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) !
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Postdoctoral researchers at the Department of Cognitive Science of CEU will present their recent findings at a one-day workshop (see the program below). Everyone is welcome to attend.
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Postdoctoral Research Workshop
Friday October 11, 2013
Room G15, Frankel Leo u. 30-34.
10:30 John Dewey
Predicting what and when: a common mechanism for sensory attenuation and temporal binding?
11:00 Bálint Forgács
The relevance of abstract meaning in understanding novel metaphors
11:30 Mikołaj Hernik
Infants learn functions of novel tools from the outcomes of instrumental actions
* 12:00 lunch break
13:00 Ivana Konvalinka
Physiological mechanisms underlying social interaction
13:30 Olivier Mascaro
Assumptions of efficiency in infants' interpretation of joint actions
14:00 Olivier Morin
Cognitive attraction in cultural evolution
* 14:30 coffee break
15:00 Ernő Téglás
Intentionality permanence
15:30 Cordula Vesper
Dissociating coordination strategies in a joint mouse tracking task
16:00 Jun Yin
Seeing a social group: Perceptual grouping by social relationship information
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Michael Ramscar (Tübingen University)
Date: Note that exceptionally the talk will take place on THURSDAY, September 19, 2013, 5 PM
Location: Cognitive Development Center, Hattyú u. 14, 3rd floor
Title: Nonlinear dynamics of lifelong learning
As adults age, their reaction times slow across a range of psychometric tests. This has been widely taken to show that cognitive information-processing capacities decline over the course of adulthood. I will show that these response patterns, which are typically taken as evidence for (and measures of) declining cognitive-processing capacities, arise naturally out of basic principles of learning. These basic, formal learning principles both correctly identify the pattern of performance exhibited by very young children in word learning tasks (which can differ greatly from that of young adults) as well successfully predicting that older adults will exhibit far greater sensitivity to fine-grained properties of test stimuli than younger adults. Taken together, the findings I present show that the patterns of change observed in cognitive performance across the lifespan simply reflect the consequences of learning from the kind of statistical distributions that typify human experience. Once the information-processing loads are inevitably imposed by learning from this experience are controlled for, it appears that the performance changes that are usual taken as evidence of innate abilities in infants, or declining cognitive capacities in older adults, support little more than the unsurprising idea that the way individuals choose between or recalls items will be affected by the number of items there are and what an individual has already learned about them. I will consider the implications of this for our scientific and cultural understanding of lifelong cognitive development.
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.
Cognitive Science Events at CEU: http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/events
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The CEU Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to a talk
(as part of its Departmental Colloquium series)
by
Carla Bagnoli (University of Modena and Reggio)
on
`Respect and Objectivity`
Tuesday, 1 October, 2013, 5.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412
ABSTRACT
This paper addresses the issue of ethical objectivity and argues that
the emotion of respect plays a crucial role in an objectivist account of
practical cognition. This argument is part of a constructivist yet
cognitivist defense of ethical objectivity.
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In addition to her departmental colloquium talk on Tuesday, October 1,
there will be a
Brown Bag lunch with Carla Bagnoli (Philosophy, University of Modena
and Reggio Emilia)
Wednesday October 2, 12:40- 13:30, Faculty Tower room 208
All Philosophy students and faculty are welcome.
Participants need only bring themselves and lunch in a (brown) bag, if
they'd like!
The discussion at the brown bag lunch deals with the role of parity as
a constraint in collective deliberation.
For more information on Carla’s work, see:
http://unimore.academia.edu/CarlaBagnolihttp://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/philosophy/ethics/constructiv…
Kedves Kollégák,
Október 1-én, kedden 17.30 órai kezdettel Tóth Szabolcs szitárművész, a Tilos Rádió műsorvezetője "Az indiai klasszikus zene (érzelmi kifinomultságtól a tudat elvesztéséig)" címmel tart előadást az ELTE PPK Zenepszichológia kurzusának keretében.
Helyszín: ELTE PPK Pszichológiai Intézet, Budapest, VI.ker. Izabella u. 46. 216. terem.
Üdv,
Honbolygó Ferenc
THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM
Institute of Philosophy
Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös University
Address: Múzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest
2 October (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226
Balázs Gyenis
Institute of Philosophy, Research Center for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
The birth of statistical mechanics: a colored vision
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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)
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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
The CEU Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to a talk
(as part of its Departmental Colloquium series)
by
Carla Bagnoli (University of Modena and Reggio)
on
`Respect and Objectivity`
Tuesday, 1 October, 2013, 5.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412
ABSTRACT
This paper addresses the issue of ethical objectivity and argues that the emotion of respect plays a crucial role in an objectivist account of practical cognition. This argument is part of a constructivist yet cognitivist defense of ethical objectivity.
Dear all,
This is to inform you that unfortunately Coralie Chevallier's talk,
scheduled on Wednesday, September 25, is cancelled. Our next seminar will
take place on Wednesday October 2.
Olivier.
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Dear all,
The next talk in our seminar series will by given by:
Coralie Chevallier (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris)
Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 5 PM
Location: Cognitive Development Center, Hattyú u. 14, 3rd floor
Title: Social motivation and social cognition in autism: what are the links?
Autism Spectrum Disorders are characterized by pervasive social deficits.
The idea that impaired Theory of Mind is a primary cause behind these
impairments has had a profound impact on the field and remains one of the
most prominent accounts of the condition. In this talk, I will sketch out
an alternative framework based on the idea that social motivation is a
driving force guiding human behaviour and that disruption of these
motivational mechanisms is a core deficit in autism. In this framework,
deficits in social interest are construed as a consequence, rather than a
cause, of impairments in social cognition.
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.
Cognitive Science Events at CEU: http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/events
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