REMINDER:
The CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to a talk
(as part of its Departmental Colloquium series)
by
Cristina Becchio
Date: Wednesday, MArch 6, 2013 - 17:00 - 18:30
Location: Department of Cognitive Science, CEU, Frankel Leó út 30-34.,
Room G15
On understanding intentions in action and interaction
Cristina Becchio
http://bsb-lab.org/people/cristina-becchio/
Starting from Descartes, philosophers, psychologists, and more recently
neuroscientists, have often emphasized the idea that intentions are not
things that can be seen. They are mental states and perception cannot be
smart enough to reach the mental states that are hidden away
(imperceptible) in the other person’s mind. Based on this assumption,
standard theories of social cognition have mainly focused the
contribution of higher-level cognition to intention understanding. Only
recently, it has been recognized that intentions are deeply rooted in
the actions of interacting agents. In this talk, I present findings from
a new line of research showing that intentions translate into
differential kinematic patterns. Observers are especially attuned to
kinematic information and can use early differences in visual kinematics
to anticipate what another person will do next. This ability is crucial
not only for interpreting the actions of individual agents, but also to
predict how, in the context of a social interaction between two agents,
the actions of one agent relate to the actions of a second agent.
We're looking forward to see you there (Frankel Leo u. 30-34) !
Cognitive Science Events at CEU:
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