Riadok 43: Riadok 43:
 
== Syllabus ==
 
== Syllabus ==
  
Note: Papers marked with (*) are offered for student's presentation. Slides of your presentations are [http://dai.fmph.uniba.sk/courses/GC/Presentations here].  
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Riadok 49: Riadok 49:
 
!References
 
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|26.09.
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|25.09.
 
|Introduction: concepts, language components, computational approaches to language processing.
 
|Introduction: concepts, language components, computational approaches to language processing.
 
<!--[http://dai.fmph.uniba.sk/courses/GC/Slides/lang-intro.4x.pdf slides]-->
 
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|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language Language]
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language Language]
 
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|03.10.
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|02.10.
 
|Towards embodied cognition. Contrasting symbolic and embodied cognition.
 
|Towards embodied cognition. Contrasting symbolic and embodied cognition.
 
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Riadok 66: Riadok 66:
 
[http://www.cogsci.ucsd.edu/~ajyu/Teaching/Cogs202_sp12/Readings/barsalou08_grounded.pdf Grounded cognition]. Annual Reviews of Psychology, 59: 617-45.
 
[http://www.cogsci.ucsd.edu/~ajyu/Teaching/Cogs202_sp12/Readings/barsalou08_grounded.pdf Grounded cognition]. Annual Reviews of Psychology, 59: 617-45.
 
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|10.10.
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|09.10.
 
|Mirror neuron system -- prerequisite for action understanding, social cognition and language?  
 
|Mirror neuron system -- prerequisite for action understanding, social cognition and language?  
 
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Riadok 74: Riadok 74:
 
[http://dai.fmph.uniba.sk/courses/GC/References/giese.visual-motor-reps.neuron15.pdf Neural and computational mechanisms of action processing: Interaction between visual and motor representations]. <i>Neuron,</i> 88, 167-180.  
 
[http://dai.fmph.uniba.sk/courses/GC/References/giese.visual-motor-reps.neuron15.pdf Neural and computational mechanisms of action processing: Interaction between visual and motor representations]. <i>Neuron,</i> 88, 167-180.  
 
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|17.10.
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|16.10.
 
|Common coding theory, motor simulation, mental simulation.
 
|Common coding theory, motor simulation, mental simulation.
 
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♦ Smith A.H. (2006).
 
♦ Smith A.H. (2006).
 
[http://www-psych.stanford.edu/~ashas/Cognition%20Textbook/chapter11.pdf Motor cognition and mental simulation].
 
[http://www-psych.stanford.edu/~ashas/Cognition%20Textbook/chapter11.pdf Motor cognition and mental simulation].
Chapter in Smith E. & Kosslyn S. (eds.): Cognitive Psychology: Mind and Brain, Prentice Hall, 2007, pp. 451-481. (Imani R.)<br>
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Chapter in Smith E. & Kosslyn S. (eds.): Cognitive Psychology: Mind and Brain, Prentice Hall, 2007, pp. 451-481. <br>
 
<!--(<a href="courses/GroundedCog/Moderation/knez.motor-cog.pdf">Simon K.</a>)<br-->
 
<!--(<a href="courses/GroundedCog/Moderation/knez.motor-cog.pdf">Simon K.</a>)<br-->
 
♦ van der Wel R., Sebanz N., Knoblich G. (2013).
 
♦ van der Wel R., Sebanz N., Knoblich G. (2013).
[http://dai.fmph.uniba.sk/courses/GC/References/vanderwel.common-coding.xx11.pdf Action perception from a common coding perspective]. Chapter in K. Johnson and M. Schiffrar (Eds.), <i>People Watching: Social, Perceptual, and Neurophysiological Studies of Body Perception</i>, Oxford University Press (Gregory B.)<br>
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[http://dai.fmph.uniba.sk/courses/GC/References/vanderwel.common-coding.xx11.pdf Action perception from a common coding perspective]. Chapter in K. Johnson and M. Schiffrar (Eds.), <i>People Watching: Social, Perceptual, and Neurophysiological Studies of Body Perception</i>, Oxford University Press <br>
 
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|23.10.
 
|Language as action.
 
|Language as action.
 
<!--a href="Slides/lang-action.4x.pdf">slides</a-->
 
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Riadok 100: Riadok 100:
 
<!--(<a href="courses/GroundedCog/Moderation/reichl.arbib.pdf">Dominik R.</a>)<br-->
 
<!--(<a href="courses/GroundedCog/Moderation/reichl.arbib.pdf">Dominik R.</a>)<br-->
 
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|07.11.  
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<!--/ Timo <a href="courses/GroundedCog/Slides/ahlers.lccm-theory.pdf">slides</a-->
 
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|Conceptual and linguistic systems - two theories.  
 
|Conceptual and linguistic systems - two theories.  
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[http://dai.fmph.uniba.sk/courses/GC/References/evans.lccm.ch09.pdf Semantic representation in LCCM Theory]. In: New Directions in Cognitive Linguistics, ed. By V. Evans & S. Pourcel. John Benjamins.  
 
[http://dai.fmph.uniba.sk/courses/GC/References/evans.lccm.ch09.pdf Semantic representation in LCCM Theory]. In: New Directions in Cognitive Linguistics, ed. By V. Evans & S. Pourcel. John Benjamins.  
 
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|14.11.
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|06.11.
 
|Developmental cognitive robotics.
 
|Developmental cognitive robotics.
 
<!--a href="courses/GroundedCog/Slides/farkas-etal.icub.4x.pdf">slides</a-->
 
<!--a href="courses/GroundedCog/Slides/farkas-etal.icub.4x.pdf">slides</a-->
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[http://www.frontiersin.org/neurorobotics/10.3389/fnbot.2010.00008/abstract Linking language with embodied and teleological representations of action for humanoid cognition]. <i>Frontiers in Neurorobotics</i>, doi:10.3389.10/fnbot.2010.00008)
 
[http://www.frontiersin.org/neurorobotics/10.3389/fnbot.2010.00008/abstract Linking language with embodied and teleological representations of action for humanoid cognition]. <i>Frontiers in Neurorobotics</i>, doi:10.3389.10/fnbot.2010.00008)
 
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|13.11.  
 
|Symbol grounding, autonomous construction of meaning.
 
|Symbol grounding, autonomous construction of meaning.
 
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<!--(<a href="courses/GroundedCog/Moderation/hosseini.takac.pdf">Rahil H.</a>)<br-->
 
<!--(<a href="courses/GroundedCog/Moderation/hosseini.takac.pdf">Rahil H.</a>)<br-->
 
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|20.11.
 
|Meaning as statistical covariation.
 
|Meaning as statistical covariation.
 
<!--a href="Slides/covariation.4x.pdf">slides</a-->  
 
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♦ Mikolov T. et al. (2013). [https://arxiv.org/abs/1301.3781 Efficient estimation of word representations in vector space]. ArXiv.org, Cornell University Library.
 
♦ Mikolov T. et al. (2013). [https://arxiv.org/abs/1301.3781 Efficient estimation of word representations in vector space]. ArXiv.org, Cornell University Library.
 
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|27.12.
 
|Unification attempts.
 
|Unification attempts.
 
<!--a href="Slides/louwerse.sihypo.4x.pdf">slides</a-->
 
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Riadok 159: Riadok 155:
 
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00242 On the need for embodied and dis-embodied cognition]. <i>Frontiers in Psychology,</i> 1:242, doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00242
 
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00242 On the need for embodied and dis-embodied cognition]. <i>Frontiers in Psychology,</i> 1:242, doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00242
 
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|11.12.
 
|Group discussion, reflection.
 
|Group discussion, reflection.
 
|tba
 
|tba

Verzia zo dňa a času 16:40, 1. september 2018

Grounded Cognition – 2-IKV-236/15

The course objective is to provide students with deeper insight into up-to-date research trends in cognitive science, from the perspective of various disciplines (empirical and computational). The course focus is on grounded (embodied) cognition, with emphasis on language. The course should also help students in their ability to interpret scientific papers, to formulate, present and defend ideas.

The course is a part of Master Programme in Cognitive Science.


Course schedule

Type Day Time Room Lecturer
Lecture Tuesday 10:00 I-23 Igor Farkaš
Presentations Tuesday 11:40 I-23 students


Syllabus

Note: Papers marked with (*) are offered for student's presentation.

Date Topic References
25.09. Introduction: concepts, language components, computational approaches to language processing. Language
02.10. Towards embodied cognition. Contrasting symbolic and embodied cognition.

♦ Wilson M. (2002). Six views of embodied cognition. Psychonomics Bulletin Review, 9(4), 625-636.
♦ Ziemke T. (2003). What's that thing called embodiment? Proc. of the 25th Annual Conf. of the Cog. Sci. Society, 1134-1139.
♦ Barsalou L. (2008). Grounded cognition. Annual Reviews of Psychology, 59: 617-45.

09.10. Mirror neuron system -- prerequisite for action understanding, social cognition and language?

♦ Rizzolatti G. & Sinigaglia C. (2010). The functional role of the parieto-frontal mirror circuit: Interpretations and misinterpretations. Nature Rev. Neurosci., 11, 264-274.
♦ Giese M. & Rizzolatti G. (2015). Neural and computational mechanisms of action processing: Interaction between visual and motor representations. Neuron, 88, 167-180.

16.10. Common coding theory, motor simulation, mental simulation.

♦ Jeannerod M.J. (2001). Neural simulation of action: A unifying mechanism for motor cognition, NeuroImage, 14, 103–109, doi:10.1006/nimg.2001.0832
♦ Smith A.H. (2006). Motor cognition and mental simulation. Chapter in Smith E. & Kosslyn S. (eds.): Cognitive Psychology: Mind and Brain, Prentice Hall, 2007, pp. 451-481.
♦ van der Wel R., Sebanz N., Knoblich G. (2013). Action perception from a common coding perspective. Chapter in K. Johnson and M. Schiffrar (Eds.), People Watching: Social, Perceptual, and Neurophysiological Studies of Body Perception, Oxford University Press

23.10. Language as action.

♦ Glenberg A. & Kaschak M. (2002) Grounding language in action. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 9(3), 558-565.
♦ Pulvermueller F. (2005) Brain mechanisms linking language and action. Nature Rev. Neurosci., 6(7), 576-582.
♦ Arbib M., Gasser B., Barrès V. (2014). Language is handy but is it embodied?. Neuropsychologia, 55, 57–70.

30.10. Conceptual and linguistic systems - two theories.

♦ Barsalou L. et al. (2008). Language and simulation in conceptual processing. In: de Vega, Glenberg & Graesser (eds), Symbols and Embodiment: Debates on Meaning and Cognition, OUP, 245-283.
♦ Evans V. (2009). Semantic representation in LCCM Theory. In: New Directions in Cognitive Linguistics, ed. By V. Evans & S. Pourcel. John Benjamins.

06.11. Developmental cognitive robotics.

♦ Mirolli M., Parisi D. (2009). Towards a Vygotskyan cognitive robotics: The role of language as a cognitive tool. New Ideas in Psychology, doi:10.1016/j.newideapsych.2009.07.001
♦ Farkaš I., Malík T., Rebrová K. (2012). Grounding the meanings in sensorimotor behavior using reinforcement learning. Frontiers in Neurorobotics 6(1). doi: 10.3389/fnbot.2012.00001
♦ Lallee S. et al. (2010). Linking language with embodied and teleological representations of action for humanoid cognition. Frontiers in Neurorobotics, doi:10.3389.10/fnbot.2010.00008)

13.11. Symbol grounding, autonomous construction of meaning.

♦ Steels L. (2008) The symbol grounding problem has been solved, so what’s next?. In: de Vega, Glenberg & Graesser (eds), Symbols and Embodiment: Debates on Meaning and Cognition, OUP, 223-244.
♦ Takáč M. (2008) Autonomous construction of ecologically and socially relevant semantics. Cognitive Systems Research, 9(4): 293-311.

20.11. Meaning as statistical covariation.

♦ Landauer T., Dumais D. (2008) Latent semantic analysis, Scholarpedia, 3(11):4356. wiki
♦ Glenberg, A. M., & Mehta, S. (2008) Constraint on covariation: It’s not meaning. Italian Journal of Linguistics, 20, 33-53.
♦ Mikolov T. et al. (2013). Efficient estimation of word representations in vector space. ArXiv.org, Cornell University Library.

27.12. Unification attempts.

♦ Louwerse M. (2010). Symbol interdependency in symbolic and embodied cognition. Topics in Cognitive Science, 1-30, doi:10.1111/j.1756-8765.2010.01106.x
♦ Dove G. (2011). On the need for embodied and dis-embodied cognition. Frontiers in Psychology, 1:242, doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00242

04.12. tba tba
11.12. Group discussion, reflection. tba


Grading

  • Active participation during the course (40%).
  • Paper presentation (20%).
  • Final written-oral exam (40%).
  • Overall grading: A (50-46), B (45-41), C (40-36), D (35-31), E (30-26), Fx (25-0).