koglist February 2012

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[koglist] [CDC Seminars] CogSci CEU Colloquium: Feb. 15th, Social Cognition and the Origins of Language, by Thomas Scott-Phillips

by Gyorgyne Finta

The CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to a talk (as part of its Departmental Colloquium series) by Thomas Scott-Phillips, University of Edinburgh on Social Cognition and the Origins of Language Date: Wed, February 15, 2012 - 17:00 - 18:30 Location: Department of Cognitive Science, CEU, Frankel Leó út 30-34., Room G15 ABSTRACT: Evolutionary biologists have established the general processes by which communication systems evolve. I will present both theoretical and experimental research that shows that the evolution of sophisticated social cognition allowed humans to transcend these processes, and hence create language and other forms of ostensive communication. In particular, I will argue that the origins of widespread combinatorial communication, such as we see in languages, depends upon advanced mind-reading abilities, and therefore must have followed rather than preceded the origins of sophisticated social cognition. We're looking forward to see you there (Frankel Leo u. 30-34) ! CEU Department of Cognitive Science http://cogsci.ceu.hu _______________________________________________ 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

14 years, 2 months

[koglist] Theoretical Philosophy Forum, Gyorgy Szabo

by Laszlo E. Szabo

THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM Institute of Philosophy Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös University Address: Múzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest 15 February (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 György Szabó Complex Systems Group Research Institute for Technical Physics and Materials Science, Budapest A büntetés szerepe az együttműködés fenntartásában (The role of punishment in the maintenance of cooperation) ___________________________________ 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

14 years, 2 months

[koglist] invitation to a talk on`Self-awareness and self-improvement`by Michael Lacewing - 14 February, 5.30 PM

by Krisztina Biber

The CEU Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to a talk (as part of its Departmental Colloquium series) by Michael Lacewing (University of London) on `Self-awareness and self-improvement` Tuesday, 14 February, 2012, 5.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412, 14 February 5.30 PM ABSTRACT Our emotions and desires (passions) are important as representations or ‘intuitions’ of the moral and prudential good, and hence of our reasons for action. But they can be inappropriate/incorrect, and it is not easy to recognise when this is so. To secure the good life, we need to correct these passions, if possible. This form of self-improvement requires self-awareness – awareness of one’s passions and their meaning. However, social psychology, developmental psychology, and psychodynamic models of mind provide evidence that our passions are not transparent. I focus on the implications of the psychodynamic model and specifically the influence of defence mechanisms that distort our experience of the world and ourselves. I begin by identifying the weaknesses in Tiberius’s (2008) otherwise excellent account of self-awareness that result from her exclusive focus on the challenge from social psychology, and then develop a positive account of the requirements of self-awareness and, therefore, self-improvement. Kriszta Biber Department Coordinator Philosophy Department Tel: 36-1-327-3806 Fax: 36-1-327-3072 E-mail: biberk(a)ceu.hu

14 years, 3 months

[koglist] [CDC Seminars] CogSci CEU Colloquium: Feb. 1st, Trauma has no race and nation: a perspective of clinical neuroscience, by Szabolcs Keri and Einat Levy

by Christophe Heintz

The CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to a talk (as part of its Departmental Colloquium series) by *Szabolcs Keri, *University of Szeged, Hungary; National Psychiatry Center, Budapest, Hungary and *Einat Levy, *Rutgers University, Newark, USA on *Trauma has no Race and Nation: a Perspective of Clinical Neuroscience* Date: Wed, February 1, 2012 - 17:00 - 18:30 Location: Department of Cognitive Science, CEU, Frankel Leó út 30-34., Room G15 ABSTRACT: Psychological trauma, an overwhelming experience of various threatening situations during which the survival, safety, and integrity of the self are severely endangered, can occur in various cultural environments. Posttraumatic stress reactions include intensive and prolonged fear and anxiety, detachment from reality, intrusive recollection (nightmares, flashbacks, and aversive memories), avoidance behavior, emotional numbness, depression, and social isolation. These reactions are expressed, interpreted, and treated in a unique way in different cultures. Here, we argue that behind the cultural diversity psychological trauma is associated with uniformly altered basic associative learning processes. By the comparison of trauma-exposed individuals from the Middle East (victims of terrorist attacks and military trauma) and Hungary (the natural disaster of redsludge flood and other civilian traumas), we show that context reversal learning is identically disrupted, together with structural alterations in the hippocampal formation and amygdala. Results from these studies suggest that human suffering related to traumatic experiences shares the same neurocognitive and neuroanatomical bases regardless of culture, race, and ethnicity. We're looking forward to see you there (Frankel Leo u. 30-34) ! Christophe Heintz, for the CEU Department of Cognitive Science http://cogsci.ceu.hu _______________________________________________ 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

14 years, 3 months

[koglist] First announcement for First International Conference on Logic and Relativity: honoring István Németi's 70th birthday

by Gergely Székely

********************************************************************** FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT: First International Conference on Logic and Relativity: honoring István Németi's 70th birthday http://www.renyi.hu/conferences/nemeti70/ September 8 - 12, 2012, Budapest, Hungary ********************************************************************** The main topics of the conference are logic, relativity theory and their connections. Topics include (but are not restricted to): - Logical foundations of spacetime theories - Algebraic logic - Relativistic computation Invited speakers: - Johan van Benthem (University of Amsterdam) - S. Barry Cooper (University of Leeds) - Michael Makkai (McGill University) - John Byron Manchak (University of Washington) - Christian Wüthrich (University of California) We invite you to submit your abstract via the following link: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lr12 Program Committee: - Hajnal Andréka (Rényi Institute) - Mike Stannett (University of Sheffield) - Gergely Székely (Rényi Institute) Organizing Committee: - Gergely Székely (Rényi Institute) - Mike Stannett (University of Sheffield) IMPORTANT DATES: Deadline for abstract submission: Friday 13 July, 2012 Notifying the authors: Monday 23 July, 2012 Conference: 8-12 September, 2012 If you know anyone who may be interested in this conference, please notify them. [Apologies for multiple postings] Contact: Gergely Székely - nemeti70(a)renyi.hu

14 years, 3 months

[koglist] Fwd: [COGDEVSOC] Online E-Prime course

by Gergely Csibra

Begin forwarded message: > From: Judith Danovitch <jhd(a)msu.edu> > Date: 7 February 2012 8:04:41 pm CET > To: cogdevsoc(a)virginia.edu > Subject: [COGDEVSOC] Online E-Prime course > > The Psychology Dept. at Michigan State U. is introducing a new online, non-credit course that may be of interest to members of the Cognitive Development Society. See details below. > > Best, > Judith > > ********************** > > We would like to bring to your attention an online 4 week course on designing and programming computerized behavioral experiments. This online course is designed to give students hands-on experience in making computerized experiments in E-Prime®. Students learn step-by-step the full range of core elements of E-Prime®. Through a series of guided exercises, students see E-Prime® in action, and make their own working programs using text, images, sound, movies, and more. > > The course is designed to reach a broad audience interested in learning how to program behavioral experiments including students (undergraduate and graduate), post doctoral researchers, and faculty. > > Learning to program behavioral tasks can be daunting, but you don't have to scale that peak without help. Hire a guide. Take "E-Prime®: Introduction to Programming Computerized Behavioral Tasks" and get the training you need to start your expedition. > > For more information see http://psychology.msu.edu/Workshops_Courses/eprime.aspx > > -- > Judith Danovitch, PhD > Assistant Professor > Department of Psychology > Michigan State University > East Lansing, MI 48824 > Phone: (517) 432-3461 > Fax: (517) 432-2476 > Website: http://psychology.msu.edu/kid > > =========== > To post to the CDS listserv, send your message to: cogdevsoc(a)virginia.edu > (If you belong to the listserv and have not included any large attachments, your > message will be posted without moderation--so be careful!) > > To leave the CDS listserv, send a message to sympa(a)virginia.edu. > The subject line should read: "unsubscribe cogdevsoc" (no quotes). > Leave the message body blank. > > For other information about the listserv, including how to update your email > address and how to subscribe, visit http://www.cogdevsoc.org/listserv.php > ============ > > > >

14 years, 3 months

[koglist] levél a kognitív kollégákhoz - letter on behalf of ESCOP

by Pléh Csaba

Kedves Kollégák, Mint az ESCOP (European Society of Cognitive Psychology) magyar képviselője továbbítom ezt a levelet. Az első örömteli hír, hogy a 2013-as ESCOP konferencai Budapesten lesz. Jegyezzétek elő, a lentiek szerint. Másrészt, kérek mindenkit, aki szeretne rajta lenni az ESCOP levelezési listán, daja meg nevét, munkahelyét s email címét, pleh(a)cogsci.bme.hu címre méjus 2-ig. Köszönettel Pléh Csaba Dear colleagues, I am forwarding this letter to you as the local (Hungarian) representative of the European Society of Cognitive Psychology. There are two interesting issue. First, the next ESCOP conference shall be in Budapest. Second, at the end of the letter you see that we would like to compile a mailing list. Please send to pleh&cogsci.bme.hu your name, affiléiation, and email to pleh(a)cogsci.bme.hu if you wish to be on the list. Thanks Csaba 1. The committee met the organizers of the next ESCoP conference, Prof. Csaba Pleh and Prof. Guenther Knoblich. The next ESCoP conference will hold between Thursday 29 August and Sunday 1 September 2013 at Budapest (Hungary). Departments of Cognitive Science of two universities will take in charge the organisation: the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME, http://www.cogsci.bme.hu/eng/) and the Central European University (CEU, http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/). The organisers presented their planning, the venue and the social events. The executive committee is very excited by the project. Budapest is cited as one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. Its extensive World Heritage Site includes the banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter, Andrássy Avenue, Heroes' Square and the Millennium Underground Railway, the second oldest in the world. Other highlights include a total of 80 geothermal springs, the world's largest thermal water cave system, second largest synagogue, and third largest Parliament building. The city attracts about 2.3 million tourists a year. The city is ranked as "Europe's 7th most idyllic place to live" by Forbes. Budapest can easily be reached by international transport. The International Ferenc Liszt Airport has direct flights to most major European cities. Low budget airlines also operate to Budapest (Wizzair, Easyjet). There are many international train and bus services available as well. The organisers found a perfect venue located nearby the banks of the Danube. This new ESCoP conference should be a great event! So, mark these dates on your agenda and start to pass the word within your community. Keep an eye on ESCoP webpages to know about the different deadlines of submission. Second, the committee constantly keeps in thinking how ESCoP could improve its visibility and gain members. For this purpose we need you, because you know your scientific community in your country. We would like you provide us a list of people working within the field of cognitive psychology (in the broad sense, i.e. including developmental cognitive psychology, social cognition, neuroscience, etc) in your country. Having a look on who's publishing in cognitive psychology journals in your country could help you to identify the relevant people. We would like to have such a list of people (name and email) to contact them to advertise ESCoP by the end of April. We are aware that depending on the size of your country or of your community the work is more or less easy and straightforward, but maybe you could find people around you to help you, or such list may exist in your national cognitive psychology society. We all need to be more proactive to maintain cognitive psychology a strong discipline in Europe. Pléh Csaba e. tanár, BME Kognitív Tudományi Tanszéke az ESF Standing Committee on the Humanities tagja Dept of Cognitive Science BME Budapest Egry József utca 1 T 502 H-1111 Hungary főszerkesztő, Magyar Pszichológiai Szemle ed. chief, Hungarian Review of Psychology http://www.akademiai.com/content/119727/ T., Fax: (36-1) 4631072 Mob: (36-30) 3493735 pleh(a)cogsci.bme.hu www.plehcsaba.hu

14 years, 3 months

[koglist] reminder: invitation to a book launch`TRUTH, REFERENCE & REALISM`Wednesday, 8 February, 5.00 PM

by Krisztina Biber

The CEU Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to a book launch TRUTH, REFERENCE & REALISM Edited by Zsolt Novák – András Simonyi Wednesday, 8 February, 5.00 PM Gellner room (Monument building 1st floor 103) Program: The idea of the book Zsolt Novák The papers in a nutshell András Simonyi Contributor’s talk Howard Robinson Contributor’s talk Nenad Miscevic Questions Wine reception to follow in the office of the Head of the Philosophy Department (Zrinyi 14/402) Kriszta Biber Department Coordinator Philosophy Department Tel: 36-1-327-3806 Fax: 36-1-327-3072 E-mail: biberk(a)ceu.hu

14 years, 3 months

[koglist] Fwd: PhD positions in Uppsala

by Gergely Csibra

Begin forwarded message: > From: Gustaf Gredebäck <gustaf.gredeback(a)psyk.uu.se> > Date: 7 February 2012 12:06:40 pm CET > Subject: PhD positions in Uppsala > > > > > -- > > Gustaf Gredebäck > > Spädbarnslabbet / the Uppsala Babylab > > Institutionen för psykologi > Uppsala Universitet > BOX 1225 > 75142 Uppsala > > Phone: +46 (0)70 167 94 14 > > www.babylab.se > >

14 years, 3 months

[koglist] ELTE Cognitive Psychology Masters Program information meeting

by Krajcsi Attila

ELTE Cognitive Psychology Masters Program information meeting The Cognitive Psychology Department of Eötvös Loránd University invites you to meet the Cognitive Psychology Masters Program. An information meeting will be held on 16th of February, 5pm at our Izabella street building, room 301 (find our building here: https://sites.google.com/site/eltekognitiv/home/kapcsolat). You'll hear about the courses, research programs, the labs and our faculty. After the meeting there's an opportunity to meet more informally (in the bar of the building) with our faculty staff and with our students who already had some experience in our masters program.

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