The CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to the following talk by:
Aurore Avargučs-Weber (Université Toulouse)
Date:
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Time: 4
pm (to 5:30 pm) CET
Venue: C322
(QS Vienna) and Zoom: https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/98349091295?pwd=CrumXaMWI7nD52ZuEujSSS0fFjS9mY.1
Meeting ID: 983 4909 1295
Passcode: 624213
Chair: József
Fiser
Title:
The universal role of statistical learning in building internal representation of the environment: Insight from honeybees
Abstract:
Brains compute statistics to detect regularities from perception. This ability is crucial to develop meaningful internal representations of the structure and physical rules of the surrounding environment. Yet, implicit statistical
learning has long been considered as an emerging mechanism in the evolution of humans’ higher cognitive functions such as language processing. However, basic unsupervised extraction of relations between elements appears to be a fundamental universal mechanism
accessible to most animal species including an insect species, the honeybee. Bees indeed excel at extracting relational rules between visual objects competing with non-human primates. Here I will develop how bees use relations to develop meaningful representation
of their environment suggesting convergent competences with primates. Evidences of the bee brain computational limits and the adaptive value of statistical learning will be discussed in a comparative perspective
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Jozsef know, please, if you would like to schedule a meeting with the speaker.
Best,
Reka
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Györgyné Finta (Réka) Department of Cognitive Science CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY
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