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[Koglist] [CEU Cogsci Talks] Departmental Colloquium by Thibaud Gruber - THURSDAY, 28 November - QS D-002 Tiered

by Andrea Jenei

Dear All, The CEU Department of Cognitive Science invites you to the following talk. Speaker: Thibaud Gruber<https://www.unige.ch/cisa/center/members/gruber-thibaud/> <https://www.unige.ch/cisa/center/members/gruber-thibaud/> Title: An affective, behavioral and cognitive story of the evolution of communication and culture in humans and other great apes The studies of the evolution of language and culture are intertwined. Often, the same mechanisms – including the usual suspects such as imitation – are argued to be at the heart of the evolution of both. In addition, in the last decades, research on social learning in non-humans vs humans has largely focused on behavioral and cognitive processes, while research on non-human vs human communication has often opposed cognitive processes to emotional ones. These two approaches sometimes fall in the pitfall of looking for the one characteristic that makes us unique amongst other animals. In this talk, I want to focus on the commonalities between animal and human social learning, with the goal to braid together literature from social learning, affective development, and the evolution of communication. All three domains can be unified in an ABC model of social learning, which aims to provide a combined Affective, Behavioral and Cognitive approach to the acquisition of knowledge in a broad sense. Affect, for example through motivation or emotions, indeed colors our quest for knowledge and for knowledge transmission. I will rediscuss classic examples of the animal literature such as the vervet alarm call system or the acquisition of tool use in chimpanzees. The ABC framework also allows introducing continuity between so-called simple and complex cognitive processes, which makes it a more realistic pathway for their attribution to animals or non-verbal infants. As such it opens new avenues of research to resolve the debates on the evolution of communication and culture, particularly in our lineage. Thibaud Gruber is a primatologist and a comparative psychologist whose has been working over 15 years on the topics of the evolution of culture and communication in great apes and humans. After a Master in Cognitive Sciences at the ENS, Paris, he pursued a PhD in Psychology at the University of St Andrews, UK in 2011. He then obtained his Habilitation in Cognitive Sciences at the ENS, Paris, in 2018. He has held postdoctoral research positions at the University of Zürich, Neuchâtel and Geneva, funded by the Fyssen Foundation, the Marie Curie initiative of the European Commission, and the Swiss National Science Foundation. In 2020, thanks to an Eccellenza Fellowship from the SNSF, he has set up his own lab, the eccePAN lab (Ecology, Cognition, Communication, Emotion), at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, at the University of Geneva, with a joint position at the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences. Time: 16:00, Thursday, 28 November 2024 Location: Vienna Campus, Quellenstrasse 51, Room : QS D-002 Tiered Zoom: Meeting ID: 984 1754 5209<https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/98417545209?pwd=909i0Oc5aydidvanERaSfHkbKzEZmh.1> Passcode: 041432 Hosts: Thomas Ganzetti and Günther Knoblich Best regards, Andi ______________________________________________ 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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[Koglist] [CEU Cogsci Talks] Invitation to the Doctoral Defense of Dávid Ádám Magas at the Department of Cognitive Science, Vienna, September 11, 4 pm CET

by Gyorgyne Finta

The Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to the public defense of the PhD thesis Representation of Uncertainty and Recall Precision in Long-Term Episodic and Semantic Memories by Dávid Ádám Magas THURSDAY, SepteMber 11, 4 P.M. CET Room C322 (CEU, Quellenstrasse 51, 1100 Vienna) Join Zoom Meeting https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/93244559610?pwd=24NXxnQ9bYEv3Pc7f26p70fvX2JoVF.1<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/93244559610?pwd%3D24…> Meeting ID: 932 4455 9610 Passcode: 488643 PRIMARY SUPERVISOR: József Fiser (CEU) SECONDARY SUPERVISOR: Máté Lengyel (CEU) Members of the Dissertation Committee: Ernő Téglás, Chair, CEU Professor Pernille Hemmer (Rutgers University)<https://ifh.rutgers.edu/faculty_staff/pernille-hemmer/> as External examiner Professor Timothy Brady (UC San Diego)<https://psychology.ucsd.edu/people/profiles/tbrady.html> as External examiner *Anyone not affiliated with CEU wishing to attend in-person in Vienna must RSVP here<https://forms.office.com/Pages/DesignPageV2.aspx?origin=NeoPortalPage&subpa…> to get access to the lecture hall. ABSTRACT |Episodic memory has often been characterized as detailed autonoetic awareness of one's past events. In my dissertation, I reconceptualize episodic memory as part of a general knowledge structure or long-term semantic memory. I offer a common framework in which the recall precision and the representation of uncertainty in short-term and long-term episodic and semantic memory can be investigated. As a result, my work bridges important gaps between perception, long-term episodic and semantic memory, and provides insights into the detailed form in which items in perception and long-term memory are encoded and recalled. In Chapter 2, I analyze recall precision and the representation of uncertainty in perceptual decision-making and in long-term episodic memories without any semantic regularity imposed on them. I show that items in perception and long-term episodic memory are encoded and recalled in a probabilistic manner. In Chapter 3, I organize episodic elements into simple scenes with both perceptual and semantic connections between the elements. I demonstrate that semantic connections are dominant as opposed to perceptual ones in increasing recall precision. Furthermore, I show that the structure in which scene elements are stored in long-term memory corresponds to the recurring input schema of the scenes. In Chapter 4, I introduce overarching semantic regularity into the input and analyze how it affects recall precision and the representation of uncertainty. I show that semantic regularity improves overall recall precision. In addition, I show that this increase was a result of true semantic learning, where people learnt the structure of the input and used that knowledge exclusively in several responses. Furthermore, I point out major individual differences in episodic and semantic learning ability across participants. Lastly, show that the fundamentally probabilistic representation of individual items does not change despite learning the overarching semantic regularity. In Chapter 5, I analyze the effect of attention on episodic and semantic learning and show that semantic but not episodic learning remains intact with divided attention. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hosted by the Department of Cognitive Science [cid:image001.png@01DC1D9B.FCC6B6D0] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GyörgyNÉ Finta (Réka) Department Coordinator Department of cognitive SCience --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [cid:image002.jpg@01DC1D9B.FCC6B6D0] CEU GmbH - CEU Central European University private university Quellenstrasse 51, A-1100 Wien, Room B502 Office: +43 125230 5138 cognitivescience.ceu.edu<https://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/>| www.ceu.edu<http://www.ceu.edu/> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CEU is committed to energy and environmental sustainability www.ceu.hu/sustainability<http://www.ceu.hu/sustainability> [https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wJmntYV9xI46HE4vvhea1QVsjj…] Please, consider your environmental responsibility. Before printing this e-mail message, ask yourself whether you really need a hard copy. ______________________________________________ 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 months, 4 weeks

[Koglist] [CEU Cogsci Talks] talk by Francesco Guala on ‘BELIEF-LESS COORDINATION' - Thursday, Nov 14, 2024- 4pm (CET)

by Fanni Takatsy

Dear All, The CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to the following talk by: Speaker: Francesco Guala<https://sites.unimi.it/guala/> (Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy) Time: 4pm (to 6 pm) CET Date: THURSDAY, 14th November 2024 Venue: D002 (QS Vienna) and Zoom: https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/97497562931?pwd=QyM6f1EIAyxLEa7MjQOmdWOubziToZ.1 Meeting ID: 974 9756 2931 Passcode: 382039 Chair: Thomas Wolf Title: BELIEF-LESS COORDINATION Abstract: Meta-representation does not always facilitate social interaction. I illustrate this claim focusing on the case of coordination in Hi-lo games, and conjecture that people coordinate using a mode of reasoning that does not require the representation of others’ beliefs. I compare this sort of belief-less reasoning with theories that appeal to limited meta-representation, and present evidence indicating that people employ both – with meta-representation being used less frequently in coordinative than in competitive tasks. *Anyone not affiliated with CEU wishing to attend in-person in Vienna must RSVP to get access to the lecture hall. Best regards, Fanni ------------------------------------------------ FANNI TAKÁTSY Lab Manager/Research Coordinator, Social Mind Center ------------------------------------------------ [cid:42067b17-4991-4d34-9c89-2f5005166125] CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY Quellenstrasse 51. | 1100 Vienna, Austria takatsyf(a)ceu.edu<mailto:jeneia@ceu.edu> http://socialmind.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

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[Koglist] [CEU Cogsci Talks] Pascal Mamassian (CNRS & Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris), Wednesday February 14, 4 pm: ``Measurements of perceived time of visual events``

by Gyorgyne Finta

The CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to the following talk by: Pascal Mamassian<https://lsp.dec.ens.fr/en/member/647/pascal-mamassian>, CNRS & Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France Date: Wednesday, February 14, 2024 Time: 4 pm (to 5:30 pm) CET Venue: D001 (QS Vienna) and Zoom: https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/99828555100?pwd=S2Y4VnRMTEFHMitWeWk4bnB0SGdXQT09<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/99828555100?pwd%3DS2…> Meeting ID: 998 2855 5100 Passcode: 393080 Chair: Jozsef Fiser Title: Measurements of perceived time of visual events Abstract: Visual perception is not instantaneous. It takes a few milliseconds for light to be transduced in photoreceptors and tens of milliseconds more for neuronal spikes to occur at successive levels of the visual hierarchy. These delays necessarily impact our abiity to perceive time. I will present examples of human time perception from two classes of tasks, duration estimation and perceived time of an event. In duration estimation, we have shown that observers are able to estimate the duration of an interval even when the onset of that interval is not explictly provided. In perceived time, we have shown that the perceived time of an event is influenced by other events in their temporal proximity, and that this perceived time varies across the visual field. A better understanding of our sensitivity to and biases in the perception of time is important to fully appreciate how well we understand our sensory environment. *Anyone not affiliated with CEU wishing to attend in-person in Vienna must reply here<https://forms.office.com/e/HjaP91n2ep> to get access to the lecture hall. Let Jozsef know, please, if you would like to schedule a meeting with the speaker. Best, Reka ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GyörgyNÉ Finta (Réka) Department Coordinator Department of cognitive SCience --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [cid:image001.jpg@01DA59C4.C465A9F0] CEU GmbH - CEU Central European University private university Quellenstrasse 51, A-1100 Wien, Room B502 Office: +43 125230 5138 cognitivescience.ceu.edu<https://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/>| www.ceu.edu<http://www.ceu.edu/> See CEU story: www.youtube.com/ceuhungary<http://www.youtube.com/ceuhungary> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CEU is committed to energy and environmental sustainability www.ceu.hu/sustainability<http://www.ceu.hu/sustainability> [https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wJmntYV9xI46HE4vvhea1QVsjj…] Please, consider your environmental responsibility. Before printing this e-mail message, ask yourself whether you really need a hard copy. ______________________________________________ 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

3 months, 2 weeks

[Koglist] [CEU Cogsci Talks] Peter W. Culicover, Ohio State University, Nov 6, 9:30 AM: Constructional Reflections

by Attila Balla

Dear All, The Language Comprehension Lab cordially invites you to the following talk by: Peter W. Culicover, Ohio State University, USA Date: Thursday, Nov 6, 2025 Time: 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Venue: Language Comprehension Lab (QS D513) Title: Constructional Reflections Abstract: My overarching goal is to seek explanations of why human languages are the way they are. A constructional approach sharpens this question along the following lines. (i) Where do constructions come from? (ii) Why do constructions take the form that they have? (iii) What kinds of constructions exist in natural language? (iv) Why are some logically possible constructions (quasi-)universal, and others not, and others apparently non-existent? In past work, I have offered a range of assumptions, intuitions, and speculations about these questions. In this talk, I will explore some of them, focusing on the possible empirical consequences of three ideas: (i) The Force, which promotes (or ‘pushes for’) the expression of all aspects of meaning using linguistic form. (ii) Economy, the assumption that grammars are organized to (more-or-less) efficiently express aspects of meaning, especially the conceptual core. (iii) The Bottleneck, which severely restricts the range of meanings that can be encoded in a single linguistic expression. Peter W. Culicover is a Professor Emeritus at the Ohio State University, where he served as the founding Director of the Center for Cognitive Science (1989-2003) and as Chair of the Department of Linguistics (1998-2006). His research primarily focuses on understanding and explaining the syntactic structure of human languages. He has explored various topics, including language learnability, computational modeling of language acquisition and language change, the grammar of focus, grammatical constructions, the grammar of contemporary English, and the architecture of grammar. Kind regards, Attila ______________________________________________ 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 months, 1 week

[Koglist] Applications open for Doctoral Candidate or Postdoctoral Researcher position with Prof. Azzurra Ruggeri (iSearch Lab at TU Munich)

by Laura Schlingloff

Dear colleagues, The iSearch lab at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is advertising a position for a Doctoral Candidate or Postdoctoral Researcher. This is an open-topic position for doctoral or postdoctoral researchers who wish to pursue their own research ideas within the broad thematic areas of the lab. Rather than focusing on a predefined project, the position offers the opportunity to develop and conduct independent research that aligns with the lab’s interests in active learning, information search, decision-making, and cognition from a developmental perspective. The iSearch lab's research is dedicated to various facets of cognitive development and learning processes in children. We employ a multidisciplinary approach that integrates methods from psychology, education, and technology to understand and enhance children's learning experiences, in particular the active learning strategies that they employ in dynamically changing environments. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with Prof. Ruggeri and an interdisciplinary, international team, contributing to a creative and supportive research environment. We especially welcome applicants whose research ideas or methodological expertise bring new perspectives or complement existing projects, further advancing the lab’s mission to understand how humans learn, decide, and explore. The advertised doctoral position will be based in Munich, Germany, and will be funded for a duration of 36 months for a Doctoral Candidate, or 24 months (with a possible extension of 12 months) for a Postdoctoral Researcher. The deadline for application is 23 November 2024. The position can be filled from February to May 2026. Please see the advertisement below for more details, and please share it with potentially interested parties. https://portal.mytum.de/jobs/wissenschaftler/NewsArticle_20251029_123312 Kind regards, Laura Schlingloff-Nemecz & Sila Cakmak

6 months, 1 week

[Koglist] EXP26 conference call - PÉCS

by Dr. Zsidó András Norbert

Dear All, The Department of Cognitive and Evolutionary Psychology at the University of Pécs, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, together with the ViCE LAB research group, is pleased to announce the Exploring Trends in Cognitive Science (EXP26) international conference, to be held on February 5–6, 2026. The aim of the event is to showcase the latest Hungarian and international research directions in cognitive psychology, and to provide a platform for scientific discourse and the strengthening of research collaborations. A key goal of the conference is to highlight the diverse and dynamic research trends shaping the field of cognitive science, while fostering knowledge exchange and collaboration between institutions and research groups. The event offers an excellent opportunity for researchers from Hungary and abroad to present their findings, share methodological insights, and lay the groundwork for future joint projects. In addition to keynote lectures and thematic sessions, the program will include an online preconference methodological workshop (February 4, 2026) focusing on the foundations of Bayesian statistics. Thanks to its interdisciplinary scope, the conference will feature not only classical topics in cognitive psychology but also research from adjacent fields that open up new perspectives for applied studies and innovative projects. We warmly invite researchers, PhD students, and Master’s students to submit their latest findings, as well as research groups interested in presenting their ongoing work and research areas. Abstract submission Poster abstract submission deadline: November 30, 2025 Poster abstract length: max. 300 words Research group presentation submission deadline: November 30, 2025 Research group presentation length: max. 1000 words Please send your abstracts and group introductions to: vice.lab(a)pte.hu, Email subject: “EXP26 submission” Notification of acceptance: December 18, 2025 Abstract template: https://tinyurl.com/2nkt26w4 Authors will be notified of acceptance via email. Further information is available on the conference Facebook event page: https://tinyurl.com/3xjauz3t And on our research group's website: https://btk.pte.hu/en/vicelab/exp26 Venue: University of Pécs, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ifjúsági Street Campus, Building B Date: February 5–6, 2026 Preconference workshop: February 4, 2026 (online) Conference language: English Best regards, The EXP26 Organizing Committee Cintia Bali Botond László Kiss András Norbert Zsidó with the support of ViCE LAB ----- András Norbert ZSIDÓ, PhD habil. FPsyS Senior Research Fellow Head of Cognitive and Evolutionary Psychology Department Institute of Psychology, University of Pécs Director: Visual Cognition and Emotion Lab Website: https://btk.pte.hu/en/vicelab Editorial Board member: Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Psychiatry [cid:3e197886-ccf2-432e-ab40-5866c38aa9b9] ________________________________ 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. ________________________________ JOGI NYILATKOZAT: Az e-mailben továbbított információ kizárólag a címzett vagy az általa képviselt szervezet számára készült, és bizalmas, valamint jogilag védett információkat tartalmazhat. Az információ bármilyen áttekintése, továbbítása, terjesztése, más módon történő felhasználása vagy arra való hivatkozás a címzettől eltérő személyek vagy szervezetek számára szigorúan tilos. Amennyiben ezt az üzenetet tévesen kapta, kérjük, értesítse a feladót, és haladéktalanul törölje az üzenetet és annak esetleges mellékleteit az összes eszközéről. Az e-mailben szereplő üzeneteket és mellékleteket vírusellenőrzésnek kell alávetni. A Pécsi Tudományegyetem nem vállal felelősséget semmilyen számítógépes vírus által okozott kárért, sem az e-mail vagy mellékletei továbbításából eredő adatvesztésért vagy egyéb hibákért. DISCLAIMER: The information transmitted in this email is intended solely for the recipient or the entity they represent and may contain confidential and legally privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, or other use of, or reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete it, along with any attachments, from all devices immediately. Emails and attachments should be scanned for viruses. The University of Pécs accepts no liability for any damage caused by computer viruses, nor for any data loss or errors resulting from the transmission of this email or its attachments.

6 months, 3 weeks

[Koglist] Reminder: Logic and Philosophy of Science Seminar, Gergo Gila

by Gömöri Márton

Logic and Philosophy of Science Seminar Department of Logic, Institute of Philosophy Eötvös Loránd University Budapest Múzeum krt. 4/i Room 224 _____________________________________________ P R O G R A M The seminar is held in hybrid format, in person (Múzeum krt. 4/i Room 224) and online. Meeting link: LPS seminar | Meeting-Join | Microsoft Teams <https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZWI4MjRmODktNWQ4NC00…> 10 October (Friday) 4:15 PM Room 224 + ONLINE Gergő Gila Department of Logic, Institute of Philosophy, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest Platonic Realism and the Early Analytics ______________________________ Abstract is available from the seminar website: http://lps.elte.hu/lps The seminar is open to everyone, including students, visitors, and faculty members from all departments and institutes! Format: 60 minute lecture, coffee break, 60 minute discussion. Organizers: Márton Gömöri and Zalán Molnár

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[Koglist] Logic and Philosophy of Science Seminar, Gergo Gila

by Gömöri Márton

7 months, 1 week

[Koglist] Join EEG101: A new European Network on Open & Rigorous EEG Science

by Dr. Zsidó András Norbert

Dear All, I am pleased to extend the invitation below to join our new COST Action network. I am attaching the MOU. Please feel free to share the news and this e-mail with your colleagues. EEG101 is a new European COST Action network focused on making EEG science more open, reproducible, and inclusive. By joining, you will become part of a vibrant European and international network of scientists, clinicians, and technologists, and gain access to funded opportunities such as Short-Term Scientific Missions (lab visits), Virtual Mobility Grants (remote collaborations), Training Schools, and Conference Grants. You can also contribute directly to Working Groups on Reporting Standards, Data Curation and Harmonisation, and the EEG101 Manifesto/Community Framework, helping to shape the future of EEG research. Membership is open to anyone with an institutional affiliation in Europe. Apply now via e-COST to join a Working Group and access these opportunities: https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA24148 Best, Andras ----- András Norbert ZSIDÓ, PhD habil. FPsyS Senior Research Fellow Head of Cognitive and Evolutionary Psychology Department Institute of Psychology, University of Pécs Director: Visual Cognition and Emotion Lab Website: https://btk.pte.hu/en/vicelab Editorial Board member: Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Psychiatry [cid:580487a4-1eb9-46f6-8e32-c34c943c792f] ________________________________ 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. ________________________________ JOGI NYILATKOZAT: Az e-mailben továbbított információ kizárólag a címzett vagy az általa képviselt szervezet számára készült, és bizalmas, valamint jogilag védett információkat tartalmazhat. Az információ bármilyen áttekintése, továbbítása, terjesztése, más módon történő felhasználása vagy arra való hivatkozás a címzettől eltérő személyek vagy szervezetek számára szigorúan tilos. Amennyiben ezt az üzenetet tévesen kapta, kérjük, értesítse a feladót, és haladéktalanul törölje az üzenetet és annak esetleges mellékleteit az összes eszközéről. Az e-mailben szereplő üzeneteket és mellékleteket vírusellenőrzésnek kell alávetni. A Pécsi Tudományegyetem nem vállal felelősséget semmilyen számítógépes vírus által okozott kárért, sem az e-mail vagy mellékletei továbbításából eredő adatvesztésért vagy egyéb hibákért. DISCLAIMER: The information transmitted in this email is intended solely for the recipient or the entity they represent and may contain confidential and legally privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, or other use of, or reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete it, along with any attachments, from all devices immediately. Emails and attachments should be scanned for viruses. The University of Pécs accepts no liability for any damage caused by computer viruses, nor for any data loss or errors resulting from the transmission of this email or its attachments.

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