19 May
2022
19 May
'22
10:48 a.m.
Dear All,
The CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to its talk:
Time: 4pm (to 6 pm) Budapest/Vienna time
Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Venue: ONLINE Zoom meeting 968 0983
4427<https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/96809834427?pwd=VUJ6ZnNuN2pTNU5WUTV1c2M4V0d4Zz09> ,
pw: 975453
Host: Arianna Curioni
Speaker: Prof. Agnieszka Wykowska<https://www.iit.it/people/agnieszka-wykowska>
(Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy)<https://www.emilyliquin.com/>
Title: Using robots to understand human cognition
Abstract: As robots are believed to soon populate human environments, they have received
enthusiastic support in the scientific community. Most research aims at designing robots
for assisting humans in daily lives, healthcare, or elderly care. However, there is also a
less explored way of using robots - robots as tools to understand human cognition. We take
this approach in our lab in examining human socio-cognitive mechanisms in interaction. In
this talk, I will present the work from our lab where we have examined whether and how
social signals, such as gaze contact, initiated by a humanoid robot, influence attentional
orienting, social decision making, or cognitive control. Our results showed, both at the
behavioral and neural level, that social gaze modulates attention, efficiency in decision
making, as well as adaptation to cognitive conflict. In addition, I will present our
research related to the question of whether and under what conditions humans treat robots
as social partners and intentional agents. A series of studies addressing vicarious sense
of agency as well as joint action demonstrate that robots with a human-like shape evoke
similar socio-cognitive mechanimsms similar to those that are evoked by other humans. I
will discuss these results in a broader context of using robots at the service of
psychological research.
Let me know if you would like to schedule an online meeting with the speaker.
Cognitive Science Events at CEU: https://tinyurl.com/y2kd2rat
Best regards,
Fanni
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FANNI TAKÁTSY
Lab Manager/Research Coordinator,
Social Mind Center
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http://socialmind.ceu.edu/
http://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/
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