November 07, 2024 at 3:30pm (MEZ - in Person)
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Doctoral Symposium on Cognivite Science: Beyond Averages - Individual Differences in Cognition (November 12-14,2024)
November 14, 2024 at 3:30pm (MEZ - in Person)
Title: How higher cognition emerges from the dynamics of strongly interacting neural populations.
Speaker: Gregor Schöner (Universtiy of Bochum)
Abstract: Human thinking and acting is generated autonomously, not primarily in reaction to external stimuli. How the neural networks of the brain my autonomously drive the underlying cognitive and behavioral processes is not well understood. Dynamic Field Theory postulates that stable activation patterns emerge from the dynamics of neural populations dominated by internal recurrent connectivity (interaction). The instantiation of stable states and their subsequent destruction in dynamic instabilities leads to the sequences of processing steps on which all thinking and acting is based. Cognitive operations can be flexibly employed through binding and coordinate transforms. I’ll illustrate the ideas around a neural dynamic architecture that perceptually grounds nested phrases and acts out phrases that instruct action.
Location: RPTU - Campus Kaiserslautern, Building 57, Rotunde
For more information about the Symposium, see: https://rptu.de/center-for-cognitive-science/events
November 28, 2024 at 3:30pm (MEZ - in Person)
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Speaker: Franziska Knolle (University of Munich; invited by Thomas Lachmann)
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December 05, 2024 at 3:30pm (MEZ - in Person)
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December 12, 2024 at 3:30pm (MEZ - in Person)
Title: The Prosody-Semantics Tango: Insights from 15 Years of Exploring Emotional Speech Processing Across Populations
Speaker: Boaz M. Ben-David (University of Reichmann; invited by Thomas Lachmann)
Abstract: The Test for Rating Emotions in Speech (T-RES) assesses the interplay of prosody (tone) and semantics (content) in processing emotions in speech. Listeners rate predefined emotions (anger, happiness, sadness) in sentences with both prosodic and semantic emotional content. T-RES versions exist in English, German, Hebrew, Sign Language, and online formats. It has been tested in individuals with tinnitus, cochlear implants, forensic and non-forensic schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorders, intellectual and developmental disabilities, early and late blindness, and deafness, as well as older adults and children. This presentation overviews the tool and key findings: prosody and semantics are separate but not separable dimensions. Young, typically developed adults show prosodic dominance in emotional speech processing across languages, i.e. prosody plays a greater role than semantics. Some groups exhibit reduced prosodic dominance, possibly compensating for auditory and cognitive challenges. Early age childhood exposure to intact spoken language (visual and auditory) is crucial for developing spoken-emotion processing. Group differences in prosody-semantics interactions can lead to communication breakdowns, impacting social interactions.
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January 16, 2025 at 3:30pm (MEZ - in Person)
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January 23, 2025 at 3:30pm (MEZ - in Person)
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Speaker: Antonino Esposito (University of Ferrara; invited by Thomas Lachmann
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January 30, 2025 at 3:30pm (MEZ - in Person)
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Speaker: Helen Engemann (Universtiy of Mannheim; invited by Shanley Allen)
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February 06, 2025 at 3:30pm (MEZ - in Person)
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