses in cognitive psychology, philosophy of mind, cognitive anthropology, computational cognition and linguistics, and will receive practical research training in the laboratories of the members of this new department. Faculty includes Gergely CSIBRA (cognitive development, cognitive neuroscience) József FISER (visual perception and cognition, biological and statistical learning) György GERGELY (infant cognition, developmental psychopathology) Christophe HEINTZ (culture and cognition, scientific cognition, behavioral economics) Guenther KNOBLICH (embodied cognition and social cognition, problem solving) Ágnes M. KOVACS (development of social cognition, theory of mind, mental representations) Natalie SEBANZ (social cognition, social cognitive neuroscience) Dan SPERBER (culture and cognition, communication and language, evolution) Anne TAMM (theories of language, linguistic diversity) Applicants are expected to hold a master’s degree in one of the disciplines that constitute Cognitive Science, though in exceptional cases we will consider applications from students who only hold a bachelor's degree. Successful candidates will receive full funding for 3 years and further benefits. For the details of the admission process see http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/Admission ---- CEU (www.ceu.hu) is a graduate research-intensive university located in Budapest, Hungary and accredited in the United States and Hungary. CEU enrolls more than 1500 students from more than 100 countries in its master's and doctoral programs. The teaching staff consists of more than 140 resident faculty from over 30 countries, and prominent visiting scholars from around the world. The language of instruction is English.

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[koglist] Theoretical Philosophy Forum, Gabor Etesi

by Laszlo E. Szabo

THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM Institute of Philosophy Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös University Address: Múzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest 7 December (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Gábor Etesi Department of Geometry, Mathematical Institute Budapest University of Technology and Economics Feynman integrals and the current status of the Continuum Hypothesis ___________________________________ 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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[koglist] phD announcements

by Gergely Csibra

Dear colleagues, We would appreciate if you could spread this announcement (pdf attached) in your group / department / faculty / university. Many thanks in advance, Petra Pesak, MSc Projekt Management ------------------------------------------------ University of Vienna, Department of Cognitive Biology Althanstrasse 14, A-1091 Vienna, Austria, Tel. +43-1-4277-76102, Mobil +43 (0) 664-602 77-761 02 1. PhD Position in Cognitive Biology The aim of this project is to investigate transmission processes of social information in corvids (crows, ravens). Corvids have been shown to possess sophisticated socio-cognitive skills in daily life as well as under controlled laboratory conditions which makes them ideal model species for the planned combination of experimental field and lab studies. During the last two decades theories on social learning in animals have more and more focused on social learning strategies, i.e. from whom individuals preferentially learn, based on the assumption that animals do not interact randomly when they learn from each other. In this project we will allow for this assumption by analyzing the social structure of corvid interaction networks and using network based models to assess which social network influences transmission processes in several different experimental contexts, i.e. testing social learning strategies against each other. The project will involve intensive behavioural observations as well as conducting social learning experiments in the field and in the lab. The 3-year PhD position is fully paid by the Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF) and is based at the Department of Cognitive Biology at the University of Vienna, Austria (http://cogbio.univie.ac.at/). The candidate will be supervised by Prof. Thomas Bugnyar and Dr. Christine Schwab. Letters of application including CV, photograph, publication list, 2-3 letters of recommendation and a statement of research interests should be sent to Mrs. Petra Pesak, MSc. by E-mail (petra.pesak(a)univie.ac.at) until December 31st, 2011. Planned interview dates are in mid/end January, 2012. Planned starting date is March 1st, 2012. The University of Vienna promotes the employment of women in fields of work in which they are underrepresented and therefore encourages qualified women to apply to this opening. Disabled people will be preferentially treated if qualified. Required qualifications · A master or an equivalent in Biology or related fields · Excellent knowledge of English · Research experience in animal behaviour · Knowledge of animal social learning theory · Strong commitment to animal cognition · Endurance Beneficial (but not required) qualifications · Experience of designing and conducting social learning experiments · Field experience · Experience in handling and ringing of birds · Experience of working with corvids · Knowledge of social network theory 2. PhD Position in Cognitive Biology The Department of Cognitive Biology, laboratory of Tecumseh Fitch, has funding available for a three-year PhD position in Bioacoustics. The lab conducts behavioral experiments with a diverse group of species, including birds (ravens, parrots) and mammals (chimpanzees, other nonhuman primates, and humans), and research in both cognition and acoustic communication. For the current position a strong background in speech science, animal bioacoustics and/or signal processing is desirable. The 3-year PhD position is fully paid (30 hours/week) and is based at the Department of Cognitive Biology at the University of Vienna, Austria (http://cogbio.univie.ac.at/). The candidate will be supervised by Prof. Tecumseh Fitch. Letters of application including CV, photograph, publication list, 2-3 letters of recommendation and a statement of research interests should be sent to Dr. Drasko Boko by E-mail (drasko.boko(a)univie.ac.at). The application deadline is December 31st, 2011. Planned interview dates are in mid/end January 2012. Planned starting date is March 1st, 2012. The University of Vienna promotes the employment of women in fields of work in which they are underrepresented and therefore encourages qualified women to apply to this opening. Disabled people will be preferentially treated if qualified. Required qualifications · A master or an equivalent in Biology or related field (speech science, engineering) · Excellent knowledge of English · Research experience in animal behaviour · Knowledge of acoustic communication · Strong quantitative and computer skills · Endurance Beneficial (but not required) qualifications · Experience of designing and conducting behavioral experiments · Lab/field experience · Applicants with prior publications will be favored · Computer programming (Python, Matlab, C, etc.)

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[koglist] Kognitív idegtudományi (neuroimaging) PhD és Post-doc helyek Finnországban (Espoo)

by István Winkler

OPEN POSITION IN COGNITIVE NEUROIMAGING IN AALTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE The Mind and Brain Laboratory at the Aalto University School of Science, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Computational Science, Espoo, Finland, is seeking a research scientists to pursue Ph.D. studies or, alternatively, post-doctoral studies. We are seeking an individual with skills in / background that allows one to learn, and strong interest towards, development of neuroimaging (functional MRI, MEG, but also complementary behavioral measures) signal analysis methods for quantification of multidimensional data obtained during naturalistic stimulation conditions such as watching movies and listening to music. Related to this, the ideal applicant should be keen to study higher-order cognitive functions, emotions, and the underlying neural mechanisms. The position is available starting at February 2012, for four years (Ph.D. studies) or two years (post-doc). The salary is determined by the agency level agreement of Aalto University. Further questions and applications pertaining to the position should be directed to Prof. Jouko Lampinen (jouko.lampinen(a)tkk.fi <mailto:jouko.lampinen@tkk.fi>; tel. +358 50 560 4827) and to Prof. Mikko Sams (mikko.sams(a)tkk.fi <mailto:mikko.sams@tkk.fi>; +358 50 521 5739). The applications are to be submitted to the Registry of Aalto University, preferably by email: kirjaamo(a)aalto.fi <mailto:kirjaamo@aalto.fi>, no later than on January 13th, 2012.The postal address of the Registry is Aalto University, P.O.Box 11000, FI-00076 Aalto.

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[koglist] ELTE Cognitive Seminar Series: next Monday!

by Linda Garami

Dear All, The Department of Cognitive Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University invites you to the next public lecture of Eötvös Loránd University Cognitive Seminar Series by *Marian Chen* (http://www.ceu.hu/profiles/research-fellow/marian_chen). Title:* Imitation and emulation: Learning and generalizing from natural pedagogy* Date: 5. dec. 2011. 14:00-15:00 ((Monday!) Venue: ELTE-PPK, Izabella u. 46., room 116. (https://sites.google.com/site/eltekognitiv/home/elte-kognitiv-pentek) Everyone is welcome to attend. Best regards, Linda Garami linda.garami(a)ppk.elte.hu Department of Cognitive Psychology Eötvös Loránd University

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