Twinning−TRAINCREASE
Kick-off meeting, 19.01.2020 (Tuesday), 12:00 - 15:00
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YouTube steam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk8usUqpyHE
(open for all guests, no other registration needed)
This project “From Social Interaction to Abstract Concepts and Words: Towards Human-centered Technology Development” is aimed at strengthening the interdisciplinary field of research on the emergence, understanding and use of abstract concepts and words in human, and human-machine interaction through the collaboration between the University of Warsaw, the University of Manchester, Sapienza University of Rome and Aarhus University. At the same time, the goal is to strengthen the research potential and research management skills at the University of Warsaw.
We warmly invite you to the Kick-off meeting which will be held online on January 19th, 12:00 - 15:00 (Warsaw time). During the meeting, you will have the opportunity to learn and discuss the current research projects and collaboration possibilities with partnering institutions. They will present their research projects.
Meeting schedule
Meeting schedule
12:00 - 12:30 - Opening, short intro, introductions
Prof. Zygmunt Lalak (vice-rector for research, UW)
Prof. Joanna Rączaszek-Leonardi (project coordinator, UW)
Charles De Chefdebien (European Commission Officer)
12:30 - 13:00 - Sapienza University of Rome presentation “Some ideas on abstract concepts” (20 min + 10 min). Collaboration opportunities: Anna Borghi, Carlo Lai, Francesca Bellagamba.
13:00 - 13:30 - Aarhus University presentation “Abstraction through interaction: experimental approaches” (20 min + 10 min). Collaboration opportunities: Andreas Roepstorff, Kristian Tylén, Karsten Olsen.
13:30 - 14:00 - Lunch break (on your own)
14:00 - 14:30 - University of Manchester presentation “Environmental role of abstracts concepts: cognitive robotics modelling and the nature of infants interactions” (20 min + 10 min). Collaboration opportunities: Angelo Cangelosi, Thea Cameron-Faulkner.
14:30 - 15:00 - University of Warsaw presentation “Ecological ways to abstract symbols: paths in the HILLs” (20 min + 10 min). Collaboration opportunities: Joanna Rączaszek-Leonardi, Julian Zubek, Albertyna Osińska, Grzegorz Krajewski.
Please register through the form till Monday, 18.01.2021, 17.00: https://forms.gle/ZXwFtkbRFGJGqaYo6
Relevant publications
Cangelosi A., Schlesinger M. (2015). Developmental Robotics: From Babies to Robots. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, Bradford Books.
Cameron-Faulkner, T., Melville, J., & Gattis, M. 2018. Responding to Nature: Natural Environments Improve Parent-Child Communication. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 59, 9-15
Borghi, A.M. & Binkofski, F. (2014). Words As social Tools: An embodied view on abstract concepts. SpringerBriefs in Cognition series. Springer: New York.
Heimann, K. S., & Roepstorff, A. (2018). How Playfulness Motivates – Putative Looping Effects of Autonomy and Surprise Revealed by Micro-Phenomenological Investigations. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 13.
Rączaszek-Leonardi, J., Nomikou, I., Rohlfing, K. J. & Deacon, T. W. (2018). Language Development From an Ecological Perspective: Ecologically Valid Ways to Abstract Symbols. Ecological Psychology, 30:1, 39-73.
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