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
Jean-François Démonet<http://cvscience.aviesan.fr/cv/594/jean-francois-demonet>
.
Title:* *Language: nature and culture
Date: 15 may 2012, 17:00-18:00 ((Tuesday)
Venue: ELTE-PPK, Izabella u. 46., room 301.
(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
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:
Katharina J. Rohlfing, Bielefeld University
Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 5 PM
Location: Cognitive Development Center, Hattyú u. 14, 3rd floor
*From action to language and back*
Abstract: In current approaches to understanding the mechanisms of
language, factors that embody language in cognition are in focus of
investigation. I complement this research perspective by pointing out the
other direction of the link between action and language, according to which
it is not the sole purpose of language to function in the role as a symbol;
it also plays a role as a social signal influencing attention and the
memory performance that can be observed in developmental processes. I
propose that the relationship between action and language should be viewed
as a symbiosis rather than a link.
The reverse impact of language onto action can be seen in the phenomenon
that has been termed Acoustic Packaging (Hirsh-Pasek & Golinkoff, 1996):
Imagine that you see a dancer performing a dance. You watch it and it seems
to you like a whole. If you would like to learn it, you need to break the
whole down into its elements. In dancing classes, the single elements are
provided with synchronous speech when a tutor performs them. This way,
learners’ attention is drawn to the single elements. Similar to this
experience, for a child learning actions, it is difficult to break down the
whole to its elements. In this process, it is helpful when a tutor provide
verbal input that takes the role of a social signal and marks the single
elements. Information that is provided in such a redundant manner will be
picked up more easily by child’s senses (Bahrick et al., 2004). Once the
single elements are picked up, they can be memorized. The way, language
“packages” events can be characterized as education of attention
(Zukow-Goldring, 2006; Call & Carpenter, 2002) that drives our
understanding of actions. Once such a package is discovered and stored as
meaningful (in form of a top-down knowledge), the perception becomes more
flexible and independent of a direct link between action and language as
social signal. The top-down knowledge is culture specific and seems to be
motivated by cultural activities and needs (Majid et al., 2008). This
specific role of language as a social signal has been acknowledged for the
development of cognitive capabilities such as lexical concepts learning:
Infants expect different kinds of naming episodes to have distinct
conceptual consequences depending on whether a common noun is provided for
a set of distinct objects – which promotes object categorization – or
whether a unique noun for each object is provided – which promotes object
individuation (Waxman & Gelman, 2009, p. 260). Thus, categorical
representation (meanings) emerges not only „as a results of a sensorimotor
task that the agents perform to survive in the environment or to imitate a
teacher“ (Cangelosi, 2010). Instead, there seems to be a reciprocal
education of the cognitive capabilities (Smith, 2005).
*Cognitive Science events at CEU: http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/events*
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Dear list,
I would like to call you attention to the 2nd Summer School on Auditory
Cognition which takes place in Plymouth, UK, in this year. Please
distribute the information between students.
Auditory Cognition Listening in the real world
2nd Summer School on Auditory Cognition
16-23rd July 2012, Plymouth, UK
The 2nd EU-Cog sponsored Summer School on Auditory Cognition will be
taking place between July 16th and July 23rd, 2012, in Plymouth, UK. The
summer school is exclusively focused on the topic of "Auditory Cognition -
Listening in the Real World" and will cover a wide range of subjects, from
the basics of auditory perception to higher order cognitive processes, as
well as practical applications and new approaches to understanding
auditory cognition.
The School will be suitable for late-stage Masters and PhD students with
an interest in Auditory Cognition and will consist of a 6-day educational
program (seminars and practical sessions) complemented by group work
projects for the students and a wide range of social activities.
The Summer School will be a combination of both theory and practice,
covering many levels of auditory processing. This will be a fairly
challenging syllabus, introducing topics such as bottom-up processing of
sounds to modern theories of awareness, music cognition, speech perception
and new approaches in cochlear implants. The practical sessions in the
afternoons will allow participants to gain hands-on experience of some of
the techniques and applications discussed during the seminar sessions.
Students will learn to make recordings both in the field and the lab, run
some key experiments and be introduced to the body of methodological
techniques associated with this field; students will also have the
opportunity to produce and participate in a sonic-art performance in
Plymouth Universitys Immersive Vision Theatre.
This year, the teachers and topics to be addressed are:
Rhodri Cusack: Neural correlates of conscious auditory perception
Maria Chait: Discovering and representing patterns in sound sequences
Henkjan Honing: Music cognition
Annemarie Surlykke: Biosonar: Using sounds to probe the world
Dick Botteldooren: Environmental acoustics
Sophie Scott: Neurobiology of speech perception
Bernhard Laback: New approaches in cochlear implants
Matt Coombe and Neil Rose: Sound and Space
The deadline for applications is the 27/05/12; successful applicants will
be notified by 10/06/12.
For more information and to make an application, please visit:
http://www.acsummerschool.org/index.php
For information related to the educational programme and eligibility for
the school please contact Orsolya Szalárdy: szalardy(a)cogpsyphy.hu
For other enquiries related to accommodation etc. then please contact Lucy
Davies: lucy.davies4(a)plymouth.ac.uk
Best wishes,
Orsolya Szalárdy
--
Orsolya Szalárdy
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, MTA TTK
Address: H-1068 Budapest, Szondi u. 83-85.
Phone: +36 1 3542-294
Fax: +36 1 3542-416
Email: szalardy(a)cogpsyphy.hu
The CEU Institute for Advanced Studies and the Department of Philosophy at CEU cordially invite you to:
Budapest workshop in Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science
May 14th-15th - Zrinyi u. 14, Room 412
Please find the program attached.For more information please contact Katalin Balog at kbalog(a)andromeda.rutgers.edu.
Best
The CEU Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to a talk
by
Barry Loewer (Rutgers University)
on
"What Gives Direction to Time?"
Tuesday, 8 May, 2012, 4.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412
ABSTRACT
Time seems to have a direction. As Omar Khyayam wrote
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it
What gives direction to time? I clarify this question and discuss some proposed answers
Kriszta Biber
Department Coordinator
Philosophy Department
Tel: 36-1-327-3806
Fax: 36-1-327-3072
E-mail: biberk(a)ceu.hu
*MEGHÍVÓ*
A *Társas-Kognitív Nyelvészeti Kutatócsoport, *
valamint a *DAB Nyelvtudományi Munkabizottsága *és a *Hatvani István
Szakkollégium*
meghívja
*Kis Anna-Miklósi Ádám-Topál József
Kutya, ember, csimpánz: kognitív szempontok a fajok kommunikációs
eltéréseinek értelmezésében*
című előadására
*Helyszín: *MTA Debreceni Területi Bizottság (DAB) székháza (Debrecen,
Thomas Mann u. 49. <http://mnytud.arts.unideb.hu/tkny/de-dab_map.html>), I.
emelet "B" terem (Tanácsterem)
*Időpont: *2012. május 7. (hétfő) 16:00
**
Az emberré válás evolúciós folyamatának egyik kulcsfontosságú tényezője,
hogy a változó környezeti feltételek között fellépő alkalmazkodási
kényszerek a hominidák szociális és kognitív képességeit olyan speciális
fejlődési pályára állították, melynek egyenes következménye volt egy
hiperszociális, fejlett kommunikációra, nyelvhasználatra képes faj, a *Homo
sapiens* megjelenése. Annak érdekében, hogy megtudjuk kommunikációs
rendszerünk és egyéb kognitív képességeink mely aspektusai azok, amelyek
megkülönböztetnek minket az állatvilág többi tagjától, elengedhetetlen az a
komparatív megközelítés, amely filogenetikai rokonainkat, a csimpánzokat és
más főemlősöket vizsgálja. Továbbá fontos egy az emberi környezetben élő,
és ahhoz evolúciós léptékben alkalmazkodott faj, amilyen a kutya,
vizsgálata is, amely rávilágít, hogy ökológiai környezetünk és az ezzel
járó szelekciós nyomások milyen képességek megjelenéséhez vezetnek.
Az előadás egyrészt olyan vizsgálatokat mutat be, melyek célja az volt,
hogy különböző fajoknak (főemlősök, kutya, madarak) emberi nyelvet
tanítsanak valamilyen formában, valamint kitér olyan kísérletekre, melyek
az emberi nyelvhasználathoz - vélhetően - szükséges különböző kognitív
képességek (kategorizáció, referencialitás, vokális imitáció) megfelelőit
kutatják az állatvilágban.
Az előadáson minden érdeklődőt örömmel lát a Társas-Kognitív Nyelvészeti
Kutatócsoport, a DAB Nyelvtudományi Munkabizottsága és a Hatvani István
Szakkollégium.
Debrecen, 2012. május 3.
Kis Tamás
Fehér Krisztina
Tóth Valéria
Oláh Szabolcs
A Társas-Kognitív Nyelvészeti Kutatócsoport alapító tagjai
A DAB Nyelvtudományi Munkabizottságának elnöke
A Hatvani István Szakkollégium szakcsoport-vezetője
Ha előadás-sorozatunk vagy kutatásaink felkeltették érdeklődését,
látogasson el honlapunkra (http://mnytud.arts.unideb.hu/tkny/), és
regisztráljon hírlevelünkre (https://mail.unideb.hu/cgi- <goog_1286446887>
bin/mailman/listinfo/ <goog_1286446887>
https://mail.unideb.hu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tarskogny/), hogy a
későbbiekben is értesítést kapjon előadásainkról, publikációinkról.
THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM
Institute of Philosophy
Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös University
Address: Múzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest
9 May (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226
Gábor Hofer-Szabó
Institute for Communication and Cultural Studies, King Sigismund
College, Budapest
Bell inequality in algebraic quantum field theory
___________________________________
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
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:
Katharina J. Rohlfing, Bielefeld University
Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 5 PM
Location: Cognitive Development Center, Hattyú u. 14, 3rd floor
*From action to language and back*
Abstract: In current approaches to understanding the mechanisms of
language, factors that embody language in cognition are in focus of
investigation. I complement this research perspective by pointing out the
other direction of the link between action and language, according to which
it is not the sole purpose of language to function in the role as a symbol;
it also plays a role as a social signal influencing attention and the
memory performance that can be observed in developmental processes. I
propose that the relationship between action and language should be viewed
as a symbiosis rather than a link.
The reverse impact of language onto action can be seen in the phenomenon
that has been termed Acoustic Packaging (Hirsh-Pasek & Golinkoff, 1996):
Imagine that you see a dancer performing a dance. You watch it and it seems
to you like a whole. If you would like to learn it, you need to break the
whole down into its elements. In dancing classes, the single elements are
provided with synchronous speech when a tutor performs them. This way,
learners’ attention is drawn to the single elements. Similar to this
experience, for a child learning actions, it is difficult to break down the
whole to its elements. In this process, it is helpful when a tutor provide
verbal input that takes the role of a social signal and marks the single
elements. Information that is provided in such a redundant manner will be
picked up more easily by child’s senses (Bahrick et al., 2004). Once the
single elements are picked up, they can be memorized. The way, language
“packages” events can be characterized as education of attention
(Zukow-Goldring, 2006; Call & Carpenter, 2002) that drives our
understanding of actions. Once such a package is discovered and stored as
meaningful (in form of a top-down knowledge), the perception becomes more
flexible and independent of a direct link between action and language as
social signal. The top-down knowledge is culture specific and seems to be
motivated by cultural activities and needs (Majid et al., 2008). This
specific role of language as a social signal has been acknowledged for the
development of cognitive capabilities such as lexical concepts learning:
Infants expect different kinds of naming episodes to have distinct
conceptual consequences depending on whether a common noun is provided for
a set of distinct objects – which promotes object categorization – or
whether a unique noun for each object is provided – which promotes object
individuation (Waxman & Gelman, 2009, p. 260). Thus, categorical
representation (meanings) emerges not only „as a results of a sensorimotor
task that the agents perform to survive in the environment or to imitate a
teacher“ (Cangelosi, 2010). Instead, there seems to be a reciprocal
education of the cognitive capabilities (Smith, 2005).
*Cognitive Science events at CEU: http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/events*
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Kedves Kollégák!
Felhívjuk a figyelmüket, hogy az eredetileg 31-re tervezett programra 29-én,
kedden kerül sor, illetve május 24-én is lesz előadás:
2012. május 17. csütörtök 11 óra
Michael Riessler
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
News from Saami documentary linguistics
szervező: Finnugor és nyelvtörténeti osztály
2012. május 24. csütörtök 11 óra
Hans Broekhuis
Meertens Institute Amsterdam
Hans Broekhuis - Henk Verkuyl: Tense and Modality
szervező: Elméleti és kísérletes nyelvészeti osztály
2012. május 29. kedd 11 óra
Pragmatikai előadások
szervező: Orientalisztikai osztály
Michael Haugh
Griffith University
Speaker meaning in interaction
Kádár Zoltán Dániel
MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet - University of Huddersfield
Language Rituals
az előadások helyszíne:
MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet
1068 Budapest, Benczúr u. 33.
földszinti előadóterem