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[koglist] [CDC Seminars] CogSci CEU Departmental Colloquium: March 14. Can the comprehension of abstract language be rooted in sensory experiences?

by Gyorgyne Finta

The CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to a talk (as part of its Departmental Colloquium series) by Anna Babarczy, Budapest University of Technology and Economics on Can the comprehension of abstract language be rooted in sensory experiences? Date: Wed, March 14, 2012 - 17:00 - 18:30 Location: Department of Cognitive Science, CEU, Frankel Leó út 30-34., Room G15 Can the comprehension of abstract language be rooted in sensory experiences? ABSTRACT: The question of learning the meaning of abstract language (roughly, expressions with no perceptible referents) has been bugging philosophers for thousands of years. More recently, a number of experimental paradigms have emerged trying to shed light on this issue. The basic idea explored in the talk is that people understand abstract (metaphorical) expressions by linking them to sensory or bodily experiences. If this is the case, we should be able to show that these experiences affect people’s interpretation of abstract utterances. The talk looks at the evidence we have so far (pro and contra).We're looking forward to see you there (Frankel Leo u. 30-34) ! _______________________________________________ Subscribe by sending an empty mail to seminars-subscribe(a)cdc.ceu.hu Unsubscribe by sending an empty mail to seminars-unsubscribe(a)cdc.ceu.hu

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[koglist] Fw: New Fellowship Call

by Csaba Pléh

Csaba Pléh professor of psychology presently: Collegium de Lyon 15 parvis Rene Descartes ENS Recherche R 147 69007 Lyon France T: 33437376596 Fax: 33437376273 Mobile: 36303493735, csaba.pleh(a)ens-lyon.fr Eszterhazy Karoly College Eger H-3300 editor in chief, Hungarian Review of Psychology member, Academia Europaea and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ----- Original Message ----- From: Eva Gonczi To: undisclosed-recipients: Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 3:43 PM Subject: New Fellowship Call Dear Former Collegium Budapest Fellows and Friends, We would like to call your attention to a new initiative of ours that is aimed at promoting the humanities at the CEU and intends to offer fellowships for the purpose. The Humanities Initiative Fellowship at CEU/CEU IAS is a joint research/ teaching program where junior Fellows are expected to spend the academic year in Budapest and work on their own research project at the Institute for Advanced Study in two of the semesters and teach 4 credits worth of courses at the university in one semester. All through the year we hope fellows will find creative ways in which themes in the humanities may be introduced at the CEU, and they will cooperate with existing programs and develop research and teaching opportunities with CEU and CEU IAS colleagues. Deadline for application: January 15, 2013. Further information is available at http://ias.ceu.hu/NewCall We would be grateful if you could circulate this among interested colleagues. Many thanks and best regards Eva Gonczi Eva Gonczi Academic Secretary Institute for Advanced Study Central European University Budapest Nádor u. 13 1051 Hungary gonczi(a)ceu.hu +36 1 327-3000/2596

13 years, 5 months

[koglist] reminder: invitation to a talk on "Spinoza's Mereology"by Yitzhak Melamed - WEDNESDAY, 28 November, 5.30PM ROOM 311

by Krisztina Biber

The CEU Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to a talk (as part of its Departmental Colloquium series) by Yitzhak Melamed (Johns Hopkins University) on "Spinoza's Mereology" PLEASE NOTE THAT THE TALK IS SCHEDULED ON WEDNESDAY IN ROOM 311!!!!!! Wednesday, 28 November, 2012, 5.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 311 ABSTRACT Mereology and the concept of part has a central role in Spinoza’s metaphysics and is closely related to many of his key notions, such as substance, Extension, power, infinity, infinite modes, parallelism, adequacy and inadequacy of ideas, individuals, and singular things [res singulares]. Yet, the topic has hardly been discussed in the existing literature. Mereology became a vital field in analytic metaphysics only relatively recently (roughly over the past two decades), and this could explain part of the scholarly neglect among historians of modern metaphysics who frequently follow the trends of contemporary metaphysics. Paucity of early modern primary resources discussing mereology was never an issue; most of Spinoza’s works include detailed discussions of part and whole. In fact, one of the major obstacles in the study of Spinoza’s mereology is finding a way to ease and reconcile the tensions among various claims of Spinoza, tensions that could be due to local inconsistencies, equivocal use of ‘part [pars]’, or genuine changes in Spinoza’s understanding of parts and wholes. Spinoza developed his philosophy over a period of almost two decades, and it is clear that he kept revising his views, including, as we shall see, some of his mereological assumptions.

13 years, 5 months

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

by Attila Keresztes

We cordially invite you to the next lecture of the BME Cognitive Seminar Series: Date & Time: December 3, Monday, 12:00-13:00 Location: BME, XI., Egry József utca 1., T. ép 515. *General and specific factors of reading development* *Dénes Tóth, PhD* MTA-TTK (Hungarian Academy of Sciences - Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology) web: http://www.mtapi.hu/index.php?mi=419&lang=en& Abstract On the psychological level, phonological processing, especially phoneme awareness is regarded as a key factor in early reading development. Based on a large-scale international behavioral study, we present an alternative view instead of the commonly adopted schema which suggests causal or reciprocal cognitive factors. The general (g) factor model of reading presumes a general (mostly genetically determined) factor and several independent specific factors behind reading and reading-related behavioral performance. The model is universal in the sense that it has almost the same structure in several alphabetical orthographies and it also partly explains non-phonological, that is purely orthographic processing. The g factor can be conceived as a specialization ability that certain brain areas not devoted to reading-related processing are able to transform in the first phase of reading acquisition in a way which enables the mapping or recoding of orthographic and phonological information at an elementary level, allowing the automatisation of both phonological and orthographic access. However, the optimization of orthographic processing corresponding to the statistical regularities of a given orthography contains components which are almost fully independent from these processes. We base the latter argument on a large-scale developmental experiment in which the encoding of various visual elements (letters, digits and symbols) and their position was investigated and complex interactions were found, suggesting that the development of orthographic processing also reflects adaptive specialization. -- 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

13 years, 5 months

[koglist] Theoretical Philosophy Forum, December

by Laszlo E. Szabo

THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM Institute of Philosophy Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös University Address: Múzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest December Program 5 December (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Tomislav Bracanović Department of Philosophy, Center for Croatian Studies at the University of Zagreb Respect for Cultural Diversity or Bioethics? 12 December (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Márton Gömöri Department of Logic, Institute of Philosophy, Eötvös University, Budapest Only one kind of convention 19 December (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Zalán Gyenis* and Miklós Rédei** * Department of Mathematics, Central European University, Budapest ** Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, LSE, London Why `Bertrand's paradox' is not paradoxical ___________________________________ 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

13 years, 5 months

[koglist] ELTE Cognitive Seminar Series

by Linda Garami

Dear All, The Department of Cognitive Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University cordially invites you again to the next public lecture of Eötvös Loránd University Cognitive Seminar Series by *Paavo Leppänen, *professor at University of Jyväskylä ( https://www.jyu.fi/ytk/laitokset/psykologia/henkilokunta/leppanen_p). Title: Language related disorders and neurobiological risk factors Date: 06. dec. 2012.* *17:00-18:00 Venue: ELTE-PPK, Izabella u. 46., room 211. Everyone is welcome to attend. Best regards, Linda Garami garami.linda(a)ppk.elte.hu <linda.garami(a)ppk.elte.hu> Department of Cognitive Psychology Eötvös Loránd University

13 years, 5 months

[koglist] Theoretical Philosophy Forum, Peter Fazekas

by Laszlo E. Szabo

THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM Institute of Philosophy Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös University Address: Múzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest 28 November (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Péter Fazekas Institute of Philosophy, Research Center for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences From H2O to Water - The Prospects of Reductive Explanation ___________________________________ 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

13 years, 5 months

[koglist] invitation to a talk on "Spinoza's Mereology"by Yitzhak Melamed - WEDNESDAY, 28 November, 5.30PM ROOM 311

by Krisztina Biber

13 years, 5 months

[koglist] MTÜ - Lendület előadások

by Gaál Zsófia Anna

Tisztelt Kollégák! Megkértek a csatolt file-ban lévő meghívó körbeküldésére. A Magyar Tudomány Ünnepének keretén belül holnap (november 22.) 16 órától Lendület pályázatot elnyert kutatók tartanak előadást. Winkler István: Mielőtt megtanulunk beszélni: A kommunikáció előfeltételei csecsemőknél Hájos Norbert: Az elbódított figyelem. Hogyan befolyásolja a marihuána az agyhullámokat? Orbán Gergő: Csalhatatlan (?) idegrendszer Üdvözlettel, Gaál Zsófia Anna -- Zsófia Anna Gaál, PhD Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology Research Centre for Natural Sciences Hungarian Academy of Sciences Tel.: +36-1-354-2297 1394 Budapest, POB 398. www.mtapi.hu/gaalzs

13 years, 5 months

[koglist] [CDC Seminars] REMINDER: Thomas C. Gunter, Wednesday, November 21, 2012, 5 PM

by Mikolaj Hernik

PLEASE NOTE: Our seminar room has a limited capacity. Please arrive early to ensure you get a seat. The talk will begin promptly at 5. The next talk in the CDC Seminar series will be given by: Thomas C. Gunter (Max Planck Institute for Human, Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig) Date: Wednesday, November 21, 2012, 5 PM Location: Cognitive Development Center, Hattyú u. 14, 3rd floor Title: Gesture-speech integration: Some examples of how gestures impact our verbal communication Abstract: In everyday face-to-face conversation, speakers not only use speech to transfer information but also rely on facial expression, body posture and gestures. In this talk I will take a closer look on how gestures potentially influence language processing on a semantic (part 1) as well as on a syntactic (part 2) level. The first part of the talk sketches some of the semantic influences of gestures and focus on how iconic gestures affect speech comprehension. Iconic gestures have a close formal relationship to the semantic content of speech. For instance, a speaker might perform a typing movement with her fingers while saying: “Yesterday I wrote the letter”. Clearly, a listener can extract additional information from these gestures (e.g. we know that the letter was written on a keyboard and not with a pen). Although there is no doubt that iconic gestures are communicative and can be integrated online with speech, little is known about the nature of this process and how our own communicative abilities and also our environment influence this integration process. In order to shed some light on these issues I will review several ERP-experiments which looked at the influence of task, timing and environment on gesture-speech integration. We will also discuss the issue whether gestures are incorporated in a personal communication style and whether they will selectively impact the perception of the communication of a specific individual. The second part of the talk will explore the possibility that gesture influences the syntactic aspect of language and will focus on beat-gestures. A beat gesture is a short, rhythmic movement or series of movements of the hand. They have been suggested to accent or emphasize portions of the co-expressive speech and may therefore influence which syntactic structure is assigned to a sequence of words. Recently we have carried out several ERP-experiments that suggest that indeed such gestures (and not other types of emphasis) can disambiguate ambiguous syntactic structures. Taken all the experimental evidence together, I will suggest that most effective communication not only involves the mouth, but also the hands. Cognitive Science Events at CEU: http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/events _______________________________________________ Subscribe by sending an empty mail to seminars-subscribe(a)cdc.ceu.hu Unsubscribe by sending an empty mail to seminars-unsubscribe(a)cdc.ceu.hu

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