You are hereby invited to our fourth "Evolution, Complexity and
Cognition (ECCO)" seminar of 2005.
Note that this seminar is very relevant for our on-going
research on the self-organization of distributed cognition, offering
a connectionist simulation of how communication patterns between
individuals evolve and how this affects their collective knowledge
(the abstract below is not quite up-to-date in that respect). More
info (powerpoint file) is available on our seminars page.
From Communication between
Individuals to Collective Beliefs
by
Frank Van Overwalle
(PESP, VUB)
Place: room 3C204 (building C, 3rd floor), VUB campus
Oefenplein
Time: Friday, Feb. 18, at 17:30 h.
Abstract:
How is social information transmitted in a group? How do
groups create new identities and judgments about other groups through
communicating their beliefs and opinions among the members of their
own group? Several studies in social cognition have documented
that communication about groups typically tends to bolster
stereotypes and shared beliefs about these groups. In the
present paper, a multi-agent connectionist model is proposed that is
capable of simulating these stereotype confirmation biases in group
communication, as well as the effects of some moderating
conditions. The model combines features of standard recurrent
models to simulate the process of information uptake, integration and
memorization within agents with novel aspects that simulate the
communication of beliefs and opinions between agents. By
studying these novel communicative aspects within the framework of
standard models of information processing, the unique communicative
mechanisms underlying the emergence of a confirmation bias in groups
beyond intra-personal factors can be explored.
Future ECCO seminar programme
Next week, Feb. 25:
- Dirk Bollen: Situated and embodied cognition with applications to sensor networks
Coming period:
- Klaas Chielens: Empirical measurement of memetic selection criteria
- Laetitia De Jaegher: The need for new systems of governance in a complex, changing society
- Erden Göktepe: Complex systems models of the emergence of actors in international relations
- Nathalie Gontier: A systems/symbiotic view of evolution
- Nick Deschacht: Complexity Theory and Marxism
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Francis Heylighen
"Evolution, Complexity and Cognition" research group
Free University of Brussels
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/HEYL.html
Francis Heylighen
"Evolution, Complexity and Cognition" research group
Free University of Brussels
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/HEYL.html
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Francis Heylighen
Evolution, Complexity and Cognition group
Free University of Brussels
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/HEYL.html
Francis Heylighen
Evolution, Complexity and Cognition group
Free University of Brussels
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/HEYL.html
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Francis Heylighen
Evolution, Complexity and Cognition group
Free University of Brussels
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/HEYL.html
Francis Heylighen
Evolution, Complexity and Cognition group
Free University of Brussels
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/HEYL.html
