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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] Fwd: Postdoctoral position at Royal Holloway, University of London

by István Winkler

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Postdoctoral position at Royal Holloway, University of London Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 10:49:50 +0000 From: McGettigan, Carolyn <Carolyn.McGettigan(a)RHUL.AC.UK> Reply-To: McGettigan, Carolyn <Carolyn.McGettigan(a)RHUL.AC.UK> To: AUDITORY(a)LISTS.MCGILL.CA Dear All I am advertising a postdoctoral Research Assistant position in the Royal Holloway Vocal Communication Laboratory. This is a 3-year full-time role in the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London and is available from January 2015. Please do pass this on to colleagues and potential candidates. All the details are below. Thanks and best wishes Carolyn McGettigan Research Assistant *Royal Holloway, University of London* - Department of Psychology Location: Egham Salary: £32,862 to £34,724 includes London Allowance Hours: Full Time Contract: Contract / Temporary Placed on: 16th July 2014 Closes: 14th August 2014 Job Ref: 0714-123 *Full Time, Fixed term for 3 years from January 2015* *Salary is in the range £32,862 to £34,724 per annum inclusive of London Allowance* Applications are invited for the post of Research Assistant to work with Dr Carolyn McGettigan on the project “Vocal Learning in Adulthood: Investigating the mechanisms of vocal imitation and the effects of training and expertise”, which is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. The project will investigate the behavioural and neural correlates of the acquisition of novel vocal sounds, using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain and the vocal tract. Applicants should hold a PhD in Psychology, Neuroscience or a related discipline (e.g. Experimental Phonetics, Speech Science, Medical Physics). You must have previous research experience in auditory processing or speech/vocal behaviour, be able to demonstrate strong abilities in acoustic analysis (e.g. using Praat, Matlab) and show a capacity to use computational methods for cognitive neuroscience research. Expertise in MRI research is highly desirable. This is a full time post, available from January 2015 or as soon as possible thereafter for a fixed term period of 36 months. This post is based in Egham, Surrey where the College is situated in a beautiful, leafy campus near to Windsor Great Park and within commuting distance from London. For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Dr Carolyn McGettigan (Carolyn.McGettigan(a)rhul.ac.uk <mailto:Carolyn.McGettigan@rhul.ac.uk> or +44 (0)1784 443529). For more information about the activities of the Royal Holloway Vocal Communication Laboratory, visit the lab website:http://www.carolynmcgettigan.com/. Interested applicants should complete the online application form and submit (i) a full curriculum vitae with a list of publications and (ii) a 1-page statement of past and current research activities and areas of interest. To view further details of this post and to apply please visit https://jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk <https://jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/> *. *The RHUL Recruitment Team can be contacted with queries by email at: recruitment(a)rhul.ac.uk <http://www.rhul.ac.uk/Personnel/JobVacancies.htm> or via telephone on: +44 (0)1784 41 4241. Please quote the reference: *0714-123* Closing Date:* Midnight, 14^th August 2014*// Interview Date:* To be confirmed* /The College is committed to equality and diversity, and encourages applications from all sections of the community./ Dr Carolyn McGettigan Senior Lecturer Department of Psychology Royal Holloway, University of London Egham Hill Egham TW20 0EX e: Carolyn.McGettigan(a)rhul.ac.uk <mailto:Carolyn.McGettigan@rhul.ac.uk> t: 01784 443529 w: carolynmcgettigan.com <http://www.carolynmcgettigan.com>

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[koglist] Fwd: please distribute: PhD in Clinical Neuroscience of Language, Denmark

by István Winkler

Sziasztok! Hátha valakit érdekel. Üdv István -------- Original Message -------- Subject: please distribute: PhD in Clinical Neuroscience of Language, Denmark Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 11:53:47 +0000 From: Yury Shtyrov <Yury.shtyrov(a)cfin.au.dk> To: Yury Y. Shtyrov - gmail <yury.shtyrov(a)gmail.com> Dear colleagues, I hope this finds you well. Could I please ask you to distribute the below information about a PhD opportunity at our group in Aarhus to any potentially interested students and/or your departmental mailing lists? Many thanks in advance! Best Yury ------------- PhD in Clinical Neuroscience of Language Aarhus University, Denmark Applications are invited for a PhD position to join the new research group investigating neurobiological foundations of speech, language and their deficits at the Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience (CFIN), Aarhus University (AU). The successful applicant will work on a 3-year research project “Neural Speech Processing as Covert Index of Consciousness in Coma, Vegetative State, and Minimally Conscious Patients” funded by the Lundbeck Foundation, exploring the brain indices of linguistic function in healthy individuals and patient populations using EEG and MEG, and carrying out scientific research towards a PhD degree in collaboration with Prof. Yury Shtyrov as their academic supervisor and with other team members. The PhD project will be centred on using EEG/MEG and on the spatio-temporal dynamics of the neural activity underlying speech and language processing in the human brain. Eligible candidates should hold a Master or similar degree in a relevant discipline, including (but not limited to) psychology, neuroinformatics, neurology, neuroimaging/neuroscience or language sciences. The position is to be filled as soon as possible and is open for up to 3 years. CFIN (http://cfin.au.dk) is an international multidisciplinary research centre based at AU’s Institute for Clinical Medicine. Our research groups are supported by state-of-the-art cognitive neuroscience facilities including research-only TRIUX MEG system, fMRI systems, PET, navigated TMS, EEG, etc., and have well-established clinical and other collaborations. AU provides an inspiring international research environment with top neuroscience facilities, and is consistently listed among the world's best 100 universities. Aarhus is a dynamic university city located on the Baltic coast in continental Denmark and surrounded by nature; it offers very high living standards, rich cultural and intellectual life, outdoor activities, excellent restaurant/nightlife scene etc. Additional information regarding this position can be obtained by contacting Professor Yury Shtyrov, Head of MEG, CFIN: Yury.Shtyrov(a)cfin.au.dk, tel +45 78469940, http://cfin.au.dk. Applications, which should contain the applicant's CV, motivation letter and 2 academic references (or at least names and addresses of 2 referees), should reach Professor Shtyrov by August 1, 2014.

11 years, 9 months

[koglist] FW: Call for abstract submission: Flies, worms and robots: combining perspectives on minibrains and behaviour

by Pléh Csaba

From: ESF Research Conferences [mailto:minibrains@esf.org] Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 12:10 PM To: pleh(a)cogsci.bme.hu Subject: Call for abstract submission: Flies, worms and robots: combining perspectives on minibrains and behaviour The symposium is organised by the European Science Foundation (ESF) in partnership with the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). 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It will take place on 8 - 13 November 2014 at Hotel Eden Roc in San Feliu de Guixols, Spain. Application deadline: 4 August 2014 Further information about how to apply, grants and fees can be found below and at <https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1405418416-ec4055cbdb1f47f8246dc45cd7b4a27…> minibrains.esf.org ESF-EMBO Symposium Flies, worms and robots: combining perpectives on minibrains and behaviour image-conf black <https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0569/3646/original/image-conf_…> 8-13 November 2014, San Feliu de Guixols, Spain Chaired by: Matthieu Louis, Centre for Genomic Regulation, ES Co-chaired by: Barbara Webb, University of Edinburgh, UK Programme This conference will focus on the latest developments in Drosophila systems neuroscience and their application to biomimetics and biorobotics. It follows the successful 2010 European Science Foundation-EMBO symposium "Functional Neurobiology in Minibrains" (meeting report: Cobb, EMBO reports 2011, 389), which fostered new interactions within an interdisciplinary community of molecular biologists, ecologists and engineers. The meeting will explore progress made during the past 4 years towards a multi-level understanding of how the fly brain functions. We will examine how behaviour emerges from neural circuit computations, how these principles can inspire new technologies and how biologists can benefit from robotics to rigorously test mechanistic hypotheses. As this undertaking necessitates new methods, we will include researchers on another genetic model organism, Caenorhabditis elegans, in which many interdisciplinary approaches have been pioneered that could be readily transferred to Drosophila. read more <https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1405418416-e2a87697581730cbcbebd98321e0376…> [More] Invited speakers will include Richard Benton, University of Lausanne, Switzerland | Alexander Borst, Max-Planck-Institute for Neurobiology, Germany | Albert Cardona, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, USA | Netta Cohen, University of Leeds, UK | Benjamin de Bivort, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA | Michael Dickinson, University of Washington, Seattle, USA | Bertram Gerber, Leibniz-Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany | Miriam Goodman, Stanford School of Medicine, USA | Vivek Jayaraman, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, USA | Ilona Kadow, Max-Planck Institute for Neurobiology, Martinsried, Germany | Cecilia Laschi, The Biorobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa IT | Aurel Lazar, Columbia University, New York, USA | Anthony Leonardo, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, USA | Shih Chii Liu, University of Zurich, Switzerland | Shawn Lockery, University of Oregon, Eugene, USA | Matthieu Louis, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain | Christen Mirth, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, Oeiras, Portugal | Michael Nitabach, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA | Akinao Nose , Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo JP | Carlos Ribeiro, Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal | Silke Sachse, Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany | William Schafer, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge UK | Greg Stephens, University of Amsterdam, Netherland | David Stern, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, USA | Glenn Turner, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA | Barbara Webb, University of Edinburgh, UK | Rob Wood, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA | Bill Schafer, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK How to Participate Attendance is possible only after successful application. Conference programme and application form are accessible from <https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1405418416-6349d2cbfd49dfebdfd1a15136148e8…> minibrains.esf.org A certain number of grants are available for students and early stage researchers to cover the conference fee and possibly part of the travel costs. Closing date for applications: 4 August 2014 Sponsorship Opportunities This conference will be providing the opportunity for leading scientists and young researchers to meet for discussions on the most recent developments in their fields of research. We enable collaboration between international scientists from EU, first world and emerging countries which acts as a catalyst for creating new synergistic global contacts across disciplines. We invite you to join us in harnessing this great potential, working towards an even more cohesive scientific force in Europe and beyond by contributing to our intense, dynamic and fun events. 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