For all at @au.dk, our Writing Cafe is back from this Friday (5th Sept)! We offer a space for distraction-free writing and welcome new faces warmly. The magic of peer pressure, coffee & snacks = focused time. End the week on a good note: 1483, Room 312. interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

Coming up June 16th, we have a very special event for postdoc-level researchers - all are welcome to join us! Sign up here: Play the GRANTED! Research Game and win 20,000 DKK for your interdisciplinary project. Networking, lunch, new research ideas interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

1/2 Coming up in June, @interacting-minds.bsky.social hosts a workshop for postdoc- level researchers. Play the GRANTED! Research Game and win 20,000 DKK for your interdisciplinary project. All welcome to join - we will place you into teams. Networking, lunch, new research ideas

Happening today at 14.00 - all are welcome to join online. Come and hear about Dr. Lambrinou’s important work - and recommendations for addressing minority underrepresentation & enhancing inclusion

Tomorrow 6th May, we have Funda Yilmaz from @dondersinst.bsky.social giving a talk @interacting-minds.bsky.social, "An fMRI Study of Crossmodal Emotional Congruency + the Role of Semantic Content in the Aesthetic Appreciation of Naturalistic Art”. All welcome! interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

On May 7th, 14:00-15:00, the Danish Society for Women in Science (DANWISE) hosts a special talk by @mllambrinou.bsky.social, "We deserve to take up space”: Exploring Latinas’ Resistance Behaviors in Engineering at a Southwestern Hispanic Serving Institution.

What are some key questions on early language development: Alex is walking us through what we need to know

Now, we have Alex Cristia presenting on the history of language development research. Darwin ran experiments on his infant - shaking a box in front of his face and recording response. @interacting-minds.bsky.social It’s hard to conduct experiments with infants

Vermillet, Skewes and Parsons suggest that “the 3:1 ratio of maternal versus paternal nighttime care is more likely to emerge from broader societal factors...than (pre-parenthood) acoustic sound sensitivity differences.” with three creative studies on infant crying. dx.doi.org/10.1037/emo0...

Mothers of infants take most nighttime care And not just because women wake up more easily than men pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39819066/

I vinterferien kan man opleve Science Museernes udstilling "magiske robothjerner" med fokus på kunstig intelligens, som studerende fra Cognitive Science på Institut for Kommunikation og Kultur har været med til at lave 🤖 Se video fra udstilligen her: www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...

One @interacting-minds.bsky.social initiative that I'm very proud of is our Friday writing cafe. If you're around @au.dk and want to experience the magic of co-writing, come along tomorrow at 10.00 - 14.00. There'll be snacks! Big thx to our organisers @chrismmcox.bsky.social @trupthi.bsky.social

🎓 Come join us for a special lecture on Wed Feb 5th, 10-11am, with the one and only, Marieke van Vugt @mvugt.bsky.social! We're really excited to hear Marieke's talk, “Mind-wandering: when is it helpful, when is it not?” 🧠 All are welcome - spread the word! interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

Here's a list of the most cited experts in Danish news media from 2024 👇 45 of the list's 50 experts are men dm.dk/akademikerbl...

Why is the belief in meritocracy so pervasive? New article argues that the dose–response schema for causes and effects may encourage us to believe that what we get out of life depends on what we put in: "More effort = more success!" doi.org/10.1016/j.ti... #SocialPsyc #CogPsyc #AcademicSky 🧪

🪧 We're really excited to hear a talk from Christian Suhr + group (ERC-funded project, "Heart Openings" 🫀) who will give a talk at the Interacting Minds Center, Tue 10th Dec at 11am. "Heart openings: The experience and cultivation of love in Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam". Online + in person

What is disruption in science? I am looking for a prospective PhD student to study disruption theoretically, qualitatively and quantitatively at Aarhus University. If you are interested in developing your own project under our open call, in collaboration with me, please get in touch.

I've created a Black In Psychology Starter Pack to highlight the excellence of Black psychologists, #psychology trainees, psych organizations, & prospective students. Let me know, if you'd like to be added! 👨🏾‍🏫👩🏾‍🏫🧠 Help me spread the word by reposting 🙏🏽 go.bsky.app/KbrZvB8 #BlackSky #PsychSky #SciSky

🔔 We've got two Tuesday talks to close out 2024 at the Interacting Minds Center 📆 First up, is Stephanie Ellison, a guest researcher at IMC, who will talk about The Art of Noticing (3rd Dec). Then, we have a Christian Suhr, who leads the ERC-funded project "Heart Openings" + group (10th Dec)

🔔 Tomorrow, we're delighted to host Lisa Faessler at the Interacting Minds Center, "How culture shapes choices related to fertility and mortality". ⏰ Starting at 11am, with sandwiches served 🥪. It's also possible to join online. Full details here: interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

Calling all postdoc-level researchers at @AarhusUni ! 📢 Join us for an exciting workshop: "Navigating Interdisciplinary Pathways" October 10th! 🌟 See the excellent speaker line up & sign up here: interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

Today is another exciting day at the Interacting Minds Center, with a talk by the inimitable Chris Frith, starting at 11am. We are all full for in-person attendance but you can join in online. See details here: interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

Tip for women in science: Don't collaborate with men who are not allies in the fight against sexism (unless you have no choice, which happens often of course). You may think it is worth it, but really, it never is. You will end up mistreated and your ideas likely erased.

On Thursday, there's the last Open Your Data session of 2023 at IMC- OYD is a collaborative qualitative data session and an opportunity to get interdisciplinary perspectives on your data All are welcome - details are here. You can even join online interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

Now, Arnault-Quentin Vermillet defends his PhD, with @mdlbayes.bsky.social and Michal Kahn as assessors. Starts with an introduction to entrenched ideas about motherhood - the maternal instinct - contrasted with ideas about fathers, who are expected to learn

Starting at 10.30 CET, we are hosting Prof. Michael Lee at the Interacting minds center, giving a talk on cognitive models and semantic memory changes with impairment. You can join online - see details here: interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

Conversations are complex adaptive systems fine-tuned to the specific challenges of context & language used Interlocutors re-use each other’s words more during AffiliativeChats vs JointDecisions. Challenging sound structures show different trade-offs for these adjustments. doi.org/10.1111/cogs... 1/

A little teaser of my forthcoming paper - co-authored with a former Aarhus University student, Freja 🤞🤓 Hope it will be published early next year. www.ru.nl/en/research/...

Tomorrow, Interacting Minds Center hosts Rajiv Vaid Basaiawmoit (11am): 🧠 🐐 "Gamification of the reflective exercise in the Entrepreneurship classroom: Can a mountain goat really prod you to make better reflections – Tales of a “SavvyGoat” More details, an abstract & link to join online here: 👇

Now at the Interacting Minds Centre, we have @julianschuess.bsky.social .bsky.social presenting on Discrimination in Danish schools, using data from 9th grade students interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

Thought it is time to reshare some of my favourite Interacting Minds podcast episodes that we have produced. This one is on top of my list as a wonderful serendipitous moment. I attended Ingela's talk on Tuesday and we recorded this episode on Thursday.

This paper where we develop mathematical & computational models of science, and look at how epistemically homogeneous vs. diverse populations discover, innovate, replicate is a career favorite. I'm delighted every time I read it. Remains massively underappreciated. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Tomorrow at the Interacting Minds Center, Aarhus University, we are delighted to host Ophelia Deroy and Bahador Bahrami. Two talks, starting at 11 am. You can even join online. See the link below for talk abstracts & online participation: interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

Stoked to have Giada Pistilli (@giada.bsky.social) visit us at the Interacting Minds Centre next week! Giada’s work navigates uncharted waters at the intersection of AI, ethics and policy-making with a fascinating combination of pragmatism and conceptual rigor. Talk will be hybrid - see link below!

Now Chris Frith begins his lecture at the Interacting Minds Center, "Explicit metacognition: our human superpower". interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl... Begins by presenting a model of the neural basis of consciousness: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31481140/

Now at the Interacting Minds Center, we have the wonderful Uta Frith speaking to a packed audience, “Alignment: a universal mechanism for social creatures”. Starting with an announcement of a new Frith book ⚡️ mitpress.mit.edu/9780262546270/… Free to download 🙌

call for participants: B. Nicenboim M van Vugt and me organized a Lorentz Centre "Cognitive Modeling of Complex behaviour" hands-on workshop in January 24. Check the call and join us (early career especially welcome): www.lorentzcenter.nl/cognitive-mo...

On Tuesday the 5th, we start the Interacting Minds Tuesday Seminars: "On turn-taking across human and non-human animals, language and music"! We have no less that 3 short talks by Andrea Ravignani, Chris Cox (+me), and Anna Zamm, join us (also on Zoom): interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...