31 May
2016
31 May
'16
10:02 a.m.
The CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to its talk by
Zsuzsanna Schnell (University of Pecs, Hungary)
Date: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - 17:00-18:30
Host: Csaba Pléh
Location: Department of Cognitive Science, CEU, Oktober 6 street 7, room 101.
Social cognition and pragmatic skills - developmental and neurocognitive perspective
The focus of the lecture is twofold: we investigate the role of theory of mind in
pragmatic language development, targeting different aspects of non-compositionality and
indirectness (simile, metaphor, irony, humor and maxim infringement), tracking the order
and cognitive difficulty of their unfolding. The study also investigates the pragmatics of
irony processing and contextual effects in schizophrenia. Relying on neuroimaging (fMRI)
techniques the research reveals the brain networks involved in social cognition and in
non-compositional processing, and confirms theory of mind deficit, along with difficulties
in irony comprehension in schizophrenia. We also attempt to identify the area of the
Precuneus having an integrative role as the neural correlate of the hypothesized
meta-module of pragmatic meaning construction.
See more at:
http://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/events/2016-06-01/departmental-colloquium-z…
We are looking forward to see you there!
Cognitive Science Events at CEU: http://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/events
Györgyné Finta (Réka)
Department Coordinator
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Central European University
Department of Cognitive Science
H-1051 Budapest
Oktober 6 utca 7.
tel: (36-1) 887-5138
fax: (36-1) 887-5010
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http://cognitivescience.ceu.edu
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