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[Koglist] Fluencia Party on 9th February (Friday)

by Dezso Nemeth

Dear Cognitive Folks, The next Fluencia Party will be on 9th February (Friday) starting at 8.00pm in Élesztő (Tűzoltó utca close to Corvin metro station). Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2013110232260580/ Fluencia is a monthly organized informal "jamboree" for cogsci-, psychology-related students (undergrads, grads), professors, researchers from many different universities in Hungary. The idea and motivation are to facilitate interactions, communication, collaboration among researchers working here, get to know others and others' interests, topics, etc. And, of course, to have some drinks and fun in a friendly environment. Everybody is welcome to attend! If you have any further questions, do not hesitate to ask. All the best, Dezso -------------------------------------- NEMETH, Dezso (PhD) Brain, Memory and Language Lab: http://www.memory-and-language.com Phone: +36-1-4614500/3565, +36-1-4614500/3519

1 year, 8 months

[Koglist] [CEU Cogsci Talks] A talk by Prof. Dr. Heike Wiese (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) on 'Communicative situations as a basis for linguistic systems' - Wednesday, Feb 9, 2022 4pm (CET) on ZOOM

by Boris Cesnik

Dear all, The CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to its talk by: Prof. Dr. Heike Wiese (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)<https://www.linguistik.hu-berlin.de/de/institut/professuren/multilinguale-k…> “Communicative situations as a basis for linguistic systems" Date: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 – 16:00-17:30 (CET) Host: Eva Wittenberg Location: on Zoom Join Zoom Meeting https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/98680025223?pwd=WjRYN3Bqb1MveFQyZG1qSWVpZnJiQT09 Meeting ID: 986 8002 5223 Passcode: cZ2UCJ Join by SIP 98680025223(a)zoomcrc.com ABSTRACT: I discuss two research strands in linguistics that rarely talk to each other: (1) sociolinguistic approaches to linguistic variability and multi-competence that dispute the existence of bound ‘languages’ and grammatical systems, and (2) theoretical linguistics focusing on grammatical analysis within distinct varieties. I argue that both approaches capture important aspects of language, and show that we can reconcile insights from these two strands. I present a linguistic architecture that takes communicative situations (‘comm-sits’) as the core of linguistic systematicity, and integrates comm-sits into lexical representations. I illustrate this with examples from “free-range language”: language in settings that are less confined by normative ideologies of monolingualism and linguistic purity. Drawing on insights from such settings, I show that comm-sits can form the basis for linguistic coherence and grammatical systems, while languages can emerge as optional sociolinguistic indices. We look forward to seeing you there! Cognitive Science Events at CEU: https://events.ceu.edu/host/department-cognitive-science Thank you Boris Boris Cesnik Department Coordinator (Vienna) Department of Cognitive Science [cid:dcde5229-e86b-431a-a248-a59a49a68b68] 5 Programs in the top 100 according to QS<https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings/2021> Central European University Private University Contact: CesnikB(a)ceu.edu<mailto:CesnikB@ceu.edu> Quellenstrasse 51 | A-1100 Wien | Austria Office: Room B501 Tel. +43 125230 7441 http://cdc.ceu.edu/ http://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/ This message is intended for the individual named above and is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender. Central European University (CEU) is an undergraduate- and graduate-level private university accredited in the United States, Austria, and Hungary. CEU’s educational activities in Austria are performed at Central European University Private University by CEU GmbH, a private limited-liability company having its seat in Vienna, under the address Quellenstrasse 51, A-1100 Wien, and is registered at the Vienna Commercial Court under registration number FN 502313 x. CEU’s educational activities in Hungary are performed by Közép-európai Egyetem, at Nádor utca 9., 1051 Budapest, under registration number FI 27861. CEU is accredited in the US, with a registered address at 224 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019, USA. ______________________________________________ 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

4 years, 3 months

[Koglist] [CEU Cogsci Talks] Recording of last night Colloquium - Jonathan Kominsky, 26 Jan

by Boris Cesnik

Dear all, I hope you enjoyed the colloquium last night. For those who were not able to attend or would like to watch it again, please find link to access the recording here below: https://ceu.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=d9214fa1-5f08-407… If you have any problem accessing the file, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you Boris Boris Cesnik Department Coordinator (Vienna) Department of Cognitive Science [cid:image001.jpg@01D81367.12B12C70] 5 Programs in the top 100 according to QS<https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings/2021> Central European University Private University Contact: CesnikB(a)ceu.edu<mailto:CesnikB@ceu.edu> Quellenstrasse 51 | A-1100 Wien | Austria Office: Room B501 Tel. +43 125230 7441 http://cdc.ceu.edu/ http://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/ This message is intended for the individual named above and is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender. Central European University (CEU) is an undergraduate- and graduate-level private university accredited in the United States, Austria, and Hungary. CEU's educational activities in Austria are performed at Central European University Private University by CEU GmbH, a private limited-liability company having its seat in Vienna, under the address Quellenstrasse 51, A-1100 Wien, and is registered at the Vienna Commercial Court under registration number FN 502313 x. CEU's educational activities in Hungary are performed by Közép-európai Egyetem, at Nádor utca 9., 1051 Budapest, under registration number FI 27861. CEU is accredited in the US, with a registered address at 224 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019, USA. ______________________________________________ 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

4 years, 3 months

[Koglist] {Disarmed} ELTE Cognitive Seminar: Hanna Marno - 08.02.2022.

by Réka Schvajda

Dear all, We would like to invite you to the first event of the ELTE Cognitive Seminar series of the Spring semester. We are delighted to announce that our first guest will be Hanna Marno, who is going to present her talk originally planned for the previous Fall semester. *ELTE Cognitive Seminar Invitation* *Time and date: *14:00 (CET), Tuesday, 08. 02. 2022. *Speaker:* Hanna Marno (Central European University, Eötvös Loránd University) *Title:* Learning from action observation: the importance of communication over efficiency Abstract*:* Ostensive cues, such as eye-contact or calling the other’s name are typically used to inform the addressee about our communicative intention. Furthermore, they can elicit an expectation of relevance about the communicated information, both in the case of adults and infants. During observational learning, would this expectation of relevance induce a bias to preferentially learn the communicated action demonstration, even at the expense of its observed efficiency? In my talk, I will present a series of studies testing whether toddlers and young children learn from their own observation of efficiency, assessed by statistical information on reliability of interventions, or from communicatively presented demonstrations, when these two potential types of evidence are contrasted with each other. The findings demonstrate that communicative sanctioning of reliability may override statistical evidence for young learners. Furthermore, our recent evidence with great apes also suggests that ostensive demonstration can elicit an expectation of relevance, potentially leading to a preference to learn from communication, as human children do. *Zoom link:* https://ppk-elte-hu.zoom.us/j/97351319559?pwd=TUNxUGJqekxtckhzMlRLR1I2NWhPd… <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ppk-elte-hu.zoom.us/j/97351319559?pwd%…> *Meeting ID: *973 5131 9559 *Passcode: *474474 The next event of the ELTE Cognitive Seminar will be a talk by* Gergő Orbán* on *22nd February, at 14:00. *We are looking forward to many of you joining! If you have questions, please contact us via email ( nemecz.zsuzsanna(a)ppk.elte.hu or reka.schvajda(a)ppk.elte.hu). Best regards, Réka Schvajda Zsuzsanna Nemecz organizers ELTE Department of Cognitive Psychology

4 years, 3 months

[Koglist] {Disarmed} [CEU Cogsci Talks] TODAY!!!!!: A talk by Jonathan Kominsky (Harvard University/CEU) on 'Children's and adults' causal judgments consider what should have happened’ - Wednesday, January 26, 2021 4pm (CET)

by Boris Cesnik

Dear all, The CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to its talk by: Jonathan Kominsky (Harvard University and future CEU)<https://events.ceu.edu/index.php/2022-01-26/departmental-colloquium-childre…> “Children's and adults' causal judgments consider what should have happened” Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2021 – 16:00-17:30 (CET) Host: Gergely Csibra Location: D-002 Tiered, Upper Ground Floor - QS Vienna Campus and on Zoom Anyone wishing to attend the talk in person in Vienna must register in advance: RSVP https://forms.office.com/r/fnZez3xhmS Anyone in Budapest, or planning to attend the event remotely, please find Zoom link below: Join Zoom Meeting https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/94824148843?pwd=NHFiN25wc3RHbDdnNW5jODZTVDU0QT09 Meeting ID: 948 2414 8843 Passcode: C7pSWE Join by SIP 94824148843(a)zoomcrc.com<mailto:94824148843@zoomcrc.com> ABSTRACT: When adults make judgments about whether event A caused event B to happen, we don’t just think about events that actually occurred. We consider what could or would have happened, but we especially seem to think about what should have happened. I will present a 'norm-weighted counterfactual sampling' account of causal judgment: When making causal judgments, people consider the necessity and sufficiency of a cause on the basis of the counterfactual possibilities they consider, and they tend to consider possibilities that conform more to their ideas about what should ‘normally’ happen. However, while this account explains a number of otherwise surprising patterns of causal judgments in adults, it relies on rich counterfactual reasoning, which past work has found children struggle with. I will go over recent work exploring how children’s causal judgments compare to adults, and in particular why children’s judgments and reasoning might be more similar to adults’ than they first appear. We look forward to seeing you there! Cognitive Science Events at CEU: https://events.ceu.edu/host/department-cognitive-science Thank you Boris Boris Cesnik Department Coordinator (Vienna) Department of Cognitive Science [cid:image001.jpg@01D811D5.36898CC0] 5 Programs in the top 100 according to QS<https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings/2021> Central European University Private University Contact: CesnikB(a)ceu.edu<mailto:CesnikB@ceu.edu> Quellenstrasse 51 | A-1100 Wien | Austria Office: Room B501 Tel. +43 125230 7441 http://cdc.ceu.edu/ http://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/ This message is intended for the individual named above and is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender. Central European University (CEU) is an undergraduate- and graduate-level private university accredited in the United States, Austria, and Hungary. CEU’s educational activities in Austria are performed at Central European University Private University by CEU GmbH, a private limited-liability company having its seat in Vienna, under the address Quellenstrasse 51, A-1100 Wien, and is registered at the Vienna Commercial Court under registration number FN 502313 x. CEU’s educational activities in Hungary are performed by Közép-európai Egyetem, at Nádor utca 9., 1051 Budapest, under registration number FI 27861. CEU is accredited in the US, with a registered address at 224 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019, USA. ______________________________________________ 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

4 years, 3 months

[Koglist] {Disarmed} [CEU Cogsci Talks] REMINDER: A talk by Jonathan Kominsky (Harvard University/CEU) on 'Children's and adults' causal judgments consider what should have happened’ - Wednesday, January 26, 2021 4pm (CET)

by Boris Cesnik

4 years, 3 months

[Koglist] {Disarmed} [CEU Cogsci Talks] A talk by Jonathan Kominsky (Harvard University/CEU) on 'Children's and adults' causal judgments consider what should have happened’ - Wednesday, January 26, 2021 4pm (CET)

by Boris Cesnik

Dear all, The CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to its talk by: Jonathan Kominsky (Harvard University and future CEU)<https://events.ceu.edu/index.php/2022-01-26/departmental-colloquium-childre…> “Children's and adults' causal judgments consider what should have happened” Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2021 – 16:00-17:30 (CET) Host: Gergely Csibra Location: D-002 Tiered, Upper Ground Floor - QS Vienna Campus and on Zoom Anyone wishing to attend the talk in person in Vienna must register in advance: RSVP https://forms.office.com/r/fnZez3xhmS Anyone in Budapest, or planning to attend the event remotely, please find Zoom link below: Join Zoom Meeting https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/94824148843?pwd=NHFiN25wc3RHbDdnNW5jODZTVDU0QT09 Meeting ID: 948 2414 8843 Passcode: C7pSWE Join by SIP 94824148843(a)zoomcrc.com<mailto:94824148843@zoomcrc.com> ABSTRACT: When adults make judgments about whether event A caused event B to happen, we don’t just think about events that actually occurred. We consider what could or would have happened, but we especially seem to think about what should have happened. I will present a 'norm-weighted counterfactual sampling' account of causal judgment: When making causal judgments, people consider the necessity and sufficiency of a cause on the basis of the counterfactual possibilities they consider, and they tend to consider possibilities that conform more to their ideas about what should ‘normally’ happen. However, while this account explains a number of otherwise surprising patterns of causal judgments in adults, it relies on rich counterfactual reasoning, which past work has found children struggle with. I will go over recent work exploring how children’s causal judgments compare to adults, and in particular why children’s judgments and reasoning might be more similar to adults’ than they first appear. We look forward to seeing you there! Cognitive Science Events at CEU: https://events.ceu.edu/host/department-cognitive-science Thank you Boris Boris Cesnik Department Coordinator (Vienna) Department of Cognitive Science [cid:image003.jpg@01D80E1C.6B542760] 5 Programs in the top 100 according to QS<https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings/2021> Central European University Private University Contact: CesnikB(a)ceu.edu<mailto:CesnikB@ceu.edu> Quellenstrasse 51 | A-1100 Wien | Austria Office: Room B501 Tel. +43 125230 7441 http://cdc.ceu.edu/ http://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/ This message is intended for the individual named above and is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender. Central European University (CEU) is an undergraduate- and graduate-level private university accredited in the United States, Austria, and Hungary. CEU’s educational activities in Austria are performed at Central European University Private University by CEU GmbH, a private limited-liability company having its seat in Vienna, under the address Quellenstrasse 51, A-1100 Wien, and is registered at the Vienna Commercial Court under registration number FN 502313 x. CEU’s educational activities in Hungary are performed by Közép-európai Egyetem, at Nádor utca 9., 1051 Budapest, under registration number FI 27861. CEU is accredited in the US, with a registered address at 224 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019, USA. ______________________________________________ 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

4 years, 3 months

[Koglist] [CEU Cogsci Talks] CDC Seminar: Tecumseh Fitch (Universität Wien), 4pm on Wednesday, January 19

by Rachel Dudley

*Time*: 4pm (to 5:30pm) Budapest/Vienna time *Date*: Wednesday, January 19, 2022 *Venue*: Online, Zoom meeting 942 7892 8352 <https://us06web.zoom.us/j/94278928352?pwd=ckljaElMYnJtYW41b25sVGZNU09kQT09>, pw: xfhq44 *Chair:* Gergely Csibra *Speaker*: Tecumseh Fitch <https://cogbio.univie.ac.at/people/staff/tecumseh-fitch/> (Universität Wien) *Title*: *Evolutionary Functions of Consciousness* *Abstract*: Despite ever-growing interest, and some empirical progress, in understanding the neural basis of consciousness in the last decade, its evolutionary function has been relatively neglected. I will briefly review existing hypotheses, and advance my own action-based hypothesis concerning the evolutionary and computational functions of consciousness that I term “consciousness as credit allocation” (CCA). This holds that the function of consciousness, from a computational viewpoint, is to allocate credit and blame to the multiple parallel hypotheses that typically underlie (and precede) action. Coherent updating in a parallel system demands a system for credit and blame allocation, so that each of the semi-independent processing units (small assemblages of neurons) be informed about the final "decision" of the system as a whole. The complementary evolutionary function follows from the Helmholtzian view of the brain as an unconscious inference machine, but as applied to action: namely that action is typically preceded by multiple unconsciously simulated actions, competing in parallel for final execution. In order to learn from the outcome, a “tagging” system is required that broadcasts the final action chosen and executed to all relevant brain regions, allowing appropriate allocation of credit (for positive outcomes) or blame (for mistakes). This model implies the existence of first-order consciousness in most vertebrates and in any brain capable of simultaneously entertaining competing hypotheses (e.g. including cephalopods). References: Fitch (in press) Why evolve consciousness? Neural credit and blame allocation as a core function of consciousness. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. Fitch (2008). Nano-intentionality: A defense of intrinsic intentionality. Biology and Philosophy, 23(2), 157-177 *Please let me know if you would like to schedule an online meeting with Tecumseh on the afternoon of January 19. * Note that our online colloquia are not advertised outside the department to avoid technical difficulties if too many people want to attend. However, you are welcome to invite specific individuals to join the session – as long as they don't distribute the event further. ______________________________________________ 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

4 years, 3 months

[Koglist] Szombat délelőtti kog talk korrekció

by Csaba Pleh

Bocsánat tegnap pontatlanul írtam. Akit érdekel. Szombat. Jan 22 délelőtt fél 11kor beszélget velem Kun Zsuzsa a most megjelent A life in cognition Festschriftről a Klubrádió interneten hallgatható adásában. Terjeszthetitek. Pléh Csaba plehcsaba.eu<http://plehcsaba.eu> vispleh(a)ceu.edu<mailto:vispleh@ceu.edu> 36303493735 1051 Budapest Nádor u. 9 Hungary Office Oktober 6 u. 7 115

4 years, 3 months

[Koglist] Szombat délelőtti kog talk

by Csaba Pleh

Akit érdekel. Szombat. Jan 23 délelőtt fél 11kor beszélget velem Kun Zsuzsa a most megjelent A life in cognition Festschriftről. Terjeszthetitek Pléh Csaba plehcsaba.eu vispleh(a)ceu.edu 36303493735 1051 Budapest Nádor u. 9 Hungary Office Oktober 6 u. 7 115

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