Asieh Daneshi, “The effect of group size and group density on behavioral contagion in humans”
More details to follow. This talk will take place in person at SCIoI.
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Verena Wagner (University of Konstanz), “On Pause: Suspending Judgment and Abstaining in Machine Learning”
Abstract: Machine Learning (ML) systems typically yield definitive outputs, even when the underlying probabilities do not justify a decision. This poses a significant challenge in medical applications, where patients rely
Asifa Majid (University of Oxford), “Establishing Human Universals”
Abstract: Psychology, the "science of mental life", aims to provide models and theories that apply universally. However, there is a growing concern that what we gather from studying humans in
Iain Couzin (Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior & University of Konstanz), “Collective intelligence in animals and robots”
Abstract In 1905 the biologist Edmund Selous wrote of his wonderment when observing a flock of starlings flying overhead “they circle; now dense like a polished roof, now disseminated like
Aravind Battaje (Science of Intelligence), “A study on human and robot perception and the architecture of perceptual information processing”
MAR 2.057More details to follow. This talk will take place in person at SCIoI. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash.
Christof Koch (Allen Institute for Brain Sciences), “Integrated Information Theory – Or Why Consciousness is Fundamentally Distinct from Intelligence”
MAR 2.057Humans not only can act intelligently in the world but consciously experience it, such as the delectable taste of Nutella, the sharp sting of an infected tooth, or the terror
Oren Forkosh (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), ” Behavior, Personality, Social Structure, and Emotions in Freely Behaving Groups of Mice and Other Animals”
MAR 2.057Abstract: In recent years, the study of animal behavior in neuroscience has seen a significant shift towards more naturalistic and less intrusive methods. It is under these conditions that the true spectrum of
Brian Scholl (Yale University), “Visual Intelligence: On the Unexpected Sophistication of Perception “
MAR 2.057It is natural to think of vision as relatively primitive, compared to the richness of higher-level cognition. But recent work has revealed how perception is unexpectedly sophisticated along several related
Excellent Pub Quiz – LNDW 2024
Once again, the motto for the Long Night of the Sciences 2024 is: Invite friends for a team (2-4 people), find a creative team name and take part in the
Ralph Hertwig (Science of Intelligence), “How intelligent is deliberate ignorance?”
More details to follow. This talk will take place in person at SCIoI.
Katja Liebal (Universität Leipzig), “Comparative Approach to Human Cognition: Possibilities and Challenges”
MAR 2.057Aiming to understand human psychology and what makes humans “unique” benefits from a frame of reference against which to assess it. Comparing human psychology with that of other animals, particularly
Caleb Weinreb (Harvard Medical School), “A seconds-long timescale in naturalistic behavior structures neural dynamics”
A core task of animal cognition is to carve the world up into relevant contextual states – based on sensory input, internal drives, and awareness of one’s own recent behavior
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