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by Anita Lencsés

Kedves Mind! Racsmány Mihály kutatócsoportjába kísérleti asszisztenst keresünk 2018.január 1-ji kezdéssel. Csatoltam az álláshirdetést. üdv, Lencsés Anita

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[Koglist] [CEU Cogsci Talks] TODAY: CogSci CEU Colloquium: November 22, Kenny Smith (University of Edinburgh)

by Andrea Jenei

The CEU Department of Cognitive Science and the Social Mind Center cordially invites you to its talk by Kenny Smith<https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/kenny-smith> (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences; University of Edinburgh) Date: Wednesday, November 22, 2017 - 17:00-18:30 Location: Department of Cognitive Science, CEU, Oktober 6 St. 7, room 101 Language learning, language use, and the evolution of linguistic structure Language is a product of learning in individuals, and universal structural features of language presumably reflect properties of the way in which we learn. But language is not necessarily a direct reflection of properties of individual learners: languages are culturally-transmitted systems, which persist in populations via a repeated cycle of learning and use, where learners learn from linguistic data which represents the communicative behaviour of other individuals who learnt their language in the same way. Languages evolve as a result of their cultural transmission, and are therefore the product of a potentially complex interplay between the biases of human language learners, the communicative functions which language serves, and the ways in which languages are transmitted in populations. In this talk I will present a series of experiments, based around artificial language learning, dyadic interaction and iterated learning paradigms, which allow us to explore the relationship between learning and use in shaping linguistic structure; I will finish with an experimental study looking at cultural evolution in non-human primates, which suggests that systematic structure may be an inevitable outcome of cultural transmission, rather than a reflection of uniquely human learning biases. 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 ______________________________________________ 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] Fwd: workshop: Artificial Grammar Learning: Implications of domain, modality and species differences

by Csaba Pleh

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 view editor, Hungarian Journal of Psychology member of HAS and AE ________________________________ From: Judit Gervain <judit.gervain(a)parisdescartes.fr> Sent: Wednesday, December 6, 2017 10:22:08 AM To: Judit Gervain Subject: Fwd: workshop: Artificial Grammar Learning: Implications of domain, modality and species differences Begin forwarded message: From: Elisabetta Versace <elisabetta.versace(a)unitn.it<mailto:elisabetta.versace@unitn.it>> Subject: workshop: Artificial Grammar Learning: Implications of domain, modality and species differences Date: 5 December 2017 at 22:16:39 GMT+1 To: elisabetta versace <Elisabetta.Versace(a)unitn.it<mailto:Elisabetta.Versace@unitn.it>> Dear colleagues, we are happy to invite you to the Evolang 2018<http://evolang.cles.umk.pl/> workshop https://evolang.cles.umk.pl/agl-workshop Artificial Grammar Learning: Implications of domain, modality and species differences 16th April 2018 in Torun (Poland) Call for abstracts Detecting regularities in the world allows individuals to make sense of the countless inputs they are exposed to, and to generalize to new contexts and stimuli. This poses interesting parallels between the processing of linguistic and non-linguistic stimuli. The Artificial Grammar Learning approach has spiked research in this area on a wide range of abilities, developmental stages and species from acoustic modality in neonates and songbirds to visual pattern generalization in domestic chicks. In this workshop, we will discuss the recent developments and advancements in the field of Artificial Grammar Learning and its implication for the study of language. By bringing together researchers from different disciplines, we will host an interactive, interdisciplinary workshop that will pave the way not only for fruitful discussion but also for future collaborations and renewing work on the learning abilities across the animal kingdom and developmental stages. We welcome abstracts for short presentations (10-15 minutes followed by 5 minutes discussion) on how Artificial Grammar Learning across species, modalities and developmental stages can inform our knowledge and investigation on the evolution of language. Please send an abstract that does not exceed 2 pages (excluding references) using the formatting guidelines of the main conference<http://www.evolang.org/submissions>, to agl.evolang(a)gmail.com<mailto:agl.evolang@gmail.com> by December 21st. Notification of acceptance by December 30th (please note that the deadline for early bird registration to the conference is December 31st). Confirmed speakers Judit Gervain<http://lpp.parisdescartes.cnrs.fr/people/judit-gervain/> (Université Paris Descartes, France) will speak about “The frequency-based bootstrapping of basic word order in infants and rats” Ruth Sonnweber<http://www.eva.mpg.de/primat/staff/ruth-sonnweber/index.html> (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany) will speak about “Cross-modal processing of structural information” Michelle Spierings<https://cogbio.univie.ac.at/people/postdoctoral-researchers/michelle-spieri…> (Department of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna, Austria) will speak about “Artificial grammar learning in birds” Elisabetta Versace<http://r.unitn.it/en/cimec/abc/abc-team-members> (Center for Mind/Brain Science, University of Trento, Italy) will speak about “Artificial grammars in visual modality: A comparative perspective” Gesche Westphal-Fitch<http://homepage.univie.ac.at/gesche.w.fitch> (Department of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna, Austria) will speak about “Performance on a visual Artificial Grammar Learning task in hearing and deaf participants” Ben Wilson<http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ion/staff/profile/benjaminwilson.html#research> (Newcastle University Medical School, UK) will speak about “Behavioural and neuroimaging insights into structured sequence learning in humans and nonhuman primates”. We look forward to hearing from you. Thank you for spreading this notice to colleagues that might be interested. Sincerely, Elisabetta Versace (University of Trento) and Michelle Spierings (University of Vienna) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Elisabetta Versace, PhD Center for Mind/Brain Sciences University of Trento Piazza della Manifattura 1 38068, Rovereto, Italy email: elisabetta.versace(a)unitn.it<mailto:elisabetta.versace@unitn.it> twitter: @so_evolutionary ——— Judit Gervain Laboratoire Psychologie de la Perception UMR8242 CNRS & Université Paris Descartes 45 rue des Saints-Pères, Paris, 75006, FRANCE +33142862197 (office) judit.gervain(a)parisdescartes.fr<mailto:judit.gervain@parisdescartes.fr> https://sites.google.com/site/juditgervain/

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[Koglist] Meghívó: Auer Tibor előadása, dec. 21 MTA TTK

by Petra Kovács

Kedves Kolléga! Tisztelettel meghívom az Agyi Képalkotó Központ szemináriumára, melyet 2017. *december 21-én, csütörtökön 13 órától* tartunk az MTA TTK Kutatóházban a földszinti kiselőadóban. Auer Tibor (Royal Holloway University of London) *Elme és gép a neurofeedback tréningben: elméleti és tapasztalati megfontolások* Vidnyánszky Zoltán központvezető <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Mentes a vírusoktól. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> <#m_2984602728895073285_m_9085686770010975618_m_8663682105963217015_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> -- Petra Kovács Hungarian Academy of Sciences Brain Imaging Centre Brain Structure and Dynamics Research Group MA

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[Koglist] [CEU Cogsci Talks] ``Compositional cognition: learning a model of the world from its parts`` a talk by Christopher Summerfield, Wednesday, December 6th, 17:00

by Gyorgyne Finta

REMINDER: Dear all, The CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to its talk by: Christopher Summerfield (University of Oxford) Date: Wednesday, December 6th, 2017 – 17:00-18:30 Host: Jozsef Fiser Location: Department of Cognitive Science, CEU, Oktober 6 street 7, room 101. Title: Compositional cognition: learning a model of the world from its parts Abstract: Humans can perform remarkably complex tasks, such as flying an aircraft or playing a violin concerto. The collection of mechanisms that underlie task-level performance ("executive functions") and their neural implementation in the prefrontal cortex have been extensively investigated by psychologists and neuroscientists. However, we know remarkably little about how new tasks are learned. This is a pressing problem, because despite recent advances in machine learning, researchers are currently unable to build intelligent systems that learn to perform multiple complex tasks in series (e.g. successive Atari games) without resetting network parameters. My talk will focus on the challenges of understanding task learning in humans, and describe recent work that has suggested that complex tasks can be best solved when broken down into their constituent parts (compositional learning). I will illustrate with examples from tasks involving navigation, visual categorisation, and value-guided learning in novel environments. See more at: https://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/events/2017-12-06/departmental-colloquium-… We look forward to seeing you there! Cognitive Science Events at CEU: http://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/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] Talk by Justin Sytsma (Victoria University of Wellington) - Dec. 5, Tue, 16h, MTA BTK

by Balazs Gyenis

Dear Colleagues! Let me call your attention to a talk by Justin Sytsma (Victoria University of Wellington), who is one of the leading figures of "experimental philosophy", an emerging field that forges close relationship between philosophy, psychology, and cognitive science. See the details below. Yours, B. Justin Sytsma (Victoria University of Wellington): Are religious philosophers less analytic? Time: 2017. december 5., 16h Place: MTA BTK Filozófiai Intézet, Tóth Kálmán u. 4., 7. emelet, B.7.16 (Trapéz terem) Abstract: Some researchers in philosophy of religion have charged that the sub-discipline exhibits a number of features of poor health, prominently including that "partisanship is so entrenched that most philosophers of religion, instead of being alarmed by it, just take it for granted" (Draper and Nichols, 2013, 421). And researchers in experimental philosophy of religion have presented empirical work that supports this contention, arguing that it shows that confirmation bias plays a notable role in the acceptance of natural theological arguments among philosophers (De Cruz, 2014; Tobia, 2015; De Cruz and De Smedt, 2016). But while these studies indicate that there is a correlation between religious belief and judgments about natural theological arguments, they do not establish that causation runs from belief to judgment as has been claimed. In this paper I offer an alternative explanation, suggesting that thinking style is a plausible common cause. I note that previous research has shown a significant negative correlation between analytic thinking style and both religious belief and religious engagement in the general population (Shenhav, Rand, and Greene, 2012; Gervaise and Norenzayan, 2012; Pennycook et al., 2012, 2013; Jack et al., 2016). Further, other research has shown a significant positive correlation between analytic thinking style and training in philosophy that is independent of overall level of education (Livengood et al., 2010). Pulling these threads together, I hypothesize that there is an especially strong correlation between thinking style and religiosity among philosophers. This hypothesis is tested by looking at a sample of 524 people with an advanced degree in philosophy. The results support the hypothesis, showing a medium-large negative correlation between analytic thinking style and religious engagement that is roughly twice as strong as has been reported for the general population (r=-0.39 among men, r=-0.34 among women). And the correlation is even stronger if we restrict to Christian theists and non-theists (r=-0.61 among men, r=-0.62 among women). -- Balazs Gyenis Institute of Philosophy of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences http://hps.elte.hu/~gyepi ______________________________________________ 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] Justin Sytsma (Victoria University of Wellington) előadása - Dec. 5, kedd, 16h, MTA BTK

by Balazs Gyenis

Kedves Kollégák! Engedjétek meg, hogy felhívjam a figyelmeteket Justin Sytsma holnapi előadására (részleteket lsd. alul). Justin egy feltörekvőben lévő, a pszichológiával és kognitív tudománnyal szoros kapcsolatot ápoló új terület, az "experimental philosophy" egyik nemzetközileg elismert alakja. Üdvözlettel, B. Az MTA BTK Filozófiai Intézete szeretettel meghív minden érdeklődőt Justin Sytsma (Victoria University of Wellington): Are religious philosophers less analytic? című előadására. Időpont: 2017. december 5., 16 óra Helyszín: MTA BTK Filozófiai Intézet, Tóth Kálmán u. 4., 7. emelet, B.7.16 (Trapéz terem) Az előadás absztraktja: Some researchers in philosophy of religion have charged that the sub-discipline exhibits a number of features of poor health, prominently including that "partisanship is so entrenched that most philosophers of religion, instead of being alarmed by it, just take it for granted" (Draper and Nichols, 2013, 421). And researchers in experimental philosophy of religion have presented empirical work that supports this contention, arguing that it shows that confirmation bias plays a notable role in the acceptance of natural theological arguments among philosophers (De Cruz, 2014; Tobia, 2015; De Cruz and De Smedt, 2016). But while these studies indicate that there is a correlation between religious belief and judgments about natural theological arguments, they do not establish that causation runs from belief to judgment as has been claimed. In this paper I offer an alternative explanation, suggesting that thinking style is a plausible common cause. I note that previous research has shown a significant negative correlation between analytic thinking style and both religious belief and religious engagement in the general population (Shenhav, Rand, and Greene, 2012; Gervaise and Norenzayan, 2012; Pennycook et al., 2012, 2013; Jack et al., 2016). Further, other research has shown a significant positive correlation between analytic thinking style and training in philosophy that is independent of overall level of education (Livengood et al., 2010). Pulling these threads together, I hypothesize that there is an especially strong correlation between thinking style and religiosity among philosophers. This hypothesis is tested by looking at a sample of 524 people with an advanced degree in philosophy. The results support the hypothesis, showing a medium-large negative correlation between analytic thinking style and religious engagement that is roughly twice as strong as has been reported for the general population (r=-0.39 among men, r=-0.34 among women). And the correlation is even stronger if we restrict to Christian theists and non-theists (r=-0.61 among men, r=-0.62 among women). Üdvözlettel MTA BTK Filozófiai Intézet -- Balazs Gyenis Institute of Philosophy of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences http://hps.elte.hu/~gyepi

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[Koglist] Theoretical Philosophy Forum, Tim Crane

by Laszlo E. Szabo

THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM Institute of Philosophy Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös University Address: Múzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest 6 December (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226 Tim Crane Department of Philosophy, CEU, Budapest Putnam’s Ant: Some Reflections on the Explanation of Meaning _______________________________ Abstracts and printable program (poster) are available from the web site of the Forum: http://phil.elte.hu/tpf (Please feel free to post the program in your institution!) The Forum is open to everyone, including students, visitors, and faculty members from all departments and institutes! Format: 60 minute lecture, coffee break, 60 minute discussion. The organizer of the Forum: Laszlo E. Szabo (laszlo.e.szabo(a)gmail.com) -- L a s z l o E. S z a b o Professor of Philosophy DEPARTMENT OF LOGIC, INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY EOTVOS UNIVERSITY, BUDAPEST http://phil.elte.hu/leszabo

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[Koglist] MTA NYTI decemberi program

by Nyelvesz Info

Kedves Kollégák! Szeretettel várjuk az érdeklődőket a Nyelvtudományi Intézet decemberi programjaira! 2017. december 12. (kedd) 11.00 óra Borbély Anna Kétnyelvű közösségek összehasonlítása új klasszifikációs módszerrel szervező: Pszicho- Neuro- és Szociolingvisztikai Osztály helyszín: 108-as előadóterem 2017. december 12. (kedd) 14.00˗18.00 óra Duray Zsuzsa, Horvát Csilla, Mácsai Boglárka, Várnai Zsuzsa Kisebbségi nyelvek az urbanizáció folyamatában: a városi többnyelvűség összehasonlító vizsgálata sarkköri őshonos közösségekben c. NKFIH projekt bemutatója, utána közös eszmecsere szervező: Finnugor és Nyelvtörténeti Osztály helyszín: 414-es terem 2017. december 14. (csütörtök) 11.00 óra Mády Katalin, Uwe Reichel Computational prosodic typology and its application to understudied languages szervező: Elméleti Nyelvészeti Osztály helyszín: 108-as előadóterem 2017. december 18. (hétfő) 11.00˗18.00 óra K + K = 120 Workshop Dedicated to László Kálmán and András Kornai on the occasion of their 60th birthdays http://www.nytud.hu/program/kk120_ws.html helyszín: 108-as előadóterem 2017. december 19. (kedd) 16.00 óra Az Általános Nyelvészeti Tanulmányok XXIX. kötetének bemutatója. A kötetet Kenesei István főszerkesztő és Bánréti Zoltán kötetszerkesztő mutatja be. helyszín: 108-as előadóterem Helyszín: MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet 1067 Budapest Teréz krt. 13. *** A részletekről, valamint az esetleges változásokról a honlapon tájékozódhatnak: http://www.nytud.hu/intprog.html

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[Koglist] UPDATED Call for Applications for the CEU PhD Program in Cognitive Sciences for 2018-19

by Gyorgyne Finta

Dear All, Our flyer for the 2018-19 Academic Year has been updated with a bit more departmental specific information. We would appreciate if you could share it among your contacts and on your networks! Thank you very much! Reka 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 http://www.ceu.edu http://cognitivescience.ceu.edu

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