Dear All,
The Faculty of Cognitive Psychology, ELTE is pleased to invite you all for the upcoming lecture of Cognitive Seminar (https://sites.google.com/site/eltekognitiv/home/elte-kognitiv-szeminariu)
Sabine Hunnius (Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, webpage ) entitled:
How infants learn about themselves and others
date: 24th September 2019, 12:30
place: room 403, Institute of Psychology, ELTE, 46 Izabella street, Budapest, 1064
Abstract:
From early on, infants explore the world around them
with great interest: They watch their own hands as they
move through their visual field, pay close attention to
the people around them, and take pleasure in interacting
with adults in a playful manner. But how do infants first
learn about their own bodies and actions? And how do they
develop the ability to understand actions they observe in
others? In this talk, I will present a series of
behavioral and neuroscientific experiments that examine
how infants build models that allow them to generate
predictions about own and others’ actions. In particular,
I will discuss how active action experience and
observational experience provide infants with the
necessary information to learn about themselves and others
and gradually develop complex social-cognitive
capabilities.
If you know anyone who might be interested in Ms. Hunnius's talk, feel free to spread the word!