Happy birthday to Cognitive Design for Artificial Minds (https://lnkd.in/gZtzwDn3) that was released 4 years ago!

Since then its ideas have been presented and discussed widely in the research fields of AI/Cognitive Science/Robotics and - nowadays - both the possibilities and the limitations of: #LLMs, #GenerativeAI and #ReinforcementLearning (already envisioned and discussed in the book) have become a common topic of research interests in the AI community and beyond.
Similarly also the topic concerning the evaluation - in human-like and human-level terms - of the current AI systems has become a critical theme related to the problem Anthropomorphic interpretation of AI output (see e.g. https://lnkd.in/dVi9Qf_k ).
Book reviews have been published on ACM Computing Reviews (2021) https://lnkd.in/dWQpJdkV and on Argumenta (2023): https://lnkd.in/derH3VKN

I have been invited to present the content of the book in over 20 official scientific events in international conferences, Ph.D Schools in US, China, Japan, Finland, Germany, Sweden, France, Brazil, Poland, Austria and, of course, Italy.

A news I am happy to share is that Routledge/Taylor & Francis contacted me few weeks ago for a second edition! Stay tuned!

The #book is available in many webstores:
- Routledge: https://lnkd.in/dPrC26p
- Taylor & Francis: https://lnkd.in/dprVF2w
- Amazon: https://lnkd.in/dC8rEzPi

@academicchatter @cognition
#AI #minimalcognitivegrid #CognitiveAI #cognitivescience #cognitivesystems

5 #NeuroJobs in #Glasgow !! Please share!

• 3 in cognitive neuroscience/psychology.
• 1 in psychology.
• 1 in animal behavioural neuroscience with a particular emphasis on teaching

Appointments can range from Grade 7-9 (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in the UK; assistant/associate professor in the US) to Grade 10 (full Professor)

https://www.nature.com/naturecareers/job/12838283/professor-senior-lecturer-lecturer-and-lecturer-posts

Closing Date: 12 May 2025

The Hidden Architects of Language: How Words Control Your Mind
https://youtu.be/YdEaVZfqhyI
#ConspiracyTheory #LanguageManipulation #MindControl #HiddenTruth #Psychology #Philosophy #Linguistics #SocialEngineering #EsotericKnowledge #EliteControl #Propaganda #WordsHavePower #Symbolism #MassPsychology #MediaManipulation #ThinkForYourself #WakingUp #TruthSeeker #TheGreatIllusion #CognitiveScience #PerceptionIsReality

CMU research shows compression alone may unlock AI puzzle-solving abilities

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/compression-conjures-apparent-intelligence-in-new-puzzle-solving-ai-approach/

…been silent for quite a while, but reappeared with a short opinion piece in The Journal of Physiology on #MotorControl #Neurophysiology and #AI #history —basically suggesting that behavioral research holds valuable insights that new AI methods can leverage to better understand brain function.

@jphysiol
#neuroscience #NeuroAI #cognitivescience

https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/JP288605

The Frog Galliard. Musical Architectures and Narrative Models.
Music, in its deepest nature, represents a form of thought organization that precedes and transcends verbal language

https://medium.com/@bertitacabanda/the-frog-galliard-musical-architectures-and-narrative-models-fbe473f9cb58

Musicians and producers: My forthcoming book examines how brain science refines music-making without restricting artistic freedom. It outlines cognitive processes in composition, sound design, and performance while addressing perception, memory, and emotion in creative decision-making. The book offers insights that enhance technical ability and artistic clarity.

More information at https://tomkolbe.com/2024/12/22/upcoming-book-will-reveal-how-brain-science-can-transform-your-music-making/

#CognitiveScience, #CompositionTheory, #MusicProduction

Do accents affect voice identification?

Using voice cloning, we found that speakers using different accents were often mistaken for different people. Different speakers with the same accent were confused for the same person.

https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/4e852_v1

#CognitiveScience #VoiceRecognition
#Psychology

#introduction

My name is Matilda, I am a member of Greenheart Co-op. Interested in #interactiondesign, #systemsdesign and #servicedesign. Specifically in the spirit of e.g #VictorPapanek, #DonellaMeadows. Also in interested in #economics in the spirit of #KateRaworth (#DoghnutEconomics ). Furthermore interested in #tech #frontend #GrowOwnFood #mushroomfarming #TechCooperatives #neuroscience #cognitivescience

We are delighted to welcome Giovanna Colombetti to present our first ENSO Seminar of 2025!

Giovanna will present "Sense of Identity and Material Things" at 1400 UTC on Thursday 6th February.

Abstract, link to the livestream, and other event details can be found here: https://www.ensoseminars.com/presentations/past78/

Updating my pinned bio post:

Hi! Thanks for stopping by my profile. I teach history in Higher Education. My areas are #19thCentury, #USHistory, and #Aviation history.

I also create resources related to faculty development, online courses, Artificial Intelligence, and accessibility.
#EdTech, #AI, #EdDev, #a11y, #OnlineLearning, #InstructionalDesign, #CognitiveScience.

Looking forward to engaging on these topics, along with my hobbies: #PetBirds, #Birds, #Kayaking, #Nature, #Photography, #Ceramics.

The next VSAonline webinar is at 17:00 UTC (not the usual time), Monday 27 January.

Zoom: https://ltu-se.zoom.us/j/65564790287

WEB: https://bit.ly/vsaonline

Speaker: Anthony Thomas from UC Davis, USA

Title: ”Sketching a Picture of Vector Symbolic Architectures”

Abstract : Sketching algorithms are a broad area of research in theoretical computer science and numerical analysis that aim to distil data into a simple summary, called a "sketch," that retains some essential notion of structure while being much more efficient to store, query, and transmit.

Vector-symbolic architectures (VSAs) are an approach to computing on data represented using random vectors, and provide an elegant conceptual framework for realizing a wide variety of data structures and algorithms in a way that lends itself to implementation in highly-parallel and energy-efficient computer hardware.

Sketching algorithms and VSA have a substantial degree of consonance in their methods, motivations, and applications. In this tutorial style talk, I will discuss some of the connections between these two fields, focusing, in particular, on the connections between VSA and tensor-sketches, a family of sketching algorithms concerned with the setting in which the data being sketched can be decomposed into Kronecker (tensor) products between more primitive objects. This is exactly the situation of interest in VSA and the two fields have arrived at strikingly similar solutions to this problem.

#VectorSymbolicArchitectures #VSA #HyperdimensionalComputing #HDC #AI #ML #ComputationalCognitiveScience #CompCogSci #MathematicalPsychology #MathPsych #CognitiveScience #CogSci @cogsci

Handwriting activates broader brain networks than typing, study shows https://www.psypost.org/handwriting-activates-broader-brain-networks-than-typing-study-shows/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Handwriting #BrainHealth #CognitiveScience #MentalHealth #WritingByHand