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<i>Neuropsychology</i> <br>Antoine Bouyeure (RUB) <br><b>TBA</b>

May 21
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
21
May

<i>Philosophy</i> <br>Gabriele Ferretti (University of Bergamo) <br><b>Ultra-Embodiment: How Endurance Running Shaped the Body, the Brain and the Mind</b>

May 21
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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May

Rudolf-Carnap-Lectures 2026: Transformative Experience. with L.A. Paul

May 27
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
28
May

<i>Neuropsychology</i> <br>Carlos Gomes (RUB) <br><b>TBA</b>

May 28
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
01
Jun

Workshop:<br><b>Memory and Emotion</b>

June 1
12:00 am - 11:59 pm
02
Jun

Workshop: <br><b>Philosophical Issues in Neural Computation</b>

June 2
10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Relevant Publications

For full list of selected publications, see the publications page

When is learning “effortful”? Scrutinizing the concept of mental effort in cognitively-oriented research from a motivational perspective

Roelle, 2024 Grund, A., Fries, S., Nückles, M., Renkl, A., & Roelle, J. (2024). When is learning “effortful”? Scrutinizing the concept of mental effort in cognitively-oriented research from a motivational perspective. Educational Psychology Review, 36, Article...

Out of touch? How trauma shapes the experience of social touch – neural and endocrine pathways

Scheele, 2024 Stevens L., Bregulla M., Scheele D. (2024). Out of touch? How trauma shapes the experience of social touch – neural and endocrine pathways. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (in press)

Foundation Models – A New Paradigm for Artificial Intelligence

Meske, 2024 Schneider, J., Meske, C. and Kuss, P. (2024). Foundation Models – A New Paradigm for Artificial Intelligence. Business & Information Systems Engineering 66, 221–231. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12599-024-00851-0

Prediction error processing and sharpening of expected information across the face-processing hierarchy

Blank, 2024 Garlichs, A. & Blank, H. (2024). Prediction error processing and sharpening of expected information across the face-processing hierarchy. Nature Communications, 15, 3407.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47749-9

Deceptive XAI: Typology, Creation and Detection

Meske, 2024 Schneider, J., Meske, C. & Vlachos, M. (2024). Deceptive XAI: Typology, Creation and Detection. SN Computer Science 5, 81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-023-02401-z

Opposing serial effects of stimulus and choice in speech perception scale with context variability

Blank, 2024 Ufer, C. & Blank, H. (2024) Opposing serial effects of stimulus and choice in speech perception scale with context variability. iScience:110611.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110611

Prediction error processing and sharpening of expected information across the face-processing hierarchy

Blank, 2024 Garlichs, A. & Blank, H. (2024). Prediction error processing and sharpening of expected information across the face-processing hierarchy. Nature Communications, 15, 3407.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47749-9

When is learning “effortful”? Scrutinizing the concept of mental effort in cognitively-oriented research from a motivational perspective

Roelle, 2024 Grund, A., Fries, S., Nückles, M., Renkl, A., & Roelle, J. (2024). When is learning “effortful”? Scrutinizing the concept of mental effort in cognitively-oriented research from a motivational perspective. Educational Psychology Review, 36, Article...

Mechanistic flexibility of the Retrosplenial Cortex enables its contribution to spatial cognition

Manahan-Vaughan, 2022 Stacho M, Manahan-Vaughan D (2022) Mechanistic flexibility of the Retrosplenial Cortex enables its contribution to spatial cognition. Trends Neurosci. 45:284- 296. doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2022.01.007

Minds, Brains, and Deep Learning: The Development of Cognitive Science Through the Lens of Kant’s Approach to Cognition

Schlicht, 2022 Schlicht, T. (2022). 1 Minds, Brains, and Deep Learning: The Development of Cognitive Science Through the Lens of Kant’s Approach to Cognition. Kant and Artificial Intelligence.

Can you teach me not to be angry? Relations between temperament and the emotion regulation strategy distraction in 2-year-olds.

Schneider, 2022 Schoppmann, J., Schneider, S., & Seehagen, S. (2022). Can you teach me not to be angry? Relations between temperament and the emotion regulation strategy distraction in 2-year-olds. Child Development, 93(1), 165–179....

The ALARM theory of consciousness: A two-level theory of phenomenal consciousness

Newen, 2023 Newen, A., & Montemayor, C. (2023). The ALARM theory of consciousness: A two-level theory of phenomenal consciousness. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 30(3-4), 84–105. https://doi.org/10.53765/20512201.30.3.084

A Perceptually Grounded Neural Dynamic Architecture Establishes Analogy Between Visual Object Pairs

Sabinasz & Schöner, 2022 Sabinasz, D. & Schöner, G. (2022). A Perceptually Grounded Neural Dynamic Architecture Establishes Analogy Between Visual Object Pairs. In J. Culbertson, Perfors, A., Rabagliati, H., & Ramenzoni, V. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 44th...

Berechenbare Gefühle? Grundlegendes zu einer Ethik der digitalen Emotionserfassung

Weber-Guskar, 2023 Weber-Guskar, E. (2023). Berechenbare Gefühle? Grundlegendes zu einer Ethik der digitalen Emotionserfassung. In: Schweiger, G., Zichy, M. (eds) Zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen im Zeitalter des Digitalen. Techno:Phil – Aktuelle Herausforderungen der...

Reflecting (on) Replica. Can We Have a Good Affective Relationship with a Social Chatbot?

Weber-Guskar, 2022 Weber-Guskar, E. (2022). Reflecting (on) Replica. Can We Have a Good Affective Relationship with a Social Chatbot? In: Social Robotics and the Good Life: The Normative Side of Forming Emotional Bonds With Robots. (2022). transcript Verlag....

Deceptive XAI: Typology, Creation and Detection

Meske, 2024 Schneider, J., Meske, C. & Vlachos, M. (2024). Deceptive XAI: Typology, Creation and Detection. SN Computer Science 5, 81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-023-02401-z

Out of touch? How trauma shapes the experience of social touch – neural and endocrine pathways

Scheele, 2024 Stevens L., Bregulla M., Scheele D. (2024). Out of touch? How trauma shapes the experience of social touch – neural and endocrine pathways. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (in press)

Development of a Novice-Friendly Representation of Camouflaged Boolean Networks

Elson, 2021 Hamadache, S., & Elson, M. (2021). Development of a Novice-Friendly Representation of Camouflaged Boolean Networks. In A. Moallem (Hrsg.), HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust (S. 41–49). Springer International Publishing....

Factivity variation in episodic memory reports

Liefke & Werning, 2022 Liefke, K., & Werning, M. (in press). Factivity variation in episodic memory reports. In Y. Katsutoshi, T. Yasufumi, & K. Mineshima (Eds.), New Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Heidelberg:...

Mechanistic flexibility of the Retrosplenial Cortex enables its contribution to spatial cognition

Manahan-Vaughan, 2022 Stacho M, Manahan-Vaughan D (2022) Mechanistic flexibility of the Retrosplenial Cortex enables its contribution to spatial cognition. Trends Neurosci. 45:284- 296. doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2022.01.007

How does an emotional culture of joy cultivate team resilience? A sociocognitive perspective

Weiss, 2021 Hartmann, S., Weiss, M., Hoegl, M., & Carmeli, A. (2021). How does an emotional culture of joy cultivate team resilience? A sociocognitive perspective. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 42(3), 313–331. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2496

The embodied self, the pattern theory of self, and the predictive mind

Newen, 2018 Newen, A. (2018). The Embodied Self, the Pattern Theory of Self, and the Predictive Mind. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 2270. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02270

The function of teacher dashboards depends on the amount of time pressure in the classroom situation: results from teacher interviews and an experimental study

Rummel, 2022 Van Leeuwen, A., & Rummel, N. (2022). The function of teacher dashboards depends on the amount of time pressure in the classroom situation: results from teacher interviews and an experimental study. Unterrichtswissenschaft, 50, 561–588....

Storage fidelity for sequence memory in the hippocampal circuit

Wiskott, 2018 Bayati, M., Neher, T., Melchior, J., Diba, K., Wiskott, L., & Cheng, S. (2018). Storage fidelity for sequence memory in the hippocampal circuit. PloS One, 13(10), e0204685. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204685

A Model of Semantic Completion in Generative Episodic Memory

Cheng, 2022 Fayyaz, Z., Altamimi, A., Zoellner, C., Klein, N., Wolf, O. T., Cheng, S., & Wiskott, L. (2022). A Model of Semantic Completion in Generative Episodic Memory. Neural Computation, 34(9), 1841–1870.

Constructing the Past: The Relevance of the Narrative Self in Modulating Episodic Memory

Newen, 2021 Dings, R., & Newen, A. (2021). Constructing the Past: The Relevance of the Narrative Self in Modulating Episodic Memory. Review of Philosophy and Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13164-021-00581-2