RTG ‘Situated Cognition’ Spring School 2025: ‘Situated Cognition in Human Minds, Animal Minds and AI Systems’

RTG ‘Situated Cognition’ Spring School (SCSS) 2025:
‘Situated Cognition in Human Minds, Animal Minds and AI Systems’

- Online Keynote Talks -

Zoom Meeting-ID: 858 6648 7644

Zoom Kenncode: K97h19

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85866487644?pwd=dVyt0k2vAZAlnj1PPyEB3ZJd2wRDAM.1

Abstract

This spring school brings together a diverse range of researchers working on mind and cognition, and how they relate to the body and environment. We strive to provide an extensive overview of state-of-the-art theorizing, experimenting, observing and surveying of all kinds of situated phenomena in humans, non-human animals and AI systems. The relevance and impact of these advancements is then also reflected upon for the scientific domain and beyond. We are therefore delighted to have a lineup of excellent keynotes coming from diverse backgrounds and with different interests ranging from, but are not limited to, philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, animal research, sociology, and artificial systems. To give us insights into the interdisciplinary topics, we are delighted to announce the diverse range of speakers guiding us through their work:

Online Keynote Talks

Monday, 24.03.2025

10:30 – 11:40                Anna Ciaunica, University of Lisbon
The Embodied Self in Time and Space Across Collective Experiences

17:20 – 18:30                Somogy Varga. Aarhus University                               
Health and Disease Concepts: Situational Influences and Experimental Insights

Tuesday, 25.03.2025

09:00 – 10:10                Fiona Macpherson, University of Glasgow              
What Is Sensory Imagination?

17:10 – 18:20                Zanna Clay, Durham University                                     
Origins of Empathy: Evolutionary and Developmental Views

Wednesday, 26.03.2025

09:00 – 10:10                Anja Gampe, University of Bonn                                 
Social Situatedness in Human–Human and Human–AI Interactions

12:10 – 13:20                Tobias Thelen, Osnabrück University                         
ChatGPT’s Impact Factor: How Generative AI changes Research

Thursday, 27.03.2025

09:00 – 10:10                Andreas Engel, UKE Hamburg                                       
Multi-Timescale Coupling and Embodied Cognition

16:10 – 17:20                Celine Riera, Cedars-Sinai, LA                                         
Hypothalamic Neural Pathways Controlling Energy Metabolism