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You are hereby invited to our fourth "Evolution, Complexity and
Cognition (ECCO)" seminar of 2005:
From Communication between
Individuals to Collective Beliefs
by
Frank Van Overwalle
(Social Cognition Lab,
PESP, VUB)
http://www.vub.ac.be/PESP/VanOverwalle.html
Place: room 3C204 (building C, 3rd floor), VUB campus
Oefenplein
Time: Friday, Feb. 18, at 17:45 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.
More info:
Van Overwalle, F., Heylighen F. & Heath M. (2004): From
Communication between Individuals to Collective Beliefs. (ECCO
working paper)
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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
