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[Koglist] DUCOG 2020: XII. Dubrovnik Conference on Cognitive Science - Cognitive and Functional Perspectives on Emotions

by Georgina Török

Dear All, We are pleased to announce the *XII. Dubrovnik Conference on Cognitive Science*, which is devoted to the topic of Cognitive and Functional Perspectives on Emotions. The conference will take place between 28-31 May 2020 in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Invited speakers will include: *Carlos Crivelli* - De Montfort University (UK) *Guillaume Dezecache* - University College London (UK) *Rachael Jack* - University of Glasgow (UK) *Debra Lieberman* - University of Miami (US) *Lawrence Ian Reed* - New York University (US) *Disa Sauter* - University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) *Daniel Sznycer* - University of Montreal (Canada) For more information please visit: http://www.cecog.eu/ducog/page_invitation.php or email us at: ducog(a)cogsci.bme.hu On behalf of the organisers, Johannes Mahr Denis Tatone - Conference chairs

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[Koglist] [CEU Cogsci Talks] REMINDER: PhD defense at CEU (CogSci): Eszter Szabó, 10am on September 6

by Gyorgyne Finta

Reminder: You are cordially invited to the public defense <https://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/events/2019-09-06/phd-defense-eszter-szabo…> of the doctoral dissertation of Eszter Szabó<https://cdc.ceu.edu/people/eszter-szabo-0> Primary supervisor: Ágnes Melinda Kovács<https://cdc.ceu.edu/people/agnes-melinda-kovacs> Secondary supervisor: Gergely Csibra<https://cdc.ceu.edu/people/gergely-csibra> Dissertation Committee: György Gergely<https://cdc.ceu.edu/people/gyorgy-gergely> (Chair, CEU) Luca Bonatti<https://www.icrea.cat/Web/ScientificStaff/luca-bonatti-498> (University Pompeu Fabra, external examiner) Véronique Izard<http://lpp.parisdescartes.cnrs.fr/people/veronique-izard/> (Paris Descartes University, external examiner) Time and date: 10am on September 6, 2019 Venue: Central European University, Room 809, Faculty Tower, Nádor utca 9, Budapest 1051 Title: The representation of absence of objects Abstract While linguistic negation is a fascinating tool to capture the absence of objects, we know little about how these thoughts emerge. In this work, first, we aimed to investigate the linguistic negation acquisition and the nature of the first meanings of the negative statements; second, we targeted language independent representations of presence/absence available for young infants and non-human animals. In Study 1 and 2 we inspected the development of negation comprehension between 15 and 24 month in human infants. In Study 1 we asked whether a domain general or alternatively, a limited conceptual understanding supports the initial understanding of negation expressing absence. We found a parallel development for understanding syntactically and functionally different negative utterances, supporting a common conceptual basis for negation already at 18 months. While in Study 1 infants were able to encode absence and use it to find the presence of an object, in Study 2, we tested negation comprehension when it does not evoke the implication of a positive alternative (i.e. the only implication is ‘nothing’). We found a more prolonged pattern for negation understanding in Study 2 compared to Study 1. In Chapter 3 we tested young domestic chicks’ encoding of the presence and the absence of an object. We found sex-dependent evidence in their looking behavior, suggesting a capacity for encoding absence. In Chapter 4 we measured the neural correlates of different types of object disappearances in 6-month-old infants. Object maintenance (of presence) evoked prefrontal and temporal activation when an object was occluded; in contrast no specific activation was found for objects that vanished or mingled among other identical objects. Our findings point to human infants’ readiness to understand negation expressing absence, likely based on domain general cognitive and linguistic tools. However, encoding absence is not language-dependent ability; such information is also available for pre- and non-linguistic creatures, but unlike encoding presence, it is not an automatic process. We propose that absence depends on categorical representations, and on possible mental structures expressing contrary concepts. ______________________________________________ Subscribe by sending an empty mail to talks-subscribe(a)cogsci.ceu.edu Unsubscribe by sending an empty mail to talks-unsubscribe(a)cogsci.ceu.edu

6 years, 8 months

[Koglist] [CEU Cogsci Talks] REMINDER: PhD defense at CEU: Eszter Szabó, 10am on September 6

by Gyorgyne Finta

You are cordially invited to the public defense <https://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/events/2019-09-06/phd-defense-eszter-szabo…> of the doctoral dissertation of Eszter Szabó<https://cdc.ceu.edu/people/eszter-szabo-0> Primary supervisor: Ágnes Melinda Kovács<https://cdc.ceu.edu/people/agnes-melinda-kovacs> Secondary supervisor: Gergely Csibra<https://cdc.ceu.edu/people/gergely-csibra> Dissertation Committee: György Gergely<https://cdc.ceu.edu/people/gyorgy-gergely> (Chair, CEU) Luca Bonatti<https://www.icrea.cat/Web/ScientificStaff/luca-bonatti-498> (University Pompeu Fabra, external examiner) Véronique Izard<http://lpp.parisdescartes.cnrs.fr/people/veronique-izard/> (Paris Descartes University, external examiner) Time and date: 10am on September 6, 2019 Venue: Central European University, Room 809, Faculty Tower, Nádor utca 9, Budapest 1051 Title: The representation of absence of objects Abstract While linguistic negation is a fascinating tool to capture the absence of objects, we know little about how these thoughts emerge. In this work, first, we aimed to investigate the linguistic negation acquisition and the nature of the first meanings of the negative statements; second, we targeted language independent representations of presence/absence available for young infants and non-human animals. In Study 1 and 2 we inspected the development of negation comprehension between 15 and 24 month in human infants. In Study 1 we asked whether a domain general or alternatively, a limited conceptual understanding supports the initial understanding of negation expressing absence. We found a parallel development for understanding syntactically and functionally different negative utterances, supporting a common conceptual basis for negation already at 18 months. While in Study 1 infants were able to encode absence and use it to find the presence of an object, in Study 2, we tested negation comprehension when it does not evoke the implication of a positive alternative (i.e. the only implication is ‘nothing’). We found a more prolonged pattern for negation understanding in Study 2 compared to Study 1. In Chapter 3 we tested young domestic chicks’ encoding of the presence and the absence of an object. We found sex-dependent evidence in their looking behavior, suggesting a capacity for encoding absence. In Chapter 4 we measured the neural correlates of different types of object disappearances in 6-month-old infants. Object maintenance (of presence) evoked prefrontal and temporal activation when an object was occluded; in contrast no specific activation was found for objects that vanished or mingled among other identical objects. Our findings point to human infants’ readiness to understand negation expressing absence, likely based on domain general cognitive and linguistic tools. However, encoding absence is not language-dependent ability; such information is also available for pre- and non-linguistic creatures, but unlike encoding presence, it is not an automatic process. We propose that absence depends on categorical representations, and on possible mental structures expressing contrary concepts. ______________________________________________ Subscribe by sending an empty mail to talks-subscribe(a)cogsci.ceu.edu Unsubscribe by sending an empty mail to talks-unsubscribe(a)cogsci.ceu.edu

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