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Department of Cognitive Science

The Department of Cognitive Science is a thriving interdisciplinary department, which offers a PhD program with a comprehensive range of rigorous coursework and active research experience. It is a research-based training program that specializes in but is not limited to the study of the social and biological bases of cognition. 

May
Nicolo Cesana-Arlotti

Departmental Colloquium - Foundations of logical thought in human infants

Nicolò Cesana-Arlotti (Yale University)
Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51 | D-001
May
Paul Smaldino

Departmental Colloquium: Dynamics of Covert Signaling: Modeling the Emergence and Extinction of Identity Signals

Paul Smaldino (UC Merced)
May
Tomer Ullman

Departmental Colloquium: The physical basis of imagery and imagination

Tomer Ullmann (Harvard University)
May
Isabelle Dautriche

Departmental Colloquium: Elementary semantic abilities in non-human primates

Isabelle Dautriche (CNRS Marseille)
Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51 | D-002 Tiered
May
Atsuko Tominaga

PhD Defense of Atsuko Tominaga

Atsuko Tominaga
Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51 | D002
May
Josh Rottman

Departmental Colloquium - Josh Rottman, Franklin & Marshall College

Josh Rottman
Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51 | B511
Apr
CHRISTIANE VON STUTTERHEIM

Departmental Colloquium - Christiane von Stutterheim, University of Heidelberg

Christiane von Stutterheim
Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51 | D001
Apr
CEU Vienna

Departmental Colloquium: Richard Moore (University of Warwick)

Richard Moore
Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51 | D-002
Apr
PhD Defense of Nima Mussavifard

PhD Defense of Nima Mussavifard

Nima Mussavifard
Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51 | D002
Mar
Sophie Bridgers

Departmental Colloquium: Loopholes: A window into goal communication and value alignment

Sophie Bridgers (MIT)
Mar
Mike Tomasello

Departmental Colloquium: Agency and Cognitive Development

Mike Tomasello (Duke University)
Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51 | QS D-001
Mar
Wednesday, March 1, 2023, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Departmental Colloquium - Nausicaa Pouscoulous (UCL)

Nausicaa Pouscoulous
Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51 | D001
Feb
Keith and raven

Departmental Colloquium: Failed studies – Past, present and future

Keith Jensen (University of Manchester)
Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51 | D-002
Feb
Join the Info session on GTFP!

Info Session - Global Teaching Fellowship Program (GTFP) Fall 2023 and AY 23/24

Márton Bélik
Jan
Ulf Liszkowski

Departmental Colloquium: Ontogeny of human communication and social cognition

Ulf Liszkowski (University of Hamburg)
Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51 | D-002 Tiered
Jan
Jonathan Phillips

Departmental Colloquium: Knowledge without belief

Jonathan Phillips (Dartmouth College)
Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51 | D-001
Nov
Jutta Mueller

Departmental Colloquium: Auditory sequential learning across ontogeny and phylogeny: Evidence from behavioral, neurophysiological and modeling studies

Jutta L. Mueller (University of Vienna)
Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51 | D001
Nov
Rita Astuti

Departmental Colloquium: Oh Rita, what questions you ask! - Professor Rita Astuti (LSE)

Rita Astuti (LSE)
Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51 | D001 and Zoom
Nov
Mathias

Departmental Colloquium: Human cognition of geometric shapes, a window into the mental representation of abstract concepts - Mathias Sablé-Meyer

Mathias Sablé-Meyer
Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51 | D001 tiered and on Zoom
Oct
Eva Wittenberg

Departmental Colloquium: Where would Waldo have been? Understanding counterfactual language understanding

Eva Wittenberg (CEU)
Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51 | D001 tiered and on Zoom
Sep
Ira Noveck

Departmental Colloquium: Revealing the role of intentions through experimental pragmatics - Ira Noveck (Laboratoire de Linguistique Formelle, CNRS & Université de Paris-Cité)

Ira Noveck (Laboratoire de Linguistique Formelle, CNRS & Université de Paris-Cité)
Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51 | D002
Sep
Jesse Snedeker

Departmental Colloquium: Top-down prediction in language comprehension: a handful of facts and a mystery - Jesse Snedeker (Harvard)

Jesse Snedeker
Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51 | D001
Sep
Vienna Science Festival 2022

Vienna Science Festival 2022

Off-campus | Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz, 1010 Wien, Austria
Jul
Naomi Havron

Departmental Colloquium: Prediction as a mechanism supporting language learning

Naomi Havron (University of Haifa)
Budapest Site | Nador u. 15 | 101 Quantum
Jun
Austin Nichols

Departmental Colloquium: Who Cares What Other People (and You) Think of You? I Do and So Should You - Austin Lee Nichols (CEU)

Austin Lee Nichols (CEU)
Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51 | QS D002 and on Zoom