Social Cognition

Year of Enrollment: 
2023
Address: 
Vienna, Quellenstrasse 51
Room: 
D502

Focus on Research: Inter-individual Coordination in Walking Chimpanzees

June 28, 2023

A study by researchers at Central European University (CEU) and the University of St. Andrews reveals that chimpanzees share a human tendency to unintentionally synchronise their steps when walking alongside one another.

Year of Enrollment: 
2022
Address: 
Vienna, Quellenstrasse 51
Room: 
D502
Year of Enrollment: 
2021
Address: 
Vienna, Quellenstrasse 51
Room: 
D510

Natalie Sebanz appointed as Secretary of APS

March 11, 2019

Professor Natalie Sebanz was appointed to be member of the Board of Directors of the Association for Psychological Science (APS). She will serve as the Secretary of the Association.

Departmental Colloquium: Ryan McKay (University of London): Belief Formation in a Post-Truth World

Type: 
Lecture
Building: 
Oktober 6 u. 7
Room: 
101
Date: 
September 14, 2018 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm

In 2018 we inhabit a “post-truth” world where scientific evidence and accurate information must compete with appeals to emotion and “fake news”. In this talk I will attempt to shed some light on the human tendency to believe “alternative facts”. For one thing, individuals tend to restrict the amount of information they collect when forming beliefs, “jumping to conclusions” on limited evidence.

Prof. Natalie Sebanz has been elected as a member of the German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina)!

December 1, 2017

Dear All,

We are happy to announce that Professor Natalie Sebanz has been elected as a member of the German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina)!

Warm Congratulations, Nati!!!!

Doctoral Defense of Martin Freundlieb

Type: 
Lecture
Building: 
Oktober 6 u. 7
Room: 
101
Date: 
October 26, 2017 - 10:00am to 1:00pm

The Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to the public defense of the PhD thesis of

Martin Freundlieb

SPONTANEOUS
VISUOSPATIAL PERSPECTIVE-TAKING
IN HUMANS

Primary supervisor: Natalie Sebanz
Secondary supervisor: Ágnes M. Kovács

Summer University 2017: Creative Cognition: Evolutions, Processes, Applications

Type: 
Workshop
Building: 
Oktober 6 u. 7
Date: 
July 3, 2017 - 9:00am to July 7, 2017 - 5:00pm

This interdisciplinary course will address the human ability to find creative solutions to new problems, a capacity that has allowed us to overcome obstacles in problem solving that are insurmountable to other species. Creative problem solving is therefore viewed as a crucial cognitive component in enabling the rapid progression of human culture. The course will comprise lectures and discussions in the mornings.

Departmental Colloquium: Alan Fiske, UCLA: Kama Muta

Type: 
Colloquia
Building: 
Oktober 6 u. 7
Date: 
September 14, 2016 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm

Kama Muta:
The Tears-of-Joy, Goosebumps, Heart-Warming Emotion of Holding Your Newborn Baby, Feeling Divine Love, Patriotic Devotion, Social Support, and Pixar Movies