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> From: Andrea Goldin <apgoldin(a)gmail.com>
> Date: 18 August 2011 8:37:42 pm CEST
> To: undisclosed-recipients:;
> Subject: Student Applications deadline extended - LASchool for Education, Cognitive and Neural Sciences
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> Dear collegues,
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> Sorry for cross-posting. Please forward this invitation to apply to the LAschool in Patagonia to graduate students and postdocs.
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> Best wishes,
> Andrea Goldin, PhD Student
> Laboratorio de Neurociencia Integrativa, FCEyN,
> Universidad de Buenos Aires
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> The 2nd Latin American School for Education, Cognitive and Neural Sciences
> Funded by the James S. McDonnell Foundation
> Calafate, Patagonia Argentina
> 5-16 March, 2012
> http://www.laschool4education.com/
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> Faculty:
> Andrea Moro, Bruce McCandliss, Constance Scharff, David Klahr, David Yaron, Diego Golombek, Elizabeth Brannon, Elizabeth Spelke, Gergely Csibra, Ghislaine Dehaene-Lambertz, Hal Pashler, Helen Neville, Henry "Roddy" Roediger III, Jacques Mehler, Jan Born, John Bruer, Jorge Moll, Joshua Tenenbaum, Kathleen McDermott, Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek, Laura Shulz, Manuel Carreiras, Marcela Peña, Mariano Sigman, Marina Nespor, Miguel Brechner Frey, Mike Shadlen, Mitchell Nathan, Nora Newcombe, Pierre Pica, Rebecca Saxe, Sidarta Ribeiro, Silvia Bunge, Stanislas Dehaene, Stella Vosniadou, Susan Fitzpatrick, Usha Goswami
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> Candidates should register at http://www.laschool4education.com. Applications will remain open until September 15, 2011.
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> The school will be held in Calafate, one of the most beautiful places in Patagonia, Argentina, http://www.hotelaltocalafate.com.ar. The goal of our School is to critically examine research findings that are potentially relevant to the development and implementation of effective educational practices. We hope that the School will foster a new generation of rigorous researchers with broad knowledge in neuroscience, able to operate at the interface between education and science. The school will cover all travel, board and lodging expenses for the selected candidates.
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> Follow us on twitter: @LASchool4Edu
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Kedves Kollégák!
Szeretném tisztelettel meghívni Önöket/Titeket a nyilvános PhD
védésemre, ami szeptember 12.-én 14:00-kor kerül megrendezésre a BME
Oktatói Klubban (K épület I. emelet 97).
(A hivatalos meghívót csatoltam.)
A dolgozat és a tézisek elérhetők a következő címeken:
http://cogsci.bme.hu/doktori_iskola.php
illetve
http://www.doktori.hu/index.php?menuid=193&vid=7666 <http://www.doktori.hu/index.php?menuid=193&vid=7666>
Üdvözlettel,
Háden Gábor
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Institute for Psychology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Address: H-1068 Budapest, Szondi u. 83-85
Mailing address: H-1394 Budapest, P.O.B. 398
Phone: +36 1 3542-294
Fax: +36 1 3542-416
Mobile: +36 70 286-1064
E-mail:haden@cogpsyphy.hu or robag.nedah(a)gmail.com
Web:http://www.mtapi.hu
The first talk in the 2011-2012 CDC seminar series will be given by:
Willem Frankenhuis, UCLA
Date: TUESDAY, August 23, 2011, 5 PM (Please note that this talk will be given on a different day than usual!)
Location: Cognitive Development Center, Hattyú u. 14, 3rd floor
An evolutionary approach to developmental change
Abstract: Although building blocks of cognition are commonly viewed in light of evolution (e.g., core systems), processes of developmental change rarely are. Developmental processes, however, can also be analyzed in light of their evolved features, because natural selection shapes developmental mechanisms that “construct” adaptive phenotypes—based on the physical and social environment. In order to study how natural selection shapes ontogenetic change, biologists have used a modeling approach called dynamic optimization. In this talk, I will show how this approach can be applied to the study of cognitive development. In doing so, I will discuss several examples, including the study of developmental plasticity, life history development, and learning and decision problems involving continuous updating based on feedback—such as determining whether another agent is responding contingently to one’s own actions.
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The first talk in the 2011-2012 CDC seminar series will be given by:
Willem Frankenhuis, UCLA
Date: TUESDAY, August 23, 2011, 5 PM (Please note that this talk will be
given on a different day than usual!)
Location: Cognitive Development Center, Hattyú u. 14, 3rd floor
*An evolutionary approach to developmental change
*
Abstract: Although building blocks of cognition are commonly viewed in light
of evolution (e.g., core systems), processes of developmental change rarely
are. Developmental processes, however, can also be analyzed in light of
their evolved features, because natural selection shapes developmental
mechanisms that “construct” adaptive phenotypes—based on the physical and
social environment. In order to study how natural selection shapes
ontogenetic change, biologists have used a modeling approach called dynamic
optimization. In this talk, I will show how this approach can be applied to
the study of cognitive development. In doing so, I will discuss several
examples, including the study of developmental plasticity, life history
development, and learning and decision problems involving continuous
updating based on feedback—such as determining whether another agent is
responding contingently to one’s own actions.
_______________________________________________
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Just a reminder that the deadline for submitting symposia to the BCCCD12
meeting is fast approaching!
*Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development 2012, January 12-14, 2012
*
As the only annual European conference focusing on cognitive development,
the BCCCD welcomes submissions in all related topics and areas. Past
conferences have included presentations on comparative cognition, cultural
cognition, early social cognition, moral cognition, language, conceptual
learning, and methodological issues.
*SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Symposia submissions* are due* September 10, 2011* (notification by
September 30th). Symposia will be 3 talks plus discussant, or 3-4 talks
without a discussant. Symposium organizers are required to chair their
session.
For more information on how to submit, please visit our website at:
http://www.asszisztencia.hu/bcccd/index.php?menu=4
Poster submissions are due *October 10, 2011 *(notification by October
31st).
*
*
Registration is now open for the BCCCD12 meeting at our website:
http://www.asszisztencia.hu/bcccd/
*INVITED SPEAKERS*
Lila Gleitman (University of Pennsylvania)
Giorgio Vallortigara (University of Trento)
*INVITED SYMPOSIA
*Invited symposium on early social cognition - Organizer: Gustaf Gredebäck
(Uppsala University)
Invited symposium on inductive learning - Organizer: Laura Schulz (MIT)
*REGISTRATION FEES*
Early bird (by November 15)
Regular EUR 120
Student EUR 85
Standard (after November 15)
Regular EUR 140
Student EUR 100
The meeting begins at 1 PM on Thursday, January 12th, and ends at 7 PM on
Saturday, January 14th. Attendance will be limited and there will be no
parallel sessions.
For more information, please visit our conference website:
http://www.asszisztencia.hu/bcccd/
(RSVP on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=205707306119266)
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The first talk in the 2011-2012 CDC seminar series will be given by:
Willem Frankenhuis, UCLA
Date: TUESDAY, August 23, 2011, 5 PM (Please note that this talk will be
given on a different day than usual!)
Location: Cognitive Development Center, Hattyú u. 14, 3rd floor
*An evolutionary approach to developmental change
*
Abstract: Although building blocks of cognition are commonly viewed in light
of evolution (e.g., core systems), processes of developmental change rarely
are. Developmental processes, however, can also be analyzed in light of
their evolved features, because natural selection shapes developmental
mechanisms that “construct” adaptive phenotypes—based on the physical and
social environment. In order to study how natural selection shapes
ontogenetic change, biologists have used a modeling approach called dynamic
optimization. In this talk, I will show how this approach can be applied to
the study of cognitive development. In doing so, I will discuss several
examples, including the study of developmental plasticity, life history
development, and learning and decision problems involving continuous
updating based on feedback—such as determining whether another agent is
responding contingently to one’s own actions.
_______________________________________________
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JOINT BRITISH ACADEMY/BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL LECTURE
The Resilient Brain: Cognition and Ageing
Professor Lorraine K Tyler FBA
University of Cambridge
Thursday, 22 September 2011
6.00pm - 7.15pm, followed by a drinks reception
British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1
Normal healthy ageing involves widespread changes in the brain, which are thought to lead to
problems with a variety of everyday cognitive functions, such as memory, attention and problem solving. However, this view is starting to change and a more positive view is emerging in which ageing is no longer seen as an inexorable progressive decline in neural and cognitive fitness. This research focuses on what is preserved as we age, trying to understand the brain mechanisms by which cognitive functions can be preserved in spite of extensive changes in brain tissue. In this talk Professor Tyler will discuss some of the research that takes a positive view of changes across the lifespan, and in doing so is starting to over-turn existing stereotypes of ageing.
About the Speaker:
Lorraine K Tyler is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. She heads a University-wide consortium, funded by the BBSRC, to study the relationship between brain function and cognition across the adult lifespan. She was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1995. Her most recent articles include ‘Conceptual structure: Towards an integrated neurocognitive
account’, Cognitive Neuroscience of Language (co-author) and ‘Fronto-temporal brain systems supporting spoken language comprehension’ Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, Theme Issue ‘The perception of speech: from sound to meaning’ with WD Marslen-Wilson.
Attendance is free, but registration is required for this event. To register please click here:
A poster for your notice board can be downloaded here.
Joint British Academy / British Psychological Society Lecture
This lecture series began in 2001 when the Academy held a lecture to mark the centenary of the British Psychological Society.
The British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH Tel: 020 7969 5200, Fax: 020 7969 5300, Web: www.britac.ac.uk
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