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[Koglist] [CEU Cogsci Talks] EXTRA CEU Departmental Colloquium, September 19 @ 1pm: Mark Ho (Princeton University) - Communication, Coordination, and Computation in Human Interaction

by Denis Tatone

Dear All, Exceptionally next week we will have an *additional seminar* instead of the research club. Dr. *Mark Ho *(Princeton University) [web <https://markkho.github.io/>] Title: *Communication, Coordination, and Computation in Human Interaction* Date: *Thursday, 19 September * Time: *13:00 - 14:00 * Location: Department of Cognitive Science, CEU, Oktober 6 st. 7, room 10 Abstract: Human sociality is distinctive in kind and degree: We teach, learn, communicate, and coordinate in ways and at a scale that is rarely observed in other species. How does this work? What cognitive capacities enable us to flexibly coordinate our thoughts and behaviors in everyday interactions and even over generations? Much work in psychology and cognitive science addresses this question theoretically and empirically. Meanwhile, recent advances in artificial intelligence challenge us to articulate how one would program such capacities into a machine. In this talk, I will discuss several projects that apply computational principles to understanding the mechanisms of human communication and coordination. For example, by formulating and testing the computations underlying communicative intentions and recursive social reasoning, we can gain greater empirical insight into what makes human communication successful, what makes it computationally challenging, and even what causes it to sometimes fail. We are looking forward to see you. Cognitive Science Events at CEU: http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/events ______________________________________________ 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] CEU Departmental Colloquium, September 18: Lotte Thomsen (University of Oslo) - Innate Building Blocks of Political Psychology

by Denis Tatone

The CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to its talk by: Prof. *Lotte Thomsen *(University of Oslo) [web <https://www.sv.uio.no/psi/english/people/aca/lottetho/index.html>] Title: *Innate Building Blocks of Political Psychology * Date: Wednesday, 18 September 2019 Time: 17:00-18:30 Location: Department of Cognitive Science, CEU, Oktober 6 st. 7, room 10 Abstract: Perhaps the strongest argument that there has been selection for social-coordination mechanisms in humans is empirical evidence for psychological systems that represent and motivate such social navigation already in preverbal infancy. I will argue (and present evidence) that the basic logic of the infant representations and motives for formidability-based dominance and equality elucidate, and are reflected, in the political psychology of adults, from cross-national to genetic levels. I will also present ongoing work suggesting that preverbal infants (and preschoolers) are endowed with mental representations and motives for direct reciprocity and gratitude, consistent with an evolved system of reciprocal altruism. Finally, I will present pilot work that preverbal infants also represent evolved, non-formidability-based principles for resolving resource conflict, such as ownership/prior possession. We are looking forward to see you. Cognitive Science Events at CEU: http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/events ______________________________________________ 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] External colloquium at RCNS-BIC - September 16 - Andrew R. Bender

by Keresztes, Attila

Dear colleagues, The Brain Imaging Centre at the Research Centre for Natural Sciences is pleased to invite you to the following talk by Andrew R. Bender Michigan State University https://neurology.msu.edu/directory/andrew-bender *Neural correlates of retest learning in aging and dementia* (see abstract below) Date & time: *09.16.2019, Monday, 13:00-14:00* Location: D4.09C, MTA-TTK, Magyar Tudósok krt. 2, 1117, Budapest We are looking forward to seeing you there! Abstract Retest learning and practice effects – improvements in performance following multiple presentations of cognitive and behavioral tasks – are primarily of interest to cognitive aging researchers because they can obscure true longitudinal decline. Importantly, these improvements following prior exposure to test content and/or format are not consistently influenced by age, education, and other relevant demographic factors. In addition, evidence from neuroimaging research has revealed links between practice effects and brain structure, including hippocampal volume and white matter microstructure. Furthermore, research on age-related neurodegeneration demonstrates attenuated practice and retest learning effects among older adults with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease pathology. I will show that by treating retest learning as a signal of interest, rather than unwanted noise, retest learning is a valuable marker of neurocognitive status. My work has related retest learning over years and practice effects over minutes to common brain structures implicated in age-related declines in learning and memory. Using evidence from multiple aging studies, including my own findings from data collected at Wayne State, in BASE-II, and in ADNI, I will discuss how retest learning can serve as a marker of the integrity in neural mechanisms affected by age-related neurodegenerative disease and new opportunities and methods for measuring practice and retest learning effects. -- Attila Keresztes, Ph.D. Research Scientist Research Centre for Natural Sciences Assistant Professor Department of Cognitive Psychology Faculty of Education and Psychology Eotvos Lorand University Office: Magyar Tudosok krt. 2, 1117, Budapest, Hungary Phone: +36 1 3826-904 Web: http://www.ttk.mta.hu/en/phonebook/attila-keresztes-akk

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[Koglist] Fiatal kutató álláshirdetés - Kísérleti Pszichológia TTK KPI

by János Horváth

PÁLYÁZATI FELHÍVÁS A Természettudományi Kutatóközpont főigazgatója Fiatal kutatói álláshelyet hirdet a Kognitív Idegtudományi és Pszichológiai Intézet, Kísérleti Pszichológiai Kutatócsoport „tudományos segédmunkatárs” közalkalmazotti munkakörének betöltésére A munkakörbe tartozó lényeges feladatok: - Téma: A szándékos cselekvés, az észlelés-cselekvés interakció pszichológiai törvényszerűségeinek vizsgálata kísérleti pszichológiai és kognitív idegtudományi módszerekkel - A fiatal kutató feladata / munkájának célja: A szakmai módszertan (többek között EEG/ERP, szemmozgáskövetés) elsajátítása és alkalmazása, a téma nemzetközi irodalmának nyomon követése, kísérlettervezés, kísérleti elrendezések programozása, adatfelvétel, adatelemzés, kéziratkészítés, az eredmények publikálása nemzetközi szaklapokban, valamint a kutatáshoz kapcsolódó szervezési és adminisztratív feladatok. Pályázati feltételek: - Egyetemi diploma (elsősorban, de nem kizárólagosan pszichológia, kognitív tudomány területén) - Középfokú „C” típusú angol nyelvvizsga - A fiatal kutatók felső korhatára 30 év (kivételes esetben 35 év), a 10 éven aluli gyermeket nevelő kutatónők esetében a korhatár gyermekenként 2 évvel meghosszabbodik és ez vonatkozik a gyermeküket egyedül nevelő kutatókra is. Előnyt jelent: - Kísérleti pszichológia, kognitív idegtudomány területén szerzett kutatási tapasztalat; - Programozási, statisztikai ismeretek; - A fiatal kutatók alkalmazása során a magyar állampolgárságú, illetve a határon túli magyar fiatalok elsőbbséget élveznek A jogállására, illetményére és egyéb juttatásaira a „Közalkalmazottak jogállásáról szóló” többször módosított 1992. évi XXXIII. törvényben előírt rendelkezések az irányadók. A fiatal kutatói álláshelyek pályázati formában történő betöltéséről a Magyar Tudományos Akadémia elnökének 2/2017. (I.10.) számú határozata érvényes. A közalkalmazotti jogviszony jellege, időtartama: határozott idejű 2 év –ig tartó közalkalmazotti jogviszony A munkavégzés helye: Természettudományi Kutatóközpont (TTK) Kognitív Idegtudományi és Pszichológiai Intézet 1117 Budapest, Magyar tudósok körútja 2. A pályázat részeként benyújtandó iratok, igazolások: - fényképpel ellátott szakmai önéletrajz - az iskolai végzettséget, szakképzettséget tanúsító okiratok, dokumentumok másolata - nyilatkozat arról, hogy a pályázati anyagot az elbírálásban résztvevő személyek megismerhetik A munkakör betölthetőségének időpontja: 2019. október 01. A pályázatok benyújtásának módja: A pályázatot egy példányban, postai és elektronikus úton juttassa el az MTA TTK, Kognitív Idegtudományi és Pszichológiai Intézet, 1117 Budapest, Magyar Tudósok körútja 2. címre, valamint elektronikusan, egyetlen PDF dokumentum formájában a következő e-mail címre: horvath.janos(a)ttk.mta.hu Visszajelzést csak a személyes beszélgetésre behívott pályázók kapnak. A személyes beszélgetés egy szakmai prezentációt is magában foglal. Felvétel esetén a munkakör betöltése 90 napnál nem régebbi hatósági erkölcsi bizonyítványhoz kötött. A pályázattal kapcsolatos további felvilágosítást ad: Dr. Horváth János; tel.: +36 1 382 6815. Budapest, 2019. július 23. Dr. Pokol György főigazgató -- János Horváth, PhD DSc Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology Research Centre for Natural Sciences H-1519 Budapest, P.O.B. 286, HUNGARY Phone: +36 1 382 6815 Web: https://sites.google.com/site/janoshorvathphd/ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0147-4518

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[Koglist] Erdi Peter uj konyve

by kampis.george＠gmail.com

Érdi Péter: RANKING. The Unwritten Rules of The Social Game We All Play (OUP). Naponta találkozunk országokról, iskolákról, termékekrol vagy éppen emberekről készült különböző rangsorokkal. A rangsoroláshoz való viszonyunk azonban kettős: döntéseinket segíthetik az informatív és objektív listák, viszont a torz, szubjektív, esetenként manipulált rangsorolás megnehezítheti a választásunkat. Új könyvében Érdi Péter, a komplex rendszerek tudományának tanára intellektuális kalandra hívja az Olvasót, amely során kiderül, miért is olyan nehéz szubjektív és objektív ítéletek között navigálni. Az Oxford University Press gondozásában megjelent könyv a kultúra, politika és tudomány számos területéről vett példán keresztül szórakoztatóan mutatja be a rangsorolás készítésének sajátosságait, valamint azok eredményeire való reagálás rejtett törvényeit. A rangsorok adatokon, emberi megítélésen és számítógépes algoritmusokon alapulnak. A szerző óvatos optimizmussal azt sugallja, hogy megtalálhatjuk a természetes és mesterséges intelligencia alkalmazásának helyes arányát döntéseink kialakításában. Google Preview: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/ranking-9780190935467?cc=us&lang=en… <https://global.oup.com/academic/product/ranking-9780190935467?cc=us&lang=en…> Megrendelhető 1. Magyarországon https://www.librotrade.hu/kereses-kif?name=Ranking&publisher=Oxford+Univers… <https://www.librotrade.hu/kereses-kif?name=Ranking&publisher=Oxford+Univers…> 8595 Ft 2. az OUP weboldalán keresztül is A könyv OUP weboldala: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/ranking-9780190935467?cc=us&lang=en… <https://global.oup.com/academic/product/ranking-9780190935467?cc=us&lang=en…> !discount code inside https://aboutranking.com/2019/05/15/flyer-at-this-time-for-friends-only/ <https://aboutranking.com/2019/05/15/flyer-at-this-time-for-friends-only/> ! Lesz könyvbemutató (december 19), erről majd késöbb küldünk értesítést.

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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

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

by Gergely Csibra

The public defense<https://cdc.ceu.edu/events/2019-09-06/doctoral-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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[Koglist] 2nd International Conference on Heuristics, Balatonfüred augusztus 30 -szeptember 1.

by Benedek András

Tisztelt Kollégák! Az MTA Tudomány és Technikatörténeti Állandó Bizottságának megalapításra került Pólya György Heurisztikai Albizottsága és az MTA Bölcsészettudományi Kutatóközpontja másodízben szervezi meg a Nemzeti Kulturális Alap támogatásával az alábbi konferenciát, melyre ezúton tisztelettel meghívjuk. 2nd International Conference on Heuristics: Motivating, Orienting and Modeling Invention Balatonfüred, August 30 - September 1, 2019 http://heurisztika.btk.mta.hu/programok A diákprogrammal egybekötött nemzetközi konferencia díjmentes, több napos rendezvény, melyet A konferencia fókuszában a heurisztika pszichológiai problémái, az innovatív magatartás motivációja, a felfedezés számítógépes támogatása és az innovatív gondolkodás modellálásának kérdései állnak. Csatoljuk a konferencia programját, a részleteket ld. a konferencia fenti honlapján. Tisztelettel, Dr. Benedek András, PhD, CSc Tudományos Főmunkatárs [cid:image001.png@01D55D27.D3CAAB00]

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