Bochum-Aarhus Cooperation III
\nWe are pleased to announce that one poster presenter\, to be selected on the basis of a blind review process\, will be awarded with a travel bursary of 250 Euros. \;If you wish to present a poster\, and to be eligible for the 250 Euro award\, please submit an abstract (approx. 200 words) by February 15th 2013 to: \;
POSSIBLE TOPICS TO BE ADDRESSED IN POSTER PRESENTATIONS:
Why?
Cooperation can bring benefits but also entails commitments as well as \;risks. What are the phylogenetic roots of cooperation? When do we \;decide to cooperate? Only when it is advantageous? Or also just for \;fun? Indeed\, the motivational benefits that go along with doing \;something jointly may themselves make cooperation advantageous. Do we \;assess the likely benefits? The immediate or long-term costs? What \;processes determine these decisions? How do humans go about making \;such assessments? What processes underlie this? Indeed\, given that a \;thorough consideration of such factors can be costly\, time-consuming\, \;or impossible given limited information\, it is likely that we often \;employ quick and dirty heuristics to simplify such decisions.
How?
Cooperation also imposes tasks not present in doing something alone or
in merely observing others in action\, such as assessing the progress
of the partners\, their abilities\, their current level of commitment.
What processes achieve this (e.g. co-representation\, error monitoring\,
perspective-taking\, giving and receiving signals\, modulating one&rsquo\;s
movements and emotional expressiveness in order to make one&rsquo\;s
intentions and attitudes more transparent. Are these processes
reflective and inferential or rather pre-reflective and automatic? How
do we experience coordination with others? Is (some kind of)
cooperation constituted by the social interaction process itself`?
Whether and if so\, how does a shared intention two agents pursue
determine their cooperative behavior patterns.
With whom?
In selecting cooperation partners\, it can be advantageous to consider \;the reputations and the interests of potential cooperation partners in \;order to assess the likelihood of their remaining committed\, \;free-riding\, engaging in punishment behavior\, etc. Moreover\, we may \;also assess their abilities to contribute (e.g. resources\, health\, \;intelligence\, physical abilities)\, and perhaps also personal traits \;that are relevant in a cooperative endeavour (e.g. empathy\, \;expressiveness\, transparency). Does cooperation with a group or with a \;single cooperation partner make any difference in terms of motivation\, \;cognitive load etc.? What role(s) do cultural differences play?
Call for Participation: Please register by March 1st 2013 to \;aarhus.conference@gmail.com
\nPROGRAM
DAY 1 (08.04.2013)
Why do we cooperate?
9.00-9.15 Introduction
\n9.15-10.00 Albert Newen (Bochum): The roots of cooperation
\n10.00-10.45 Alicia Melis (Warwick): tba
\n10.45.-11.00 Coffee Break
\n11.00-11:45 Sacha Burgeois-Gironde (IJN Paris): Money-emergence among rhesus monkeys
\n11.45-12.30 Mattia Gallotti (IJN Paris) &\; John Michael (Copenhagen/Aarhus): Objects in mind: social ontology and social cognition
\n12.30-13.15 Juliane Kä\;mmer (MPI Berlin): Time-perception in an information-sharing dilemma: how an anticipated future affects cooperation intentions in realistic scenario tasks
13.15-14.15 Lunch
14.15-14.30 1-min Poster Introduction
14.30-15.30 Poster Session
How do we cooperate?
15.30-16.15 Natalie Sebanz (Budapest): Cognitive mechanisms supporting joint action
16.15-17.00 Hanne De Jaegher (San Sebastian): The participatory sense-making view on how we cooperate
\n17.00-17.30 Coffee Break
\n17:30-18.15 Stephen Butterfill (Warwick): How to construct cooperative agents
\n18.15-19.00 Dan Monster (Aarhus) &\; Dorthe Hakonsson (Aarhus): Emotions and performance in cooperative teams
19.30 Conference Dinner
DAY 2 (09.04.2013)
With whom do we cooperate?
9.00-9.45 Thomas Bugnyar (Vienna): Cooperation and social bonds in ravens
\n9.45-10.30 Felix Warneken (Harvard): tba
\n10.30-11.15 Valentina Fantasia (Portsmouth): Towards an embodied approach to cooperation:
implications for Autism and Development
11.15-11.45 Coffee Break
Outlook
11.45-12.45 Anika Fiebich (Bochum)\, Sarah Schwarzkopf (Cologne)\, and Nhung Nguyen (Bielefeld): Cooperation and cognition: perspectives from philosophy\, psychology\, and informatics
\n12.45-13.00 Andreas Roepstorff (Aarhus): Concluding remarks
\nScientific Organization: A. Fiebich\, J. Michael\, A. Newen\, A. Roepstorff
\nContact: aarhus.conference@gmail.com
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