30.07.2024

X International Conference on Cognitive Science

The Tenth International Conference on Cognitive Science was organized by the Interregional Public Organization "Association for Cognitive Studies" (IACS) and Pyatigorsk State University. Its aim was to provide discussions on key issues of interdisciplinary cognitive research related to cognition, intelligence, mind, language and speech, acquisition and implementation of skills and knowledge, brain mechanisms of mental activity and complex behaviours.

The conference was attended by more than 400 specialists in cognitive sciences from more than 20 cities of Russia, as well as by the researchers from Italy, Cuba, Germany, Great Britain, and Japan.

Scientists from the Centre for Cognitive Programs and Technologies presented their work at the conference:
    Vera I. Zabotkina. Cognitive dynamics of manipulative space in discourse.
    Svetlana I. Pereverzeva. Veroyatno, chtoby vs vozmozhno, potomu chto [Most likely, for vs Porbably, because]: two cognitive-speech strategies of the media authors.
    Artemy A. Kotov (with Ushakov V.L., Nosovets Z.A., Zaydelman L. Ya., Zinina A.A., Orlov V.A., and Kartashov S.I.). Neurosemantic maps of the Russian language based on fMRI research.
    Artemy A. Kotov (with Nosovets Z.A. and Filatov A.A.). A script system for representing knowledge and understanding texts by the F-2 companion robot.    
    Artemy A. Kotov (with Zinina A.A. and Arinkin N.A.). The influence of the user's psychological characteristics on the perception of a social robot.
    Artemy A. Kotov (with Malkina M.P., Arinkin N.A., and Zinina A.A.). The usage of hedges by a companion robot: Experimental evaluation and cognitive architecture.

For more details see
- the conference website: https://conf.cogsci.ru/
- the news page of the N. P. Bechtereva Institute of the Human Brain, RAS: https://vk.com/wall-130542979_274.