On Wednesday, December 13th, 2017,
Professor Snežana Milosavljević Milić, Ph.D. gave an invited
talk titled COGNITIVE NARRATOLOGY – CHALLENGES, SCOPE,
PERSPECTIVES. The lecture introduced the main
tenets and directions of research within the discipline of
Cognitive Narratology. Starting from the initial
narratological shift in humanities and social sciences, and
science in general, which took place in the 1980s, the
lecturer proceeded with the discussion of the most important
milestones, as well as the most influential figures who
directed the development of the discipline. In that sense, the
main challenges, scope, and future directions concerning
research in this filed were also addressed. Finally, the
lecture gave way to a productive discussion.
06/12/2017 Nikola Stojanović's lecture
On Wednesday, December 6th, 2017, Nikola
Stojanović gave a lecture titled Experimental Animal
Models in Psychiatric Research. The lecture
concerned the application of Animal Models in the
development of new medication for psychiatric conditions
such as pathological anxiety. The development of such
medication is necessitated by the myriad of side effects
caused by the administration of current medication. The
lecture presented many facets of this line of research,
including animal models in neuropharmacology, classification
of anxiety disorders, the genesis and mechanism of anxiety,
classification of tests as well as the criteria of their
validity, and the translation of animal models onto clinical
studies. The lecturer concluded the presentation by
emphasizing the necessity of continuing research in this
field. The lecture was followed by a brief round of
questions and discussion.
17/05/2017
Dr Nešić's lecture
On Wednesday, May 17th, 2017,
Dr Janko Nešić gave a lecture titled Phenomenological
argument for the substantival self. In his talk, Dr
Nešić outlined the simple phenomenological
argument to the metaphysical conclusion that the self is
an individual substance and not a bundle of experiences.
Drawing on modern philosophical accounts of mineness
(from Zahavi to Guillot), pre-reflective
self-consciousness (Nida-Rümelin) and acquaintance
(Gertler, Goff) the lecturer managed to show that if one
is acquainted with oneself, that is if one has
self-acquaintance and acquaintance with one’s
experiences (one has self-awareness and awareness of
experiences), one acquires introspective knowledge that
oneself is a substance. The lecture attracted a large
audience of students of Philosophy, and it gave way to
an elaborate discussion.
March - April 2017 Educational seminar Current Trends in
Cognitive Sciences
In the period between March 18th and April
8th 2017, Center for Cognitive Sciences organized the first
educational seminar intended for MA and Ph.D. students from
the University of Niš. The event included seven lectures and
workshops given both by the members of the Center, and by
guests from the New Bulgarian University in Sophia, Bulgaria.
Overall, the seminar attracted a large audience of students
from various disciplines.
On Saturday, March 18th, 2017, Prof.
Milkica Nešić, Ph.D. Vice-Head of Center for Cognitive
Sciences, gave a lecture titled Neuroscience of
Communication, From Molecules to Society, which was
given at the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš. The lecture
attracted a great number of students.
On Saturday, March 25th, 2017, two lectures were given in
lecture hall no. 8 in the main University building.
The first lecture, titled The Link Between Linguistics
and Musicology: Theoretical, Methodological, and
Experimental Basics, was given by Prof. Mihailo
Antović, Ph.D., Head of Center for Cognitive Sciences. The
lecture explored various frameworks that address the problem
of grounding and meaning construction in various contexts.
The second lecture was given by Prof. Đorđe Vidanović,
Ph.D., CogSci Forum Coordinator, and it was titled The
Semantics of Consciousness. Dr Vidanović provided an
elaborate discussion on the problem of consciousness from
the perspective of Philosophy of Mind, and its implications
for the study of cognitive sciences.
Saturday, April 1st, 2017, hosted two lectures that were given
in lecture hall no. 8 in the main University building.
The first lecture, titled Frame Interaction and Network
Equilibrium in Conceptual Metaphors: Discussing the
Explanatory Adequacy of Conceptual Blending, was given
by Vladimir Figar, MA.
The second lecture/workshop, titled Identifying and
Analyzing Metaphor and Metonymy in Comics was given by
Asst. Prof. Dušan Stamenković, Ph.D., CogSci Secretary, and
Miloš Tasić, MA, from the Faculty of Machine Engineering,
University of Niš. After the main part of the lecture,
participants from the audience analyzed some specific
instances of metaphor and metonymy in comics with the
lecturers.
The seminar was concluded on Saturday, April 8th, 2017, with
two lectures given by faculty members of the New Bulgarian
University, Sophia, Bulgaria.
The first lecture was given by Prof. Maurice Grinberg, Ph.D.,
and it was titled Social Dilemmas and Game Theory. Dr
Grinberg provided a comprehensive overview of research which
includes the application of game theory to certain
psychological problems.
The final lecture of the seminar was given by Prof. Eugenia
Hristova, Ph.D., and it was titled Eye-Tracking:
Methodology and Applications. The participants had an
opportunity to familiarize themselves with the scope of
application of eye-tracking methodologies, and to also
experience the equipment and software firsthand, as the
lecturer brought along two portable eye trackers and the
accompanying software.
23/03/2017
Dr Farkaš's
workshop
On Thursday, March 23rd, 2017, Prof. Ing. Igor Farkaš,
Dr., Centre for Cognitive Science, Comenius University,
Bratislava, Slovak Republic, held a workshop titled “Brain-computer
interface based on motor imagery.”
Namely, Brain-computer interface (BCI) has
become an important technology, based on non-invasive
measurement of the brain signals, allowing the users to
control the environment by their own thought. Motor imagery
based approach to BCI utilizes the modulation
sensory-motor-related brain oscillatory rhythms that can be
correctly interpreted after processing. Additionally, the
workshop also dealt with the issue of neuroscience and
technical background behind the BCI and the lecturer discussed
the range of applications that this technology affords -
ranging from computer gaming to neurorehabilitation. Finally,
Dr Farkaš also addressed the main challenges and philosophical
aspects of this technology. Like the previous lecture, this
workshop was also followed by a fruitful discussion.
22/03/2017 Dr Farkaš’s lecture
On Wednesday,
March 22nd, 2017, Prof. Ing. Igor Farkaš, Dr., Centre for
Cognitive Science, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak
Republic, gave a lecture titled “Computational modeling in
cognitive robotics.”
The lecture provided an introduction to
artificial neural networks, a major paradigm in cognitive
robotics that represents a constructivist (synthetic) approach
to the understanding of cognitive functions, using physical or
simulated robots. This important approach was also illustrated
on selected tasks of motor learning, body representations, or
(simple) language grounding. The talk gave way to an
insightful discussion.
1/3/2017
Dr Keith Holyoak's lecture
On Wednesday, March 1st, dr Keith Holyoak,
Distinguished Professor of Psychology, from UCLA, Los Angeles,
USA, gave an online talk titled Commonsense Moral Reasoning.
During the talk, he discussed how ordinary people make
judgements about moral issues and introduced some of the
previous research that questions one popular approach based on
utilitarianism. Subsequently, he introduced a more promising
approach called 'deontological coherence theory' which tries
to unify findings in moral psychology that have often been
interpreted as heuristics or biases. The lecture gave way to a
productive discussion.
November / December 2016
Professor Antović's visit
to the University of Vienna
In November and December 2016, Prof.
Mihailo Antović, head of the Center for Cognitive Sciences,
was a guest lecturer in the MEi, Middle European
Indisciplinary Master Program in Cognitive Science at the
University of Vienna. Among other activities, Prof. Antović
gave a lecture entitled "Musicolinguistics: Why Would
Connections between Music and Language Matter for Cognitive
Science", and a workshop on "multilevel grounding" in meaning
construction. The visit was supported by the CEEPUS exchange
program, in which the Center for Cognitive Science
participates along with eight partner institutions from
central and southeast Europe.
3/11/2016
Dr Patrick Plummer's lecture
On Thursday, 3 November 2016, Patrick
Plummer, Ph.D. from UCLA, Los Angeles, USA, gave
an online lecture titled "The Effects of Context on Word
Recognition" in which he focused on different aspects of
language comprehension during reading. Namely, his work is
focused on
how readers coordinate the cognitive processes that
underlie word identification and sentence comprehension
with the constraints imposed by visual acuity and the
requirements of fine oculomotor control. During the
lecture he introduced selected
projects designed to investigate the influence of
linguistic context on word recognition during reading
using high temporal resolution eye-tracking
methodologies. More specifically, he presented two sets
of experiments, where the first set
of experiments examined the effects of prior
sentence context on the extraction of orthographic
(letter) and phonological (sound) information at the
earliest stages of word identification, while the
second setwas designed to
examine the influence of various corpus-based lexical
characteristics on word recognition difficulty and
eye-movement control during reading. Finally, the
lecture gave way to a fruitful discussion.
20-21/5/2016
CogSciNiš 2016: Symbol Grounding in
Cognitive Science
On 20 and 21
May 2016, Center for Cognitive Sciences hosted the third
cognitive science symposium named CogSciNiš 2016: Symbol
Grounding in Cognitive Science, supported by the Faculty of
Philosophy and the University of Niš. The symposium was held in
the main building of the University of Niš and consisted of two
main talk sessions, one plenary lecture and a round table
discussion titled "Schemas, Grounds, and Meaning in Language,
Music, Vision, and Beyond - Open Issues and Collaboration
Opportunities". The opening speech was given by professor Vesna
Lopičić, University's vice-rector for international cooperation,
while the plenary video-link lecture, "Is Music a Universal
Language" was given by professor Anthony Brandt (Rice
University, USA), whereas the list of participants included:
Emilios Cambouropoulos, Danae Stefanou, Maximos
Kaliakatsos-Papakostas, George Athanassopoulos, and Asteris
Zacharakis from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
(Computational and Cognitive Musicology Group), Oliver Kutz and
Maria Hedblom from the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano,
Evgeniya Hristova from the Center for Cognitive Science, New
Bulgarian University, Milena Petrović and Gordana Acić from the
University of Arts in Belgrade, as well as four representatives
of the host university - Đorđe Vidanović, Mihailo Antović,
Vladimir Figar and Dušan Stamenković. Besides this, we had
several video-link participants: Dimitris Tasoudis and Petros
Vouvaris (University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki), Anna Piata
(Swiss Center for Affective Sciences), and Cristóbal Pagán
Cánovas (University of Navarra), along with one virtual listener
- Constant Bonard (University of Geneva). The symposium allowed
the participants to link their studies related to the domains of
musicology, linguistics and cognitive science, and plan some
directions for institutional and research collaboration in the
future.
17/5/2016
Professor Hristova's Lecture
On Tuesday, 17 May, 2016, Professor
Evgeniya Hristova, Ph.D. from the Center for Cognitive Science,
New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria, gave a lecture titled "Moral
judgments about decision of artificial cognitive systems" in
which she presented a number of studies carried out by her
colleagues and her - in these studies they tested how moral
human subjects may find different decisions made or potentially
made by humanoid robots or artificial intelligence cognitive
systems.
23/4/2016
Dr Canovas's Lecture
On Saturday, 23 April, 2016, Cristóbal Pagán Cánovas, Ph.D. from
the Institute for Culture and Society, University of Navara,
Spain, gave a lecture via video link titled “The Poetics of
Time: Cognition, Culture, Communication.” The lecture was given
at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Niš, during the
annual conference “Language, Literature, Time 2016”. The lecture
started with the introduction and comparison of the classical
Conceptual Metaphor Theory and the more recent model proposed in
the form of Conceptual Blending Theory, emphasizing the
shortcomings of the former and potential advantages of the
latter. In addition to the overview of metaphorical
conceptualizations of time in poetry, the lecture also provided
ample psychological evidence for the “existence” of the TIME IS
SPACE metaphor, and it also introduced more recent research
efforts in the study of metaphorical gestures conducted on
materials from the Red Hen database. The lecture ended in a
fruitful discussion.
21/4/2016
Dr Lu's Lecture
On Thursday, 21 April, 2016, Wei-lun Lu, Ph.D. (Masaryk
University, Brno, Czech Republic) gave a lecture titled “Use of
parallel texts as a methodology in cognitive linguistics:
Deictic verbs as viewpoint operators.” The introductory part of
the talk included some of the basic tenets of Conceptual
Metaphor Theory, and the discussion of the notion of “construal”
as one of the most salient cognitive phenomena advocated by
contemporary cognitive linguistics, which was followed by an
overview of some more specific research areas. Namely, apart
from presenting the results of his research on the use of
parallel corpora in the investigation of deictic verbs as
viewpoint operators, the lecture also stressed the importance of
a comprehensive methodological approach to research in the
domain of cognitive linguistics. One of the main suggestions
included the use of renowned classics that have been translated
multiple times into many languages, thereby yielding fruitful
ground for investigation and cross-linguistic comparison. The
lecture eventually led to a productive discussion.
30/3-13/4/2016
Cognitive Comics Studies Lecture
Series
From 30 March to 13 April
2016,Center for Cognitive Sciences hosted the Cognitive
Comics Studies Lecture Series, which gathered three
eminent comics scholars from Serbia, the Netherlands and the
United States. The first lecture, titled Visual
Manifestations of Conceptual Metaphor and Metonymy in Comics,
was given on 30 March by Miloš Tasić (Faculty of Mechanical
Engineering, University of Niš). This introductory lecture was
followed by two video-link lectures. The first of them was
Charles Forceville's (Media Studies, University of Amsterdam) Stylistics
in Comics on 6 April 2016. The closing lecture in the
series was Neil Cohn's (University of California, San Diego /
Tilburg University) The Visual Language of Comics: What
comics can tell us about the mind (and vice versa) on 13
April 2016. The lectures introduced the field of cognitive
comics studies and displayed some of the possibilities for
further research in this domain.
Dušan Stamenković's visit to the University of
Vienna
From 3 to 28 December 2015, Asst. Professor Dušan
Stamenković, CogSciNiš member and secretary, visited the
University of Vienna through CEEPUS III academic network
(CIII-AT-0103-10-1516 – Cognitive Science, Knowledge
Studies, and Knowledge Technologies), where he
participated in curricular activities within the Middle
European interdisciplinary master programme in Cognitive
Science (MEi:CogSci). During his visit, he gave a
public lecture entitled The Contribution of Cognitive
Linguistics to Gaming and Comics Studies, and a workshop
titled Identifying and Analysing Metaphor, Metonymy, and
Image Schemata in Visual Languages, both of which were
part of the MEi:CogSci programme activities. Besides
this, he participated in classes within the course Introduction
to Cognitive Science I, whereas he also visited Comnenius
University in Bratislava. With his colleagues from Vienna and
Bratislava he discussed various cooperation possibilites, as
well as directions for founding an MA programme in cognitive
sciences at the University of Niš.
23/12/2015
Nikola Stojanović's Talk
On Wednesday, 23 December 2015, Nikola Stojanović, a lecturer
from the Faculty of Electronic Engineering (University of Niš),
gave a talk entitled Virtual reality: new research
possibilities in cognitive sciences. The lecturer provided
an overview of various activities his research group had
performed, some of which had been directed at raising awareness
about the importance of VR technologies in diverse fields - from
entertainment to science. It was pointed out that there are
possibilities for cooperation with the Center for Cognitive
Sciences in the domain of spatial, language and auditory
cognition. After the presentation, numerous participants had the
opportunity to try out the Oculus Rift VR system.
08/12/2015
Jana Mitić's and Naomi Benecasa's Talk
On 8 December, 2015, Jana Mitić (Faculty of Arts, University
of Niš) and Naomi Benecasa (Rice University, Houston, Texas)
gave a lecture titled “Study of the Perception of musical Timbre
Inspired by Cognitive Linguistics.” The presenters provided a
brief overview of the role of conceptual metaphors in the study
of musical meaning, which was then followed by some specific
examples from the presenters’ professional experience. In
addition to colorful illustrations of the use of conceptual
metaphors and image schemata in the descriptions of musical
timbre, the presentation also included a live cello-performance
of some selected pieces aimed to illustrate not only examples of
upward/downward movement and circular motion, but also instances
of the emotional/affective content that most musical pieces can
evoke, and how these effects can be either stressed or
downplayed by the performer’s interpretation.
15/06-20/07/2015
CogSci Meetings with Students
During June and July 2015, several members of the Center for
Cognitive Sciences organized a series of meetings and workshops
with students interested in cognitive sciences. These meetings
yielded a number of plans related to possible research and
papers in the forthcoming months, predominantly in the areas of
cognitive linguistics and cognitive musicology.
12-15/05/2015
Professor Oakley's Visit
Professor Todd Oakley,
one of the world's most eminent cognitive linguists and Chair of
Cognitive Science at Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland,
Ohio, USA), visited the University of Niš, Faculty of
Philosophy, and Center for Cognitive Sciences from 12 to 15 May
2015. During his visit, he gave a number of lectures and
workshops - “Invocation or Apostrophe?: Rhetorical Dimensions of
Prayer Idioms in Broadcast Television”, “Semantic Domains in The
Dream of the Rood”, “Becoming Human: The Phylogeny of Homo
Rhetoricus”, “The Fluidity-to-Elasticity Hypothesis: the
Perspectives” (sa prof. dr Đorđem Vidanovićem), “Deonstemic
Modals in Legal & Political Discourse: The Cognitive
Semiotics of Layered Actions”. A detailed program of his visit
can be found in the attached poster. POSTER.
27-29/04/2015 Dr Moustafa's Lectures
On Monday, 27 April, and Wednesday, 29 April, Dr Ahmed
Moustafa (School of Social Science and Psychology and the
Marcs Institute, University Of Western Sydney) gave two
lectures, titled Behavioral and Computational Studies of
Parkinson's Disease and Designing Computational Models
of Brain and Behaviour. Among other things, he elaborated
on the ways in which the existing treatments of Parkinson's
disease may benefit from behavioral and computational models. Video link.
08/04/2015
Professor
Nešić's
Lecture
On
Wednesday, 08 April 2015, professor Milkica Nešić (Faculty of
Medicine, University of Niš) gave a lecture entitled Neuroscience
of Communication - from Molecule to Society, in which she
described a set of links between molecules, cells, and the
physiology of the human body on the one hand, and the
functioning of the nervous system and social functions on the
other.
18/12/2014
Professor
Obrenović's
Lecture
On
Thursday,
18 December 2014, professor Joviša Obrenović (Department of
Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Niš) gave a
lecture titled Two Brain Hemispheres, Two Types of
Consciousness, One Personality?, in which he used several
theoretical frameworks to discuss various aspects of
lateralization of the human brain.
25/11/2014
Professor
Antović's SCOPIA
Workshop
On
Tuesday,
25
November 2014, professor Mihailo Antović, Head of Center for
Cognitive Sciences, held a SCOPIA workshop at Myrifield Institute for
Cognition and the Arts. The workshop entitled From
Concepts to Connotation: A Cognitive Linguistic Approach to
Music Cognition introduced several segments of a research
program conducted by the music cognition group at the Center for
Cognitive Sciences in order to suggest how studies of music and
language cognition may inform both theoretical and experimental
work in cognitive linguistics.Video link.
4/11/2014
Professor
Dimitrijević's
Lecture
On Tuesday, 4 November 2014, Professor Srboljub Dimitrijević
(Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, University of
Niš) gave a lecture titled Cognition, Circumstances, Factors,
in which he presented a number of philosophical views on the
problem of cognition.
3/5/2014 – 6/5/2014
Professor Mark
Turner's Visit and
CogSciNiš 2014
On
3rd
and
4th May 2014, The Second Cognitive Science Symposium –
Workshop on Multimodal Communication was held at the
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Niš. In addition to
participants from the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš, the
symposium also hosted guests from Croatia, Bulgaria, Greece, and
the US. The event was organized by the Center for Cognitive
Sciences, University of Niš, in cooperation with the University
of Niš, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio, Embassy of the
United States in Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy, and the Joint
Research Center of the Serbian Academy and University of Niš.
Dr Mark Turner, Professor
of Cognitive Science at Case Western Reserve
University and one of the leading cognitive scientists
today, opened the symposium with the plenary lecture titled
Mind and the Media: Cognitive Processes of Persuasion During
Virtual Interaction where he introduced a new research
project that is currently under way. Among other problems, he
introduced the audience to the notions of a scene of joint
attention, scene of classic joint attention, and a scene of
blended joint attention. The opening lecture inspired a number
of questions from the audience which gave way to a fruitful
discussion.
The remainder of the first day of the seminar included a video
conference via Polycom with the Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki, as well as presentations given by participants
from the University of Zagreb and University of Niš. The final
talk of the day, titled Music, Language, Meaning, and
Cognition: A Research Program, was given by Dr Mihailo
Antović, Head of Center for Cognitive Sciences at the University
of Niš.
The second day of the symposium started with the plenary lecture
given by Dr Djordje Vidanović from the Faculty of Philosophy,
University of Niš, titled The Tractability of Conceptual
Blending, where he discussed the problem of meaning
construction at human level, especially in case where the
tractability of this process is highly questionable, like with
the space-time relationship in physics. The plenary lecture was
followed by two consecutive sessions that included participants
from the University of Athens, University of Zagreb, New
Bulgarian University in Sofia, University of Niš, and University
of Novi Sad.
In all, by bringing together scholars from various disciplines,
some of which include cognitive science, psychology, and
linguistics, the symposium provided a multidisciplinary
environment for the study of various aspects of communication
and meaning construction in different contexts.
Download the Workshop poster Download the Workshop
Program and Book of Abstracts Professor
Turner's
visit,
supported by the US
Embassy in Serbia, continued on 5th and 6th May, with a
number of activities. On 5th May he gave the lecture titled Speaking,
Gesture, Bodily Stance: Studying Multimodal Communication in a
Massive Electronic Corpus at the Faculty of Philosophy,
where presented the possibilities of The Little Red Hen Lab. On
6th May, professor Turner organized a workshop on Trends in
Modern Cognitive Linguistics and Latest Developments in
Conceptual Blending Theory with the staff and students of the
Faculty of Philosophy. The visit ended with the workshop
entitled Niš, Serbia and Northeast Ohio – Possibilities for
Prospective Students, held at the American Corner in Niš.
On
Thursday,
20
March 2014, Dr Dušan Stamenković, Asst. Professor in the
Department of English, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Niš,
gave a lecture titled Cognitive Linguistics and the Visual
Language of Comics. Stamenković presented the
results of various studies related to visual language cognition,
and suggested a number of possibilities for further research in
this domain.
18/2/2014
Professor Jelka Crnobrnja Isailović's
Lecture
On
Tuesday,
18
February
2014,
Dr Jelka Crnobrnja Isailović, Professor in the Department of
Biology and Ecology (Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics,
University of Niš) and Senior Scientist at the Institute for
Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", Belgrade, gave a lecture
entitled Heterogeneous Environments and the Evolution of
Hominids, in which she gave an overview of evolutionary
processes, paying special attention to the ways in which various
changes in the environment of hominids determined their
evolution. The lecture was followed by a thorough and
interesting discussion.
24/12/2013
Dr Vuk Milošević's Lecture
On
Tuesday,
24
December
2013,
Dr Vuk Milošević (Clinic of Neurology, Clinical Center Niš) gave
a lecture entitled The Brain as a Network:
Neurophysiological Methods in the Study of Cortical Functional
Connectivity, in which he presented the structure of the
brain as a complex system and gave an overview of various
experimental methods used in contemporary research. The lecture
was followed by a discussion on the issues of causality,
emergence, artificial intelligence and research possibilities.
28/11/2013
Professor Mihailo Antović's Lecture
On Thursday, 28 November 2013, professor Mihailo Antović PhD
(Faculty of Philosophy, Niš; Head of Center for Cognitive
Sciences) gave a lecture titled Music, Language and Cognition: In Search of
Underlying Principles, in which he provided a survey of
his previous and forthcoming research endeavors in the field.
You can download professor Antović's papers from his website: www.mihailoantovic.com
31/10/2013
Professor
Anthony
Brandt's Lecture
On Thursday, 31 October 2013, professor Anthony Brandt
PhD (Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA) gave a video-link
lecture titled The Science
and Art of Creativity, within the programme of the
Center for Cognitive Sciences, University of Niš. The successful
composer, professor of music theory and cognitive scientist, who
obtained his PhD at Harvard, presented the basics of his own
theory of creativity, based on the models proposed by David
Eagleman, Gilles Fauconnier and Mark Turner. By presenting a set
of examples from the world of fine and applied art,
architecture, music and design, professor Brandt pointed at some
possible abstract principles which govern creative thought,
after which he answered numerous questions coming from the
audience. See the poster
and prof.
Brandt's short bio.
Activities organized by the Cognitive Science Forum
between 12/01/2011 and 15/05/2013:
15/05/2013
Professor Boban Arsenijević's
Lecture
As a part of the Cognitive Science Forum's programme for
2013, on 15 May 2013, professor Boban Arsenijević PhD (Faculty
of Philosophy - University of Niš) gave a lecture titled Space in Cognition: Biological,
Linguistic and AI Perspectives, which was followed by a
thorough and interesting discussion.
26/04/2013
Professor Ray Jackendoff's
Lecture
On 26 April 2013, Ray Jackendoff PhD, Seth Merrin
Professor of Philosophy, Co-Director of the Center for Cognitive
Studies at Tufts University, and one of the most prominent
modern linguists, gave a video-link lecture within the Language, Literature,
Marginalization Conference, held at the Faculty of
Philosophy - University of Niš. The lecture was entitled What You Can Say with Marginal
Syntax: A Hierarchy of Grammatical Complexity. Link.
10/04/2013
Professor Branimir Todorović's
Lecture
On 10 April 2013, Professor Branimir Todorović (Faculty
of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš) gave a lecture
entitled Intelligent
machines, Models, Learning Algorithms and Applications at
the University of Niš, within the Cognitive Science Forum
programme. Professor Todorović's interesting lecture contributed
to the process of linking various local cognitive scientists
studying different aspects of cognition.
29/03/2013
Professor Ronnie Wilbur's
Lecture
On 29 March 2013, Professor Ronnie Wilbur PhD (Purdue
University) gave a lecture entitled Structure of ASL and Applications, with a
special emphasis on event structure in sign languages. The
lecture was organised by the Faculty of Philosophy and Cognitive
Science Forum. Link.
20/03/2013
Professor Todd Oakley's Second
Visit
From 14 until 19 March 2013, Todd Oakley PhD, professor
and Chair of Cognitive Science at Case Western Reserve
University, visited the University of Niš. During his visit, the
renowned cognitive scientist conducted two workshops at the
Faculty of Philosophy – one in cognitive linguistics (An Introduction to Construction
Grammar) and one in cognitive semantics (Basic Elements of the Conceptual
Blending and Integration Model). Besides this, together
with Đorđe Vidanović PhD, professor at the Faculty of Philosophy
and the coordinator of the Cognitive Science Forum, he gave a
lecture entitled Autism and
Intersubjectivity: A Report on Preliminary Research.
Professor Oakley’s visit is a part of the continual cooperation
between the Department of Cognitive Science (Case Western
Reserve University) and the Cognitive Science Forum (University
of Niš). The visit was organised by the University of Niš, the
Faculty of Philosophy, the SANU Research Centre and the
Cognitive Science Forum. Visit programme.Link.