The Department of Cognitive Science
cordially invites you
to the public defense of the PhD thesis
Co-representation and Communication in Joint Action
by Laura Schmitz
SUPERVISOR: Günther Knoblich
SECONDARY SUPERVISOR: Natalie Sebanz
Members of the Dissertation Committee:
Ernő Téglás, Chair, CEU
Cristina Becchio, external examiner, Italian Institute of Technology/University of Torino
Rob van der Wel, external examiner, Rutgers University,
ABSTRACT: Humans constantly coordinate their actions with those of others, ranging from a handshake to the building of a house. What are the processes enabling individuals to perform such joint actions? The present work targets this question by investigating to what extent individuals integrate others' task constraints into their own actions when acting together. The first study explored whether individuals represent and adapt to a co-actor's movement constraint to achieve temporal coordination even if this implies compromising the efficiency of their own movements. The results showed that unconstrained individuals represented the obstacle obstructing their co-actor's movement path such that they moved as if an obstacle was obstructing their own path as well. A second study investigated whether co-actors represent the order of actions within each other's action sequence. Co-actors experienced interference when performing the same actions in a different order compared to the same order, indicating that they represented the order of each other's actions, although this was not necessary for joint task performance. A third study asked whether and how co-actors create novel communication systems to solve a coordination problem. Depending on situational factors, informed actors communicated by engaging in novel forms of sensorimotor communication or of symbolic communication. In sum, these studies show that individuals possess a distinct tendency to take others' task constraints into account when faced with the challenges of real-time action coordination. Specifically, individuals represent the difficulty, the goal states, and the temporal structure of others' actions, as well as the task knowledge others possess, and they integrate these constraints into their own actions even if this compromises individual efficiency. If overcoming another's task constraint requires an active transfer of information, individuals flexibly create novel communication systems. Taken together, the work presented in this thesis contributes to a better understanding of the processes underlying joint action and it provides further indication of the human predisposition to act with others in mind.
The defense will take place at room 101,
V. Budapest, Október 6 street 7, 1st floor
on Thursday, February 15, at 3:00 p.m.
Györgyné Finta (Réka)
Department Coordinator
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Central European University
Department of Cognitive Science
H-1051 Budapest
Oktober 6 utca 7.
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The CEU Department of Cognitive Science and the Social Mind Center cordially invites you to its talk by
Asli Özyurek <http://www.mpi.nl/people/ozyurek-asli> (Donders Institute and Center for Language Studies Radboud University, Nijmegen; Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics)
Date: Wednesday, January 24, 2018 - 17:00-18:30
Location: Department of Cognitive Science, CEU, Oktober 6 St. 7, room 101
How communicative intent modulates gesture and action: Implications for social interaction and cultural transmission
Bodily actions may be used to directly act on the world around us (e.g., to open a jar), or as a means of communication as in gestures- when the hands simulate opening a jar or point to entities (real or absent). Probably as unique to our species both types of actions can be modulated for communicative purposes and thus in relation to communicative intent. I will present behavioral, neural and cross-cultural evidence specifically for the role of kinematic modulation as well as eye gaze (i.e, ostensive signals) in conveying communicative intent during both production and perception of gestures and actions in various contexts (e.g., in absence or presence of language). I will also argue that communicative modulation of actions and gestures plays a significant role especially in facilitating social interaction and cultural transmission (i.e., language, world knowledge).
We are looking forward to see you at the talk!
Cognitive Science Events at CEU: http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/events
Social Mind Center Events at CEU: http://socialmind.ceu.edu/events
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Kedves Kollégák,
Ezúton szeretnék mindenkit meghívni:
MTA doktora címre benyújtott
*„Episodic retrieval and forgetting”*
című értekezésemnek *2018. január 31-én 1130* órakor, az MTA Székház
Felolvasótermében (1051 Bp., V., Széchenyi István tér 9.) tartandó
nyilvános vitájára.
Az értekezés opponensei:
Horváth János György, az MTA doktora
Kállai János, az MTA doktora
Honbolygó Ferenc, PhD
Az értekezés megtekinthető az MTA Könyvtárában (Bp. V., Arany J. u. 1.),
valamint az MTA honlapján (http://mta.hu/doktori-tanacs/
folyamatban-levo-doktori-eljarasok-105296). A nyilvános vitában minden
jelenlévő részt vehet és írásban előzetesen is, a hozzászólást aláírásával
vállalva észrevételt tehet.
Üdvözlettel. Misi
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Mihály Racsmány, PhD
Research Group on Frontostriatal Disorders
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
http://www.cogsci.bme.hu/~ktkuser/learningmemory/
Egry J. u. 1. T/512, Budapest
Hungary - 1111
Tel: +36 1 463 37 34
Fax: +36 1 463 1072
E-mail: racsmany(a)cogsci.bme.hu
Racsmány Mihály, PhD
tudományos főmunkatárs, kutatócsoport-vezető
MTA TKI
&
Kognitív Tudományi Tanszék
Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem
Egry J. u. 1. T/512
Budapest- 1111
Summer School Course “Thinking About the Possible” at Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, Hungary, from 9 July, 2018 till 14 July, 2018
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Dear All,
The application system is open<https://ceu-sun.embark.com/auth/login> now and we accept applications till February 14! Please feel free to spread the word to your colleagues and students!
CEU's summer school “Thinking About the Possible” invites applications from graduate students, junior faculty, researchers and practitioners in universities and other institutions from all over the world.
Thinking about the possible and impossible and exploring counterfactual (“what if?”) scenarios are fundamental aspects of the human mind. The boundary conditions for counterfactual thinking, and the extent to which it shares the same underlying cognitive machinery with related abilities such as episodic future thinking and pretend play, are currently the subjects of substantial debate in philosophy and psychology.
The course will bring together diverse perspectives on imagination and counterfactual reasoning, with seminars offered by faculty from the fields of Developmental and Cognitive Psychology, Philosophy, Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, and Informatics on a range of topics. Course participants will learn about empirical techniques and findings from studies in cognitive development, cognitive psychology, and neuroscience and will engage with theoretical perspectives on the nature of imagination and counterfactual reasoning.
We would appreciate if you could spread this information to your colleagues, students and research fellows.
Course Director(s):
Patricia Ganea<https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/node/4837>
Jackman Institute of Child Study, University of Toronto
Agnes Kovacs<https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/node/3133>
Department of Cognitive Science, Central European University
Course Faculty:
Sarah Beck<https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/node/4726>
Department of Psychology, University of Birmingham
Ruth Byrne<https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/node/4838>
Trinity Institute of Neurosciences (TCIN), Trinity College Dublin
Gergely Csibra<https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/node/795>
Department of Cognitive Science, Central European University
Felipe de Brigard<https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/node/4845>
Department of Philosophy, Duke University
Paul Harris<https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/node/4839>
Graduate School of Education, Harvard University
Christoph Hoerl<https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/node/4840>
Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick
Ferenc Huoranszki<https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/node/1768>
Department of Philosophy, Central European University
Karen S. Lewis<https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/node/4844>
Department of Philosophy, Barnard College, Columbia University
Christopher Lucas<https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/node/4846>
School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh
Teresa McCormack<https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/node/4841>
School of Psychology, Queen's University
Eva Rafetseder <https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/node/4842>
Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling
Erno Teglas<https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/node/4854>
Department of Cognitive Science, Central European University
Caren Walker<https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/node/4843>
Department of Psychology, University of California San Diego
Application deadline: 14 February 2018
Tuition waivers are available. The online platform will become available in December. Follow the instructions on the summeruniversity.ceu.edu .
More detailed information available at https://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/events/2018-07-09/thinking-about-possible-…
Kind regards,
Györgyné Finta (Réka)
Department Coordinator
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Central European University
Department of Cognitive Science
H-1051 Budapest
Oktober 6 utca 7.
tel: (36-1) 887-5138
fax: (36-1) 887-5010
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The CEU Department of Cognitive Science and the Social Mind Center cordially invites you to its talk by
Asli Özyurek <http://www.mpi.nl/people/ozyurek-asli> (Donders Institute and Center for Language Studies Radboud University, Nijmegen; Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics)
Date: Wednesday, January 24, 2018 - 17:00-18:30
Location: Department of Cognitive Science, CEU, Oktober 6 St. 7, room 101
How communicative intent modulates gesture and action: Implications for social interaction and cultural transmission
Bodily actions may be used to directly act on the world around us (e.g., to open a jar), or as a means of communication as in gestures- when the hands simulate opening a jar or point to entities (real or absent). Probably as unique to our species both types of actions can be modulated for communicative purposes and thus in relation to communicative intent. I will present behavioral, neural and cross-cultural evidence specifically for the role of kinematic modulation as well as eye gaze (i.e, ostensive signals) in conveying communicative intent during both production and perception of gestures and actions in various contexts (e.g., in absence or presence of language). I will also argue that communicative modulation of actions and gestures plays a significant role especially in facilitating social interaction and cultural transmission (i.e., language, world knowledge).
We are looking forward to see you at the talk!
Cognitive Science Events at CEU: http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/events
Social Mind Center Events at CEU: http://socialmind.ceu.edu/events
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Kedves Kollégák!
Szeretettel meghívlak benneteket az MTA doktora címre benyújtott
„Implicit probabilistic learning: from acquisition to consolidation”
című értekezésem nyilvános vitájára.
Időpont: 2018. január 19 (péntek) 11.00 óra
Helyszín: MTA Székház Felolvasóterme (1051 Bp., V., Széchenyi István tér 9.)
Üdvözlettel,
Dezső
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NEMETH, Dezso (PhD)
Brain, Memory and Language Lab: http://www.memory-and-language.com
Phone: +36-1-4614500 <(1)%20461%204500>/3565, +36-1-4614500
<(1)%20461%204500>/3519
Dear colleagues,
Barcelona will held next February the *Bridging Attention and Prediction
Workshop*. The workshop will gather leading researchers in the field of
Prediction and Attention that study these topics from different
perspectives (speech processing, visual perception, learning, development,
etc). The mix of speakers intends to create a floor for discussion about
different aspects that are nowadays a matter of debate in the different
fields.
The workshop is organized as a series of talks held on 2 days (*6th of
February and 20th of February*) with a poster session and a Round Table
where we will have discussions between the speakers participating each of
the days.
*Day 1 (6th of February, 2018)*
· Fabrizio Doricchi (Universitá La Sapienza di Roma)
· Falk Huettig (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics)
· Sonja Kotz (University of Maastricht)
· Jenny Saffran (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
· Iria Sanmiguel (Universitat de Barcelona)
*Day 2 (20th of February)*
· Luc Arnal (University of Geneva)
· Matt Davis (University of Cambridge)
· Floris de Lange (Donders Institute)
· Simone Vossel (Forschungszentrum Jülich & University of
Cologne)
Abstract submission deadline: *15th of January, 2018*
Abstract submission deadline for the second day only: *4th of February,
2018*
More detailed information can be found in:
http://www.ub.edu/bridgingattentionprediction/
<http://www.ub.edu/bridgingattentionprediction/>
If you think of any colleague that might be interested in attending,
feel free to forward this information.
We look forward to welcoming you in Barcelona!
Ruth de Diego-Balaguer
ICREA Research Professor
Cognition and Brain Plasticity Unit
Brain Mechanisms of Language Learning Group
Dept. Psicologia Bàsica, Universitat de Barcelona
Campus Bellvitge, Pavelló de Govern
Feixa Llarga s/n (08907 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat)
Tel. + 34 93 403 4768 <934%2003%2047%2068>/ + 34 93 312 5155
<933%2012%2051%2055>
Fax. + 34 93 402 1363 <934%2002%2013%2063>
http://www.brainvitge.org/
Csaba Pléh
distinguished visiting professor
CEU Dept of Cognitive Science
1051 Budapest Nádor u. 9 Hungary
office: Október 6. u. 7, I. e 104
Tel.: 36 303493735 plehcsaba.eu
review editor, Hungarian Journal of Psychology
member of HAS and AE
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From: huNLP on behalf of eszter <hunlp(a)googlegroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 3, 2018 2:41:42 PM
To: hunlp(a)googlegroups.com
Subject: Fwd: számítógépes nyelvészet MA
Kedves Mindenki,
Újraindul a számítógépes nyelvészet szakirányú MA képzés a Pázmányon, megkértek, hogy terjesszem az alábbi plakátot. Aki tud olyan diákjáról, akit esetleg érdekelhet, küldje tovább.
Üdvözlettel,
Simon Eszter
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ESZTER SIMON
Research Fellow
Research Institute for Linguistics
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
H-1068 Budapest, Benczúr u. 33.
Tel./Fax. +36 1 321 4830<tel:+36%201%20321%204830>/ 129
simon.eszter(a)nytud.mta.hu<mailto:simon.eszter@nytud.mta.hu><mailto:eszter@nytud.hu>
--
Azért kapta ezt az üzenetet, mert feliratkozott a Google Csoportok „huNLP” csoportjára.
Az erről a csoportról és az ahhoz kapcsolódó e-mailekről való leiratkozáshoz küldjön egy e-amailt a(z) hunlp+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:hunlp+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com> címre.
Ha üzenetet szeretne küldeni ebbe a csoportba, küldjön e-mailt a(z) hunlp(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:hunlp@googlegroups.com> címre.
A csoportot a(z) https://groups.google.com/group/hunlp címen keresheti fel.
További lehetőségekért látogasson el ide: https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Kedves Mindannyian! Pléh Csaba kezdeményezésére és megnyitó előadásával 2018. okt. 18-ikán 14:00 órai kezdettel az MTA Székházában konferenciát rendezünk a „post-truth”, az áltények, a relativizmus és társadalmi konstruktivizmus témakörében. A konferencia nyitott mind az egyes szaktudományok kérdésfeltevései mind a vonatkozó feszítő problémákat a polgári mozgalmak irányából megfogalmazó kérdések felé. A konferencia előkészítésében szerepet vállaltam jómagam és Fábri György <gyfabri(a)univpress.hu<mailto:gyfabri@univpress.hu>> is. Várjuk a javaslatokat, hozzászólásokat és jelentkezéseket. Boldog Új Évet mindenkinek! Nyíri Kristóf
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From: Ulrich Ettinger <ulrich.ettinger(a)uni-bonn.de>
Date: 2017-12-22 18:08 GMT+01:00
Subject: European Summer School on Eye Movements (ESSEM) 2018 - FIRST CALL
To: Ulrich Ettinger <ulrich.ettinger(a)uni-bonn.de>
Dear colleagues,
I am pleased to announce the European Summer School on Eye Movements
(ESSEM) 2018. ESSEM brings together internationally renowned researchers to
teach students of all levels in the scientific foundations of eye movement
research and the design and analysis of eye movement studies in basic
(psychology, neuroscience), clinical (psychiatry, neurology) and industrial
(marketing, economics, usability) settings.
ESSEM 2018 is organised by Ulrich Ettinger (Bonn) and Christoph Klein
(Freiburg/Cologne) and will be held at the Department of Psychology,
University of Bonn, Germany, from 10th to 15th September 2018.
The course fee of €350 includes participation in ESSEM as well as catering
(lunch, tea/coffee) during the summer school.
The deadline for applications is 15th February 2018 23:59 CET.
For further information, please visit www.essem.info or email us on
essem(a)uni-bonn.de
*Please forward this call to students or colleagues who may be interested
in participating!*
Best wishes
Ulrich
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Professor Ulrich Ettinger
Department of Psychology
University of Bonn
Kaiser-Karl-Ring 9
<https://maps.google.com/?q=Kaiser-Karl-Ring+9+%0D+D-53111+Bonn+%0D+Germany&…>
D-53111 Bonn
Germany
Phone: +49 228 734208 <+49%20228%20734208>
Fax: +49 228 7362323 <+49%20228%207362323>
Email: ulrich.ettinger(a)uni-bonn.de
Skype: ulrich.ettinger
Twitter: @ulrichettinger
https://www.psychologie.uni-bonn.de/de/units/cognitive-psychology