Research on human cognition has a long tradition of being carried out in a multidisciplinary context, within areas such as psychology, philosophy, linguistics, artificial intelligence, and neuroscience. At the University of Gothenburg, individual researchers and research teams investigating cognition are spread across departments and faculties. At each department, the numbers of researchers and PhD students focusing on cognition are fairly low. Although there are research groups related to cognition in various departments, their seminars draw mostly an internal audience. These circumstances prevent optimal knowledge exchange and collaboration. To ameliorate this situation, a forum for research on cognition at University of Gothenburg gather researchers across the university in informal seminars. The forum hosts presentations of both local researchers and invited speakers from outside the university.
The main target group is researchers, teachers, and PhD students at the University of Gothenburg. Also Master and undergraduate students are welcome to attend.
Pierre Gander (pierre.gander@gu.se), Department of Applied IT (main organizer)
William Hedley Thompson (william.thompson@gu.se), Department of Applied IT
Christine Howes (christine.howes@gu.se), Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science
Jonas Linderoth (jonas.linderoth@ped.gu.se), Department of Education, Communication and Learning
Gaia Olivo (gaia.olivo@psy.gu.se), Department of Psychology
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Nov. 21., 15.00-16.00
A Network Enrichment Account of Cognitive Aging
Thomas Hills, Dept. of Psychology, University of Warwick
Location: Room J406, Humanisten, Renströmsgatan 6
Abstract: There are two contrasting views of aging. One sees age as a process of cognitive decline, a natural consequence of biological aging. The other sees aging as a process of lifelong learning: older adults show conspicuous improvements in vocabulary across the lifespan as well as in many other knowledge-related domains. Of these two views, one is based on an underlying process of decay. The other is based on enrichment. In this talk, I will investigate how understanding the nature of structural changes induced by learning across the lifespan can help reconcile these two views, demonstrating how age related cognitive decline can be explained as a process of cognitive enrichment caused by lifelong learning.
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Division of Cognition and Communication (at Department of Applied IT)
Department of Philosophy, Linguistics, and Theory of Science
Funded by the Adlerbert Research Foundation and Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse