koglist January 2024

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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] CDC Seminar:Philippe Schlenker (Institut Jean-Nicod, CNRS; New York University), Wednesday January 31, 4 pm

by Salih Bartug Celik

Dear all, The CEU Department of Cognitive Science invites you to the following talk: Philippe Schlenker (Institut Jean-Nicod, CNRS; New York University) Meaning After the Multimodal Revolution: Iconological Semantics It has long been accepted that sign language (i) employs the same logical structures as spoken language (occasionally making its abstract components overt), and simultaneously (ii) makes extensive use of iconicity. But the articulation between these two modules has only been discussed piecemeal. Based on new data from American Sign Language (ASL), we argue that natural language semantics must be extended with a pictorial component, one that makes crucial use of the semantics of pictures recently developed by Gabriel Greenberg and Dorit Abusch. The result, which we call ‘iconological semantics’, offers a new integration of logical and iconic semantics, as well as a new perspective on the foundations of meaning in natural language. A key argument for iconological semantics lies in some constructions, called classifier predicates, which are lexically specified as having a pictorial semantics. Just like for a picture, their truth-conditional contribution is evaluated with respect to a viewpoint. We argue that in ASL, the viewpoint is determined by a viewpoint variable, which may be left free or existentially quantified, in which case it yields a remarkable interaction with logical operators. We also show that the pictorial semantics of classifier predicates has consequences for their syntax. Classifier predicates often override the basic SVO order of ASL, yielding preverbal objects instead, but crucially this is only true to the extent that the denoted object is typically visible before the action (e.g. x ate up y). This is in essence because the classifier predicate creates a visual animation of the denoted scene. When the object is visible only *after* the action (e.g. x spit out y), an SVO order is regained. In sum, the proposed framework accounts both for the syntax and semantics of classifier predicates, as well as for their integration within larger Logical Forms. (This analysis can be extended to offer an account of some viewpoint-sensitive gestures in spoken language, as well as their syntax; and it can be refined by adopting a more accurate view of the 3D and dynamic contribution of classifier predicates and iconic gestures.) Optional readings [they will not be presupposed] [General audience] On sign language semantics: Schlenker, What it All Means, Chapter 2. Pre-print: https://www.dropbox.com/s/vxi81q1hgy4xkmr/Schlenker-What%20it%20All%20Means… [Research-level; partly technical] On iconological semantics: Schlenker and Lamberton (to appear, Linguistics & Philosophy), ‘Iconological Semantics’: https://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/007048 [Research-level; partly technical] On iconic syntax: Schlenker et al. (to appear, Linguistics & Philosophy), ‘Iconic Syntax’: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10988-023-09388-z, https://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/006060 Date: Wednesday, Jan 31, 2024 Time: 4 pm (to 5:30 pm) CET Venue: D002* (QS Vienna) and Zoom (meeting ID: 969 2496 5784<https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/96924965784?pwd=c2duZ0dDMFdEMUthK2Mwa2wzMllEUT09>, passcode: 471712) Chair: Gergley Csibra *Anyone not affiliated with CEU wishing to attend in-person in Vienna must RSVP here<https://forms.microsoft.com/e/nhwe0D3DZ7> to get access to the lecture hall. If you want to schedule a meeting with Philippe, please indicate your availability here<https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/b4W4WRJa>! Best, Bartu ______________________________________________ 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

2 years, 3 months

[Koglist] [CEU Cogsci Talks] Budapest Computational Neuroscience Forum - Jan 31.

by Ildiko Zsoka Varga

Dear All, The CEU Department of Cognitive Science and the Center for Cognitive Computation (CCC) invites you to the upcoming event of the Budapest Computational Neuroscience Forum<https://ccc.ceu.edu/budapest-computational-neuroscience-forum>. Speaker: Zoltán Somogyvári, Wigner Research Centre for Physics Seeing beyond the spikes: reconstructing the complete spatiotemporal membrane potential distribution from paired intra- and extracellular recordings Abstract: Although electrophysiologists have been recording intracellular neural activity routinely ever since the ground-breaking work of Hodgkin and Huxley, and extracellular multichannel electrodes have also been used frequently and extensively, a practical experimental method to track changes in membrane potential along a complete single neuron is still lacking. Instead of obtaining multiple intracellular measurements on the same neuron, we propose an alternative method by combining single-channel somatic patch-clamp and multichannel extracellular potential recordings. In this work, we show that it is possible to reconstruct the complete spatiotemporal distribution of the membrane potential of a single neuron with the spatial resolution of an extracellular probe during action potential generation. Moreover, the reconstruction of the membrane potential allows us to distinguish between the two major but previously hidden components of the current source density (CSD) distribution: the resistive and the capacitive currents. This distinction provides a clue to the clear interpretation of the CSD analysis, because the resistive component corresponds to transmembrane ionic currents (all the synaptic, voltage-sensitive and passive currents), whereas capacitive currents are considered to be the main contributors of counter-currents. We validate our model-based reconstruction approach on simulations and demonstrate its application to experimental data obtained in vitro via paired extracellular and intracellular recordings from a single pyramidal cell of the rat hippocampus. In perspective, the estimation of the spatial distribution of resistive membrane currents makes it possible to distinguish between active and passive sinks and sources of the CSD map and the localization of the synaptic input currents, which make the neuron fire. Time: 17:00, Wednesday January 31., 2024. Location: CEU Budapest (1051 Budapest, Nádor u. 15.) N15. room 101. Zoom: Meeting ID: 918 8554 1295<https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/91885541295?pwd=SlhyVFdKZDc3Y2N2VGh2WllYc01Fdz09> Passcode: 141200 Should you have any inquiries about the series, please contact Mihály Bányai<mailto:mihaly.s.banyai@gmail.com>. Please, be informed that video/photo recording might take place at the event and the edited version of the video material might be published to communicate or promote CEU's activities. Please, find our Privacy Notice here<https://www.ceu.edu/privacy>. Best regards, Ildikó Varga Department Coordinator (Budapest) Department of Cognitive Science [cid:bf3b0252-901f-41ac-8162-08f338043edc] H-1051 Budapest Nador u. 15. FT room 404 tel: +36-1 327-3000 2941 http://www.ceu.edu<http://www.ceu.edu/> http://cognitivescience.ceu.edu<http://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/> ______________________________________________ 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

2 years, 3 months

[Koglist] [CEU Cogsci Talks] Invitation - Representation Learning Reading Group Jan. 25.

by Ildiko Zsoka Varga

Dear All, The Center for Cognitive Computation (CCC) invites you to the upcoming meeting of the Representation Learning Reading Group<https://ccc.ceu.edu/representation-learning-reading-group>. The reading group discusses (mostly recent) papers about theoretical machine learning and algorithms that aim to learn structured, compressed and/or interpretable latent representations of observations in a principled way, often with implications not only for machine learning, but also neuroscience and cognitive science. The group is open for anyone, but operates under the assumption that participants know the basic tenets of unsupervised learning and probability theory and have read the paper assigned for the meeting. Events of the group are advertised on a mailing list. If you wish to be on this list or have any inquiries about the series, contact Mihály Bányai<mailto:mihaly.s.banyai@gmail.com>. Upcoming meeting: Paper to be discussed: Greff, K., Kaufman, R. L., Kabra, R., Watters, N., Burgess, C., Zoran, D., ... & Lerchner, A. (2019, May). Multi-object representation learning with iterative variational inference<https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.00450>. In International Conference on Machine Learning (pp. 2424-2433). PMLR. Thursday Time: 17:00, January 25 Thursday, 2024. Location: CEU, 1051 Budapest, Nádor u. 15, Room 203. Zoom: Meeting ID: 943 6875 0761<https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/94368750761?pwd=RExubGh4UlFsdXpEWDBEckY5dDRQUT09> Passcode: 984777 Please, be informed that video/photo recording might take place at the event and the edited version of the video material might be published to communicate or promote CEU's activities. Please, find our Privacy Notice here<https://www.ceu.edu/privacy>. Best regards, Ildikó Varga Department Coordinator (Budapest) Department of Cognitive Science [cid:b45755cd-3f60-4f49-9d76-cebc9f13def6] H-1051 Budapest Nador u. 15. FT room 404 tel: +36-1 327-3000 2941 http://www.ceu.edu<http://www.ceu.edu/> http://cognitivescience.ceu.edu<http://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/> ______________________________________________ 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

2 years, 3 months

[Koglist] [CEU Cogsci Talks] Departmental Colloquium: Falk Huettig (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics) - January 24th at 4 pm, QS D-001

by socialmind

Dear All, The CEU Department of Cognitive Science and the Language Comprehension Lab<https://lcl.ceu.edu/> invites you to the following talk: Falk Huettig<https://www.mpi.nl/people/huettig-falk> (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics) The Extended Literate Mind Hypothesis In this talk I will describe the Enhanced Literate Mind (ELM) hypothesis. As individuals learn to read and write, they are, from then on, exposed to extensive written-language input and become literate. I propose that literacy acquisition leads to, both, increased language knowledge as well as enhanced language and non-language perceptual and cognitive skills. The ELM hypothesis connects with the notion that all neurotypical (native) language users (including illiterate, low literate, and high literate individuals) share a Basic Language Cognition (BLC) in the domain of oral informal language (Hulstijn, 2015). Finally, I will discuss the possibility that the acquisition of ELM leads to some degree of ‘knowledge parallelism’ between BLC and ELM in literate language users, which has implications for empirical research on individual and situational differences in spoken language processing. Date: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 Time: 4 pm to 5:30 pm CET Venue: QS D-001 Tiered* (Vienna) Zoom: https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/95645784479?pwd=T2IvYXNJWXovb3Rndk54VE9Zdm0yUT09 Meeting ID: 956 4578 4479, Passcode: 157865 Chair: Eva Wittenberg *Anyone not affiliated with CEU wishing to attend in-person in Vienna must RSVP<mailto:socialmind@ceu.edu> to get access to the lecture hall. Please note that we might make a video recording of the lecture, store the record for an unlimited period of time under CEU’s Panopto account, and share the link with CEU students, staff and faculty. Best regards, Andi and Fanni This e-mail address is managed by the coordinators of the CEU Social Mind Center. https://socialmind.ceu.edu/ [cid:5f673230-85e8-42c3-a1f6-f84befcc8c2c] Central European University Quellenstrasse 51 | 1100 Vienna, Austria ______________________________________________ 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

2 years, 3 months

[Koglist] Fwd: ENVISIONING AN ELECTRIFYING FUTURE -- save the date.

by csaba pléh

Dear All, allow me to burden you with this: The *11th Budapest Visual Learning Conference*: ENVISIONING AN ELECTRIFYING FUTURE “Save the date” announcement is now accessible at http://www.hunfi.hu/nyiri/EEE/EEE_Opening_page.pdf. Please spread the word... Thanks, kind regards, Kristóf J. C. NYÍRI, PhD, Dr. h.c. Professor of Philosophy Full Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences www.hunfi.hu/nyiri https://mta.academia.edu/KristofNyiri

2 years, 3 months

[Koglist] [CEU Cogsci Talks] CCC Colloquium - Andrew Saxe - Wednesday, 17 January

by Ildiko Zsoka Varga

Dear All, The CEU Department of Cognitive Science and the Center for Cognitive Computation (CCC) invites you to the following online talk. Speaker: Andrew Saxe, Gatsby Unit, UCL Time: 10am, 17th of January, Wednesday Zoom data (online talk only): https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/95260952204?pwd=WkJTQ3RrbEJvRTdMcWpzVTQzUDRFUT09 Meeting ID: 952 6095 2204 Passcode: 745828 Title: Organizing memories for generalization in complementary learning systems Abstract: Memorization and generalization are complementary cognitive processes that jointly promote adaptive behavior. For example, animals should memorize safe routes to specific water sources and generalize from these memories to discover environmental features that predict new ones. These functions depend on systems consolidation mechanisms that construct neocortical memory traces from hippocampal precursors, but why systems consolidation only applies to a subset of hippocampal memories is unclear. Here we introduce a new neural network formalization of systems consolidation that reveals an overlooked tension—unregulated neocortical memory transfer can cause overfitting and harm generalization in an unpredictable world. We resolve this tension by postulating that memories only consolidate when it aids generalization. This framework accounts for partial hippocampal–cortical memory transfer and provides a normative principle for reconceptualizing numerous observations in the field. Generalization-optimized systems consolidation thus provides new insight into how adaptive behavior benefits from complementary learning systems specialized for memorization and generalization. Please, be informed that video/photo recording might take place at the event and the edited version of the video material might be published to communicate or promote CEU's activities. Please, find our Privacy Notice here<https://www.ceu.edu/privacy>. Best regards, Ildikó Varga Department Coordinator (Budapest) Department of Cognitive Science [cid:f0b77229-ae89-4eaa-bb95-e206fde928ea] H-1051 Budapest Nador u. 15. FT room 404 tel: +36-1 327-3000 2941 http://www.ceu.edu<http://www.ceu.edu/> http://cognitivescience.ceu.edu<http://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/> ______________________________________________ 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

2 years, 3 months

[Koglist] Work in Progress 2024

by Rebeka Zsoldos

//English below// Kedves Kollégák! Ezúton szeretnénk mindenkit meghívni az ELTE Kognitív Pszichológia Tanszék szervezésében megrendezésre kerülő Work in Progress Szimpóziumra. A részletes felhívás a csatolmányban található, előadónak jelentkezni itt lehet: https://elteppk.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1Hu9ukSfO6JPruK Minden PhD fokozatot még nem szerzett hallgató jelentkezését várjuk (MA és PhD hallgatókat is). A kognitív tudomány területéhez kapcsolódó befejezett empirikus kutatást, pilot tanulmány, továbbá kutatási tervet is lehet prezentálni. Időpont: 2024. február 7. (szerda), 10:00 Helyszín: ELTE PPK Pszichológiai Intézet, 1064 Budapest, Izabella u. 46, 101-es terem Jelentkezési határidő: 2024. január 31. (szerda), 23:59 Üdvözlettel, Zsoldos Rebeka ____________________________________________________________ Dear Colleagues, We invite you to the Work in Progress Student Symposium 2024, organized by the Department of Cognitive Psychology at ELTE. Please find attached the call with detailed information. If you would like to present your work, please register here: https://elteppk.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1Hu9ukSfO6JPruK Participation is open to students who have not yet obtained their Ph.D. degree. The symposium invites empirical submissions from all areas of cognitive science, including pilot studies and research plans. Date and time: Wednesday, February 7, 2024, 10:00 AM Location: ELTE Psychology Institute, 1064 Budapest, Izabella u. 46, Room 101 Registration Deadline: Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 11:59 PM Kind regards, Rebeka Zsoldos

2 years, 4 months

[Koglist] Call for Papers – Fear, anxiety, and phobias – Scientific Reports

by Dr. Zsidó András Norbert

Dear Colleagues, An international team and I are organizing a collection of articles on fear, anxiety, and phobias for Scientific Reports. We would be happy to have Hungarian contributors to the article collection, so I am sharing the call here (see attached). If you have any questions, do not hesitate to reach out. Also, please feel free to share the call with your colleagues. Best regards, András Zsidó ----- András Norbert ZSIDÓ, PhD FPsyS Senior Research Fellow Institute of Psychology, University of Pécs Principal Investigator: Visual Cognition and Emotion Lab Website: https://vicelab.btk.pte.hu/ Editorial Board member: Scientific Reports [cid:f75bcfe2-c278-4cbe-bf64-ba3819085845] ________________________________ Tájékoztatjuk, hogy a Pécsi Tudományegyetem adószáma 2024. 01. 01-től megváltozik. Adószám: 19308681-4-02; Csoport azonosító szám: 17783941-5-02. Közösségi adószám: HU17783941 A módosult adatokat a Pécsi Tudományegyetem honlapján is frissítjük. Please be informed that the tax number of the University of Pécs will change from 01.01.2024. Tax number: 19308681-4-02; Group identification number: 17783941-5-02. EU-VAT Reg. Nr.: HU17783941 The modified data will be updated on website of the University of Pécs. A PTE Zöld Egyetem programja jegyében kérem, ne nyomtassa ki ezt az e-mail-t, kivéve, ha szükséges. Green University - Please do not print this e-mail unless it's necessary.

2 years, 4 months

[Koglist] ELTE Alfa Generáció Labor - részmunkaidős állás

by Krisztina P

Kedves Listatagok, az ELTE Alfa Generáció Laborba kommunikációs és kreatív munkatársat keresünk, részmunkaidőbe (heti 10 óra). Hallgatók jelentkezését is várjuk, és nagyon hálásak lennénk, ha továbbítanátok a felhívást a potenciális érdeklődők felé :) Részletek a csatolmányban, illetve ezen a linken: https://www.alfageneracio.hu/blog/2024/01/reszmunkaidos-kommunikacios-es-kr… Üdvözlettel, Liszkai-Peres Krisztina -- *Krisztina LISZKAI-PERES* www.alfageneracio.hu

2 years, 4 months

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