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Prof. Dan Sperber is elected to be a honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Submitted by Szabor on May 7, 2013
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We are proud to announce that the Hungarian Academy Assembly has elected Prof. Dan Sperber, part-time Professor of the Department of Cognitive Science and the Department of Philosophy as a honorary member.

Prof Gyorgy Gergely has been elected to be a member of the Academia Europaea.

Submitted by Szabor on Nov 19, 2012
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Professor Gyorgy Gergely has been elected to be a member of the Academia Europaea.
It is our great honor to announce that the European Research Council recently elected Professor Gyorgy Gergely (Professor and Co-Director of the Cognitive Development Center) to be a member of the Academia Europaea as of October 15, 2012. 
 
Congratulations! 
For more information please visit: http://acadeuro.org/index.php?id=1
 

The digital story of the `Problems of the Self` Summer University course of the Department of Cognitive Science is available now.

Submitted by Szabor on Sep 28, 2012
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We are happy to announce that the digital story of the 2012 Summer University `Probelms of the Self` course of the Department of Cognitive Science is available now at: https://www.ceu.hu/video/2012-09-27/problems-of-the-self-a-cognitive-science-sun-course

A book titled `Scalar Verb Classes` by Dr. Anne Tamm (Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Cognitive Science) has been published Open Access (Firenze University Press).

Submitted by Szabor on Sep 27, 2012
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A book titled `Scalar Verb Classes` by Dr. Anne Tamm (Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Cognitive Science) has been published by the Firenze University Press. The Open Access publication at OAPEN http://www.fupress.com/scheda.asp?idv=2249 is made possible by a grant from the Estonian Academy of Sciences
Congratulations, Anne!

 

Dr. Anne Tamm (Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Cognitive Science) is awarded a grant from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences for publishing her book titled Cross-Categorial Case (Kategóriafüggetlen eset).

Submitted by Szabor on Aug 21, 2012
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We are pleased to announce that the Hungarian Academy of Sciences   
awarded 655000 HUF to Anne to publish her book.
We warmly congratulate Anne on this success.

Prof Gergely György has been offered a Distinguished Fellowship at UCSB

Submitted by SchrokA on Aug 13, 2012

Prof Gergely György has been offered a Distinguished Fellowship at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) hosted by the Sage Center for the Study of the Mind. As a Visiting Researcher Prof Gergely will give three one-hour public lectures on 17, 24 September and October 1.

http://www.sagecenter.ucsb.edu/

 

Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development 2012

Submitted by SchrokA on Jan 23, 2012

The Cognitive Development Center hosted the second annual ‘Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development’ from January 12-14, 2012 with great success. The conference was attended by 200 participants including the some of the most high profile representatives of cognitive science, young researchers and PhD students from Europe, North America and Asia. The conference included presentations on early social cognition, language acquisition, theory of mind and moral cognition.

Ernő Téglás' paper 'Dogs' gaze following is tuned to human communicative signals' published in Current Biology

Submitted by SchrokA on Jan 17, 2012

Summary

Recent evidence suggests that preverbal infants' gaze following can be triggered only if an actor's head turn is preceded by the expression of communicative intent [

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    • Professors Gergely Csibra and György Gergely jointly receive the Jean-Nicod Prize for 2011

    Submitted by SchrokA on Oct 11, 2011
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    The Jean-Nicod Prize is awarded annually in Paris by the Jean-Nicod Committee (Institut Jean-Nicod) to a leading philosopher of mind and philosophically oriented cognitive scientist. This year Gergely Csibra and György Gergely have been jointly awarded for their work in the field of cognitive science. The two professors will deliver a lecture series organized by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) as part of its effort to develop the interdisciplinary field of cognitive science in France. The award ceremony will take place November 7, 2011.

    Dr. Natalie Sebanz (Department of Cognitive Science) wins IgNobel Prize in Physiology in 2011.

    Submitted by Szabor on Oct 4, 2011
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    We are proud to announce that Dr.Natalie Sebanz (Department of Cognitive Science) is among the scientists who has received the 2011 Ig Nobel Prize in Physiology together with Anna Wilkinson, Isabella Mandl  and Ludwig Huber for their study "No Evidence of Contagious Yawning in the Red-Footed Tortoise.