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Speaker: Christophe Heintz (Central European University) Christophe Heintz works on the role of adaptive cognition in shaping economic behaviour, cultural evolution and the history of science. His publications deal with communication, with...

Speaker: Tyler Burge (UCLA) Tyler Burge is Flint Professor of Philosophy at UCLA. He is best known for his defense of anti-individualism (externalism), the view that the contents of many mental states...

Probing the Role of the Cerebellum in Sensorimotor Learning and Cognition AbstractAn impressive body of research over the past 35 years has implicated the human cerebellum in a broad range of...

We are thrilled to share that Corrado Sinigaglia has been awarded a FIS 3 Advanced Grant from the Ministry of University and Research (MUR) with the project “From Individual to...

Speaker: Natalie Sebanz (Central European University) Natalie Sebanz is a Professor in Cognitive Science at Central European University in Vienna. Her research interests revolve around the cognitive and neural basis of social...

A Circumplex Model of Moral Motivation  AbstractMost moral psychology focuses on moral judgments and emotions with only a little research on moral sensitivity and actual actions. The field needs more...

Humour as a Cognitive and Affective Phenomenon: Neural Mechanisms and Educational Implications Speaker: Mirella Manfredi (Universität Zürich) AbstractThis seminar will address humour as a multifaceted phenomenon at the intersection of evolution, neuroscience,...

Time, Sociality, Institutions: The Core Capacity Conjecture AbstractOur human agency involves multiple and inter-related forms of mind-shaped practical organization. We act over time in ways that exhibit striking forms of...