Psychoblog

Dear all,

Prof. Dr. Sabine Hunnius from the Baby BRAIN Group (Donders Institiute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour) in Nijmegen will give a talk at the CogSci Colloquium on Thursday, 30^th January.

Her research focuses on developmental mechanisms and neurocognitive changes underlying early social-cognitive development using eye-tracking, EEG and NIRS techniques.
In their group, Hunnius and her colleagues study how infants perceive other persons and, as their development progresses, come to understand what others are doing and thinking,
as well as how infants develop to become efficient and skilled agents themselves.

This is a great opportunity to network: please register by sending an e-mail (evaricarda.bothe@uni-goettingen.de) if you are interested in meeting with Prof. Hunnius
to discuss your own/her research in person with her, ask questions, etc. until Monday, 27^th January.

Best,

Ricarda Bothe
Psychology of Language Department
Georg-Elias-Müller Institute for Psychology
Goßlerstraße 14, 37073 Göttingen

Einführungsveranstaltung „Psychoanalyse“ für Interessierte

Referentin: Antje von Boetticher
Ort: Institut (LASI, Wilhelm-Weber-Str. 24), Gruppenraum
Mittwochs, 12., 19., 26.02.2020, 18:30 – 20:00 Uhr

Das Seminar richtet sich an Studierende der Pädagogik, Psychologie oder Medizin sowie an Personen, die in pädagogischen, psychologischen und medizinischen Berufen arbeiten und über eine Aus- bzw. Weiterbildung im Bereich Psychotherapie/Psychoanalyse nachdenken und einen ersten Einblick bekommen möchten.

Wir möchten Ihnen einige Grundideen, -begriffe und -konzepte der Psychoanalyse näherbringen und mit Ihnen darüber ins Gespräch kommen. Wir sind gespannt auf Ihre Fragen und den Austausch mit Ihnen. Eine Anmeldung ist nicht erforderlich.

Zu den Ausbildungsmöglichkeiten am Lou Andreas-Salomé Institut findet am Dienstag, den 21. Januar 2020 zwischen 19:00 Uhr und 21:00 Uhr eine Infoveranstaltung im LASI statt (Wilhelm-Weber-Str. 24).

We (as the Department of Developmental Psychology) would like to invite you to a talk by Karolin Salmen (Universität Heidelberg) on Thursday, 23 January 2020 at 12.15 (seminar room 2.111, Waldweg 26). In the talk, Karolin Salmen will speak about “The Semiotic Approach to Serial Reproduction” (see abstract below).

We are looking forward to seeing you at our colloquium.

Best wishes,
Feride N. Haskaraca Kizilay

Title: Choose your words wisely: The Semiotic Approach to Serial Reproduction

Abstract: Most information reaches us not through direct observation but through communication – often with one or more intermediary. The process of retelling changes the original information: some pieces are lost (attrition), others are emphasized (sharpening) or added (halo effect). Prior research has primarily attributed these changes to cognitive factors, such as memory, stereotypes or motivation. This talk introduces a novel perspective: A semiotic approach to serial reproduction, which emphasizes the crucial role of the sign system (e.g. the words or phrases used). This theoretical approach is complemented by the new experimental paradigm serial backtranslation. In a first empirical study, the semiotic approach successfully predicted attrition, sharpening and halo effects in retold person descriptions. These results not only inform further research and theorizing, but also possible applications in public health campaigns, political communication, education and media.