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[koglist] Fwd: 3 Group Leader positions at the CIN Tuebingen; deadline Oct 15

by Gergely Csibra

Begin forwarded message: > From: Hong Yu Wong <whywong(a)gmail.com> > Subject: 3 Group Leader positions at the CIN Tuebingen; deadline Oct 15 > Date: 21 September 2012 2:35:01 pm CEST > > Dear friends and colleagues, > > Hope this finds you well. > > Because of the successful bid for a second funding period of the > Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, Tuebingen, where my group is at, > we have 3 openings at the Junior Research Group Leader level. 2 of > these positions are in cognitive neuroscience and in systems > neuroscience. I am hoping that the hires in these areas will do higher > level research in cognition. The official advertisement is below. The > deadline is October 15. > > These positions are research only. They are very generously funded, > the start up packages are excellent, possibilities for intramural > funding, and they are tenure track positions, with the possibility of > tenure at the University of Tuebingen. If you know any suitable > candidates, please encourage them to apply! > > best > Hong Yu > > ___________________________________________________ > > http://www.cin.uni-tuebingen.de/press-amp-news/news.php?newsid=64 > > September 12 2012 - New Junior Research Group Leader Positions at the CIN > > > Junior Research Group for Neuroscientists at the Werner Reichardt > Centre for Integrative Neuroscience (CIN) in Tübingen > > The Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience (CIN) is an > interdisciplinary institution at the Eberhard Karls University > Tübingen funded by the German Excellence Initiative program. The CIN > strives to deepen our understanding of how the brain generates > function and how brain diseases impair functions. It tries to make use > of newly acquired insights to help people with brain disorders and to > launch new mind- and brain-inspired applications in many areas of > engineering and computer science. Its scientific program is guided by > the conviction that progress in the understanding of brain function > can only be achieved by an integrative approach spanning multiple > levels of organization and pooling the knowledge of researchers from > many different fields. > > In order to strengthen specific research areas, the CIN offers three > more junior group leader (JRG) positions with tenure track option for > up-and-coming young scientists with a promising track record, working > in Cognitive Neuroscience, Systems Neuroscience or Neurotechnology. > The CIN strives to increase the number of female scientists. Therefore > qualified female candidates are explicitly encouraged to apply. > Submission deadline is Oct. 15th. > > Framework > The intended duration of the position is for 5 years with evaluations > by external experts at regular intervals. In the event of positive > evaluations after 3 years, the JRG will obtain a tenure track option, > which may ultimately lead to a professorship at the University of > Tübingen. Start-up funds as well as substantial funding for personnel > and running costs will be available, but will depend on the > applicant’s qualifications and prior experience. Appointees will be > full members of and active participants in the CIN, which will also > provide laboratory and/or office space. The JRG leader will be > provided with opportunities to contribute to research oriented > training within the framework of the CIN Graduate Training Centre and > the faculties involved in the CIN will provide opportunities for the > German habilitation according to established rules, if desired. > According to German law, severely disabled persons with equal > occupational aptitude will be given preferential consideration. > > Application > Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, pdf files of up to 5 key > publications, a statement of research achievements and future > directions (not to exceed 3 pages) as well as the names and addresses > of at least three referees. All documents should be submitted > electronically to the Chairman of the Werner Reichardt Centre for > Integrative Neuroscience Tübingen, Prof. Dr. Peter Thier, at > cin(at)uni-tuebingen.de. For further information on the CIN see: > www.cin.uni-tuebingen.de. Submission deadline is Oct. 15th. > > _________________________________ > Hong Yu Wong, PhD > Group Leader > Philosophy of Neuroscience > Centre for Integrative Neuroscience > Otfried-Müller-Str. 25 > 72076 Tübingen, Germany > phone: +49 (0)7071 29 89198 > fax: +49 07071 29 4697 > mail: whywong(a)gmail.com, hong-yu.wong(a)cin.uni-tuebingen.de > https://sites.google.com/site/whywong/ > http://www.cin.uni-tuebingen.de/research/wong

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[koglist] [CDC Seminars] ANNOUNCEMENT: CDC Seminar, Alan Fiske, Wednesday, September 26, 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: Alan Fiske, UCLA Department of Anthropology Date: Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 5 PM Location: Cognitive Development Center, Hattyú u. 14, 3rd floor The Universal Mechanisms of Cultural Specificity in Social Relations Abstract: To develop culturally informed proficiency to participate in social relationships, children need to have innate models of the structures of the four basic forms of relationships. Children also need to know the semiotic medium through which their culture will transmit specifications regarding when, where, how, and with whom each model operates in their particular community. Conformation systems theory posits that children know that the indexical medium for Communal Sharing is consubstantial assimilation: people create a CS relationship by making their bodily substances or surfaces the same by giving birth, nursing, feeding, commensal consumption, intimate sex, blood-bonding, gentle touch, body surface marking, or rhythmic synchronous movement. Children expect that the iconic medium of Authority Ranking, in contrast, consists of relative positions on physical dimensions: ABOVE–BELOW, BIGGER–SMALLER, IN-FRONT–BEHIND, STRONGER–WEAKER, BEFORE–AFTER, LOUDER–SOFTER, BRIGHTER–DIMMER . Equality Matching consists of concrete ostensive operations — procedures that are operational definitions of equality, such as taking turns, casting ballots, drawing lots, even alignment of action, one-to-one correspondence of shares, reciprocating in-kind, or exacting eye-for-an-eye vengeance. The medium of Market Pricing is abstract, arbitrary symbols whose meanings derive purely from their conventional use: propositional statements in ads and contracts, bidding gestures, and, of course, money, represented in coins and paper bills, checks, stock certificates, written account books and statements, or digital electronic databases in hyperspace. Conformation systems theory posits that the distinctive semiotic system specific to each relational model is the natural medium not only for children’s discovery (and hence the cultural transmission) of its cultural specifications, but also for its cognitive representation and for the constitution, coordination, and communication of that relational model. Moreover, the conformation system of a relational model is uniquely evocative of the relational emotions and moral motives essential to sustaining that particular form of cooperative coordination. 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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[koglist] deadline for BCCCD13 symposium submissions extended to Sept 24

by Dora Kampis

Due to requests to extend the deadline for submissions, the new deadline for symposium submissions to the BCCCD13 is September 24, CET (GMT+1). We hope this helps all of you who intended to submit abstracts! For more information please visit our website: htttp://www.asszisztencia.hu/bcccd The date of notification about submissions remains October 1. For those of you who would like to register: the registration to the conference is now open. Remember: this year we offer registration fee waivers to students,based on financial need. You can find all necessary information on the conference website. We hope to see you all in January! Dora Kampis and Eugenio Parise Conference chairs

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[koglist] Theoretical Philosophy Forum, September

by Laszlo E. Szabo

THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM Institute of Philosophy Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös University Address: Múzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest September Program 26 September (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Hanoch Ben-Yami Department of Philosophy, Central European University, Budapest Truth and Proof without Models ___________________________________ 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] meghívó PhD védésre

by Janacsek Karolina

Kedves Kollégák! Szeretettel várok minden érdeklődőt a nyilvános PhD védésemre, ami szeptember 17.-én 16:00-kor kerül megrendezésre az MTA Szegedi Akadémiai Bizottság székházában (Szeged, Somogyi utca 7.). A PhD értekezés címe: "Age-related Differences in Implicit Sequence Learning and Consolidation across the Human Life Span: Implications for the Functioning of the Fronto-Striatal Circuitry" (A hivatalos meghívót és a PhD téziseket csatoltam.) üdvözlettel Janacsek Karolina ----------------------------------------------- Karolina JANACSEK Institute of Psychology, Eötvös Lóránd University Address: 1064 Budapest, Izabella street 46. Email: janacsekkarolina(a)gmail.com Home page: www.memory-and-language.com http://sites.google.com/site/janacsekkarolina/

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[koglist] Guenther Fleck: Budapest Seminar for PhD Students in Cognitive Science and Creativity 2012

by Ropolyi Laszlo

Kedves Kollégák/Érdeklődők! Ajánlom szíves figyelmükbe az alábbi szemináriumot/előadássorozatot! Az előadó és a szervezők minden érdeklődőt örömmel fogadnak. A szeminárium egyetemi hallgatók számára 2 kredites ELTE-s óraként is felvehető a xxxn9333 kurzuskóddal. http://hps.elte.hu/~ropolyi/tanwebek/guenther12-13.html Üdvözlettel: Ropolyi László --------------------------------------------------------------- Günther Fleck, Ph.D. Clinical and Health Psychologist Institute for Human and Social Sciences National Defence Academy Stiftgasse 2a Vienna, Austria Cognitive Science and Creativity - Theory and Practice (2 Parts) Time: 25-27 September (Part I) & 20-22 November (Part II) Venue: ELTE Tudománytörténet és Tudományfilozófia Tanszék, Budapest, Lágymányosi Kampusz, 1117 Pazmany sétány 1/c Schedule Part I. (12 Teaching Units à 45 Minutes) Tuesday, 25th of Sept.: 13.30-15.00 and 15.30-17.00 Wednesday, 26th of Sept.: 13.30-15.00 and 15.30-17.00 Thursday, 27th of Sept.: 13.30-15.00 and 15.30-17.00 Part II (12 Presentation & Discussion Units à 45 minutes) Tuesday, 20th of Nov.: 13.30-15.00 and 15.30-17.00 Wednesday, 21st of Nov.: 13.30-15.00 and 15.30-17.00 Thursday, 22nd of Nov.: 13.30-15.00 and 15.30-17.00 General Description of the Seminar: Decision making largely depends on the cognitive abilities (e.g., intelligence) of the decision maker, his or her background knowledge and the characteristics of the problems to be resolved. The ability to create good theories in order to describe and explain the phenomena and to solve complex problems is acknowledged as central to scientific thinking. Accordingly, a kind of objectivity and pure rationalism are attributed to it. But scientific thinking is neither a pure cognitive process nor does it take place in an empty space. Scientists have adopted various ways of thinking, have developed basic belief systems about how things are, have made decisions in regard to a special epistemology, and have demonstrated preferences for a special philosophy of science and its corresponding scientific methodology and methods. Additionally, solving complex problems often requires a high level of creativity and the acceptance of uncertainty. Thus, coping with uncertainty as an integrative part of decision making has to be taken into account too. In the first part of the seminar an integrative frame of creativity will be worked out referring to cognitive science as an interdisciplinary discipline. In the second part students are invited to prepare related topics at their own choice for short presentations and discussions. Main goal of the seminar is to find ways of acquiring new tools for the development and improvement of one’s own expertise. Literature Harré, Rom (2002). Cognitive Science. A Philosophical Introduction. London: Sage. Singer, Irving (2011). Modes of Creativity. Philosophical Perspectives. Cambridge (MA): MIT Press. An extended list of literature will be provided at the beginning of the seminar. ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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[koglist] invitation to a talk on`Motor representation and goal ascription`by Corrado Sinigaglia, 25 September, 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 Corrado Sinigaglia (University of Milan) on `Motor representation and goal ascription` Tuesday, 25 September , 2012, 5.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412 ABSTRACT Observing another agent acting recruits the same motor resources that would be involved if one were actually acting oneself. There is evidence that such motor recruitment facilitates understanding others' actions. Further, several studies have shown that the richer one’s motor representation, the greater one's ability to understand others' actions. But how could motor representation facilitate action understanding? The talk aims to tackle this question by introducing a new account of action. This account, I shall argue, enables us to understand the role of motor cognition in action understanding and sheds new light on the ways we mind others' minds.

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[koglist] tenure-track position IN EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

by Alen Hajnal

Dear KogListers: The Department of Psychology at the University of Southern Mississippi invites applications for a full-time, nine-month, tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level beginning August 2013. Duties and Responsibilities: Responsibilities include teaching graduate and undergraduate courses; developing and maintaining a strong program of research and seeking extramural funding, directing student research; and department and university service. Minimum Qualifications: A doctorate in experimental psychology by fall of 2013, and the ability to develop a strong program of research and ability to seek extramural funding. Area of research is open. Apply here: https://jobs.usm.edu ---------- Alen Hajnal, PhD. Department of Psychology The University of Southern Mississippi 118 College Drive #5025 Hattiesburg, MS 39406 USA Tel. +1 (601) 266-4617 alen.hajnal @ usm.edu http://ocean.otr.usm.edu/~w785427/lab.html ---------- USM Honors Forum Director http://www.usm.edu/honors/university-forum

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[koglist] BCCCD13 symposium submission deadline September 17!

by Dora Kampis

The deadline for the Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development 2012 symposium submissions is fast approaching! You still have until midnight CET (GMT+1) on September 17 to submit abstracts. For more information please visit: http://asszisztencia.hu/bcccd/index.php?menu=8 As the only annual European conference focusing on cognitive development, the BCCCD welcomes submissions in all related topics and areas. January 10-12, 2013 Central European University, Budapest http://www.asszisztencia.hu/bcccd/ INVITED SPEAKERS Stanislas Dehaene (Collège de France) Laurie Santos (Yale University) INVITED SYMPOSIUM Bayesian modeling of cognitive development Organizer: Noah Goodman (Stanford University) SYMPOSIA A symposium consists of 3 presentations and a discussant or 4 presentations. We have set up a Facebook page for potential symposium participants to find each other. See BCCCD13 symposium finder. Link to the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/192549250851825/ Deadline for symposium proposals: September 17, 2012. Notifications of acceptance will be sent out by October 1 at the latest. We have limited slots for symposia, and participants of submitted symposia that cannot be included in the program are welcome to resubmit their presentation for the poster sessions. POSTERS - Standard deadline: October 15, 2012. Notification of acceptance: October 29, 2012 REGISTRATION Registration for the conference will open on September 15. Deadline for Early Bird is November 15. The meeting will begin at 1 PM on Thursday, January 10th, and ends in the evening on Saturday, January 12th. Conference attendance will be limited and there will be no parallel sessions. For more information see the conference website at http://www.asszisztencia.hu/bcccd/

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