Kategorie: Veranstaltung/Vortrag
WSPP-Informationsveranstaltung am 10.01.2023
Einladung zum Kolloquium
Dear all,
You are invited to two talks that will take place in early December.
On December 1st, Mariel Goddu will give a talk at CogSci colloquium (at 12:15, Waldweg 26 Room 6.103). She will talk about causal reasoning. Title & Abstract will be forwarded soon.
On December 8th, Jonathan Phillips will give a talk at a joint RTG 2070 & CogSci Colloquium (at 12:15, Waldweg 26 Room 6.103):
Decomposing Modal Thought
Cognitive scientists have become increasingly interested in understanding how natural minds represent and reason about possible ways the world may be. However, there is currently little agreement on how to understand this remarkable capacity for ‘modal thought’. Drawing on formal frameworks for reasoning about possibilities from logic, philosophy, computer science, and linguistics, we argue that this capacity is built from a set of relatively simple component parts, centrally involving a basic ability to consider possible extensions of a piece of the actual world. Natural minds can productively combine this basic ability with a range of other capacities, eventually allowing for the observed suite of increasingly more sophisticated ways of reasoning about what is possible. We demonstrate how this (de)compositional account can accurately predict both what has been observed in the trajectory of children’s developing capacity to reason about possibilities and what has been observed in how modal thought is expressed within and across natural languages. Our hope is that this framework will provide cognitive scientists with a more systematic way of understanding variation in actuality-directed modal thought and talk, which will serve as the beginnings of a common language that allows researchers across disciplines to better understand each other.
Both speakers have agreed to have few single/small-group meetings after/before their talks. If you are interested in meeting with them, please register by Friday (November 25) by filling out this registration form:
We are also organizing no-host dinners with the speakers on December 1st (with Mariel Goddu) and on December 7th (with Jonathan Phillips; please note that the dinner with him will take place one day before his talk). Please register via the aforementioned form if you’d like to join us at dinners.
Best wishes,
Feride
Einladung zum Kolloquium
Dear all,
We would like to invite you to the next ANaP lab colloquium by Raymundo Baez (German Primate Center) on Wednesday (Nov. 30) at 16:15. Please find the title, abstract and information about the venue below.
Title: Prefrontal Mechanisms for Group Behavior.
Abstract: As a group-living species, our actions and that of others affect each other’s fitness, for example, by reciprocating an action or by conforming to the group’s choices. Furthermore, the ability to predict and make sense of other’s actions, or Theory of Mind, plays a fundamental role in our social interactions. Notwithstanding the importance of group behavior and theory of mind to individual fitness, their neuronal mechanisms remain unexplored. To start addressing this gap, we performed a series of studies in different group-living species. Our unique multi-species approach allows capitalizing on the unique advantages that different species confer to study the neuronal mechanisms of social cognition. In one study, a group of mice foraged for food while we surreptitiously introduced confederate mice to induce bias in the focal mouse away or towards a food patch. In a second, a triad of macaques performed a structured reciprocity-based social task in which individuals offered a food reward to one of the other two. Finally, humans performed the canonical false belief task in a verbal format. We recorded neuronal activity from the PFC during task performance in all species. Neurons in the dmPFC of foraging mice encoded features that defined the groups’ behavior, including chosen direction, consensus, and bias. At the same time, other neurons reflected the recorded animal’s behavior. Together, these populations predicted the recorded animal’s conformity to the group. Monkeys preferred to give reward to individuals that reciprocated. Distinct subpopulations of dmPFC neurons reflected both the actor and reward recipient’s identity in the current and previous trial. Moreover, using a decoding approach and electrical stimulation showed that dmPFC activity can predict the animal’s upcoming decisions. Finally, we identified single neurons in the human dmPFC that encode information about others’ beliefs, distinguish between self and other-beliefs, and predict whether these beliefs are true or false. These findings reveal that neurons in the prefrontal cortex play a role in representing what others might think and do during social interactions and how the self decides to act accordingly. Together, these studies highlight the prefrontal cortex’s role in social interactions, the advantages of a multi-species approach, and lay the groundwork for studying the neuronal mechanisms of social cognition.
Venue: GEMI, seminar room 1.136
We are looking forward to seeing you at our colloquium. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards,
Yasaman Rafiee
Online Sprechstunde Psychotherapie-Ausbildung
Online Sprechstunde Psychotherapie-Ausbildung am 22.11.22 von 18:15 – 19:15
Liebe Studierende,
vielleicht spielen Sie mit dem Gedanken, später als Psychotherapeut*in zu arbeiten, wissen aber noch nicht so richtig, wie das mit der Psychotherapie-Ausbildung funktioniert, welche Ausbildungen es gibt, wo man die machen kann, wie das mit der Kohle ist und wann Sie sich entscheiden müssen? Dann laden wir Sie herzlich zu einer Online-Sprechstunde ein, bei der wir Ihnen gern helfen, Antworten auf Ihre Fragen zu finden. Wie im letzten Jahr stehen Ihnen dafür mehrere approbierte und angehende Psychotherapeut*innen zur Verfügung.
Mit von der Partie sind: A. Habermann (Lou Andreas-Salome Institut Göttingen), B. Phlix und D. Hoffer (Psychotherapeutinnen in Ausbildung), F. Gringmuth-Dallmer (Psychotherapeut in eigener Praxis), B. Nyenhuis und A. Klich (Psychotherapeut*innen, Ambulanzleitung des Therapie- und Beratungszentrums, Mitglieder der Psychotherapeutenkammer Niedersachsen), T. Brockmeyer (Leitung Abteilung Klinische Psychologie u. Psychotherapie, TBZ u. WSPP)
Meeting ID: 696 2356 1228
Passcode: 196620
Einladung zum Kolloquium
Dear all,
Here is a reminder for tomorrow’s talk titled „Social Aversion and The Face. How we represent and react towards unpleasant interaction partners“ by Vanessa Mitschke at 15:30. Please note that the talk will take place in seminar room 1.136 (GEMI).
We are looking forward to seeing you there!
Best wishes,
Yasaman
Dear all,
We would like to invite you to the next ANaP lab colloquium by Vanessa Mitschke (University of Würzburg) on Wednesday (Nov. 16) at 15:30. Please find the title, abstract, and information about the venue below.
Title: Social Aversion and The Face. How we represent and react towards unpleasant interaction partners.
Abstract: In the realm of this talk I will provide an overview of three different study lines investigating changes in muscular responses and visual representations due to experienced or expected unpleasantness of an interaction partner.
I hate your face. Changes in the visual mental representation of opponent faces due to conflict. In a serious of studies, we investigated the changes in visual representations of others based on experienced aggressive conflict and emotional reactions. Resulting in less favorable face representation after experienced unpleasantness.
You smile and I do not reply. Timing and voluntary suppression of forced smiles towards disliked targets. In a series of studies, we present evidence of more efficient response inhibition of facial muscular activation towards disliked targets in a go/nogo task.
Your face gives me the creeps. An exploratory investigation of visual and social cues of creepiness. In this preliminary study we examined the social and visual cues that underlie perceptions of ambivalent and unpleasant others.
Venue: Seminar room 1.134, GEMI (Goßlerstraße 14, 37073 Göttingen)
We are looking forward to seeing you at our colloquium. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards,
Yasaman Rafiee
[Dieser Beitrag wurde zuerst am 01.11.22 veröffentlicht.]
Einladung zum Kolloquium
Dear all,
Unfortunately, this talk (Nov. 17) has been cancelled due to unexpected organizational issues. We apologize for any inconvenience and will inform you about the new time and date.
Kind regards,
Yasaman Rafiee
Dear all,
We would like to invite you to a talk by Ronja Demel (Humboldt University of Berlin) titled:
“Can the solidarity gap be closed?
Empathy as predictor for migration friendly policies, tolerance towards differing opinions, and feeling closer to outgroups in times of war.”
The talk will take place on Thursday (Nov. 17) at 16:30, GEMI (seminar room 1.134).
Kind regards,
Yasaman Rafiee
Studierendenprojekt Europäisches Filmfestival Göttingen
Liebe Studierende – wir brauchen Unterstützung!
Anstelle eines fiktiven Praxisbeispiels bieten wir ein echtes Projekt, das im Rahmen des Studiums begleitet und untersucht werden kann: das Europäische Filmfestival Göttingen (25.11.-04.12.22).
Wir wünschen uns ein unterstützendes Team aus mehreren Studierenden, die sich vor und um das EFG verbindlich damit auseinandersetzen und uns dabei begleiten, den Status Quo, sowie Veränderungen zu untersuchen.
Es ist uns ein Bedürfnis, Wissen darüber zu erlangen:
– wie bekannt die Marke/das Festival ist (differenziert nach Altersgruppen),
– wie unsere Werbemittel wirken und wie viel Reichweite diese haben,
– wer das EFG besucht und warum,
– wer das EFG nicht besucht und warum nicht,
– wer das EFG nicht besucht, dies aber gerne würde,
– welches Potential das Film-Buddies Feature in diesem Jahr hat …
Eine Erhebung dieser Informationen stellen wir uns in Form von Umfragen und Interviews vor, sind allerdings auch offen für weitere Impulse. Wir sind uns der Kurzfristigkeit bewusst und freuen uns umso mehr über eine Kooperation.
Weitere Informationen zum Festival gibt es unter: www.filmfest-goettingen.de
Sollten wir Interesse geweckt haben, sind wir zu erreichen unter:
buero@goettinger-kurzfimfestival.de
(0551) 50766431
Ansprechpartnerin: Johanna Franka Schleipen
Einladung zum Kolloquium
Dear all,
Prof. Dr. Albert Newen (Ruhr University Bochum) will give a talk at a joint RTG & CogSci Colloquium on Thursday, November 10th, at 12:15 (CET).
The talk will take place at Waldweg 26, room 6.103.
Title (updated): The person model theory: varieties of social understanding and the underlying cognitive abilities
Abstract: What exactly do we do when we try to make sense of the behaviour of other people? There are two standard theories on the market: the so-called Theory-Theory and Simulation Theory. Furthermore, there are some recent approaches like Interaction Theory and the Narrative Theory. All these theories have severe deficits given the variety of social understanding. So we are in need of a new alternative. I suggest the Person Model Theory. Person models are the basis for our ability to register and evaluate persons having mental as well as physical properties. I argue that there are two kinds of person models, implicit person schemata and explicit person images and both types of models can be developed for individuals as well as for groups. In addition to person models, we can also rely on situation models and a self-model to evaluate the behavior of others. With these tools at hand, we can at least distinguish three levels of understanding others, namely situational understanding, rule-based understanding and individual mind-set understanding. The core of the latter is the so-called Theory-of-Mind ability. In the final part of the talk, I will outline how the account of mental files is fruitful to characterize the development of types of social understanding.
Best wishes,
Feride
Einladung zum Kolloquium
Dear all,
Prof. Dr. Albert Newen (Ruhr University Bochum) will give a talk at the CogSci Colloquium on Thursday, November 10th, at 12:15 (CET).
The talk will take place in person (location tba).
Title: Person model theory meets mental file theory
Abstract will follow.
Prof. Newen agreed to have few single/small-group meetings after his talk. If you are interested in meeting with him to discuss your own or his research, please register by Wednesday (November 2nd) by sending an e-mail to Lydia Schidelko (lydiapaulin.schidelko@uni-goettingen.de).
We are also organizing a no-host dinner with Prof. Newen on the day of his talk. If you would like to join the dinner, please register by sending an e-mail to Lydia by November 2nd.
Best wishes,
Feride
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