Situated Cognition Spring School 2025

Program Overview

10:30 – 11:40	Keynote	Anna Ciaunica University of Lisbon	The Embodied Self in Time and Space Across Collective Experiences
11:40 – 12:20	External Postdoctoral Researcher	Juan Diego Bogotá University of Jyväskylä	Can Social Interaction Constitute the Experiential Self?
12:20 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 14:40	Internal Postdoc	Julia Wolf Ruhr-University Bochum	Pretend Play – Enacted and Imagined
14:40 – 15:40	Equality Discussion	Rhiannon McNeill	Reflection on Justice in Academia
15:40 – 15:50	Short Break
15:50 – 17:20	Poster Session (with Coffee)
17:20 – 18:30	Keynote	Somogy Varga Aarhus University	Health and Disease Concepts: Situational Influences and Experimental Insights
19:00	Dinner: Q-West

09:00 – 10:10	Keynote	Fiona Macpherson University of Glasgow	What Is Sensory Imagination?
10:10 – 10:40	Coffee Break
10:40 – 11:20	Internal PhD	Yizhi Li Ruhr University Bochum	Why is Mind Wandering Effortless?
11:20 – 12:00	Associated PhD	Louis Loock Osnabrück University	Extracted Cognition: How Natural Intelligence Deals With Artificial Intelligence
12:00 – 12:15	Photo Session
12:15 – 14:00	Lunch + Change of Room
14:00 – 16:00	Group Discussion I
16:00 – 16:30	Change of Room + Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:10	Internal PhD	Alessandra Mascaro Osnabrück University	A Methodological Exploration of Prosocial Behaviours in Wild Central Chimpanzees
17:10 – 18:20	Keynote	Zanna Clay Durham University	Origins of Empathy: Evolutionary and Developmental Views
19:00	Informal Dinner

09:00 – 10:10	Keynote	Anja Gampe University of Bonn	Social Situatedness in Human–Human and Human–AI Interactions
10:10 – 10:30	Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:10	Internal PhD	Leonard Kulisch Ruhr-University Bochum	Pathology or Normalcy? Culture and Child Separation Anxiety
11:10 – 11:50	External PhD	Rasmus Overmark University of St Andrews	Pragmatic Relativity in Mentalizing Development: The Case of Quotative ‘be Like’
11:50 – 12:10	Coffee Break
12:10 – 13:20	Keynote	Tobias Thelen Osnabrück University	ChatGPT’s Impact Factor: How Generative AI changes Research
13:20 – 15:00	Lunch
15:00 – 16:00	Joint Commute to Hattingen
16:00 – 18:00	Social Event	Guided Tour in Hattingen
19:00	Conference Dinner

09:00 – 10:10	Keynote	Andreas Engel UKE Hamburg	Multi-Timescale Coupling and Embodied Cognition
10:10 – 10:50	Internal PhD	Aitana Grasso Cladera Osnabrück University	Approach-Avoidance Bias: Exploring Cognitive Processes and Brain Dynamics
10:50 – 11:20	Change of Room + Coffee Break
11:20 – 13:20	Group Discussion II
13:20 – 14:30	Lunch
14:30 – 15:10	External PhD	Niccolò Nanni University of Turin	Olfaction in the Wild – Situated Olfaction and Olfactory Content
15:10 – 15:50	Internal PhD	Syrine Rekhis Osnabrück University	Embodied Olfaction and Taste Perception via Metabolic Processes: A Bidirectional Communication
15:50 – 16:10	Coffee Break
16:10 – 17:20	Keynote	Celine Riera Cedars-Sinai, LA	Hypothalamic Neural Pathways Controlling Energy Metabolism
17:20 – 17:30	Closing & Fare Well

The keynote talks will be streamed via Zoom to anyone interested (no registration needed). Please use the following credentials to join:

Zoom Meeting-ID: 858 6648 7644
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Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85866487644?pwd=dVyt0k2vAZAlnj1PPyEB3ZJd2wRDAM.1