Centre for Cognition, Computation, and Modelling, Birkbeck
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Account of the Centre for Cognition, Computation, and Modelling at Birkbeck College, University of London
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Follow for updates on our activities, including our current seminar series: the Cognitive Science of Generative AI
https://psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/
Follow for updates on our activities, including our current seminar series: the Cognitive Science of Generative AI
The next CCCM seminar in the "Cognitive Science of Generative AI" series will be given by
Thomas Icard,
Philosophy, Stanford
"Causal Abstraction as a Theory of Computational Implementation" (13 May 2025, 16:00 BST, online)
registration: psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
Thomas Icard,
Philosophy, Stanford
"Causal Abstraction as a Theory of Computational Implementation" (13 May 2025, 16:00 BST, online)
registration: psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
Seminar Series – Centre for Cognition, Computation and Modelling
psyc.bbk.ac.uk
May 5, 2025 at 5:49 AM
The next CCCM seminar in the "Cognitive Science of Generative AI" series will be given by
Thomas Icard,
Philosophy, Stanford
"Causal Abstraction as a Theory of Computational Implementation" (13 May 2025, 16:00 BST, online)
registration: psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
Thomas Icard,
Philosophy, Stanford
"Causal Abstraction as a Theory of Computational Implementation" (13 May 2025, 16:00 BST, online)
registration: psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
recording of CCCM seminar series “The Cognitive Science of Generative AI” by
Tom Griffiths,
HR. Luce Professor of Information Technology, Consciousness, & Culture, Princeton.
April 29, 2025
"Using cognitive science to explore the symbolic limits of large language models"
youtu.be/GCfq5WvbbMw
Tom Griffiths,
HR. Luce Professor of Information Technology, Consciousness, & Culture, Princeton.
April 29, 2025
"Using cognitive science to explore the symbolic limits of large language models"
youtu.be/GCfq5WvbbMw
Tom Griffiths: "Using cognitive science to explore the symbolic limits of large language models"
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May 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
recording of CCCM seminar series “The Cognitive Science of Generative AI” by
Tom Griffiths,
HR. Luce Professor of Information Technology, Consciousness, & Culture, Princeton.
April 29, 2025
"Using cognitive science to explore the symbolic limits of large language models"
youtu.be/GCfq5WvbbMw
Tom Griffiths,
HR. Luce Professor of Information Technology, Consciousness, & Culture, Princeton.
April 29, 2025
"Using cognitive science to explore the symbolic limits of large language models"
youtu.be/GCfq5WvbbMw
Today!
Our next CCCM seminar in the “The Cognitive Science of Generative AI” series:
Tom Griffiths,
HR. Luce Professor of Information Technology, Consciousness, & Culture, Princeton.
Tuesday April 29, 16:00 BST.
"Using cognitive science to explore the symbolic limits of large language models"
Tom Griffiths,
HR. Luce Professor of Information Technology, Consciousness, & Culture, Princeton.
Tuesday April 29, 16:00 BST.
"Using cognitive science to explore the symbolic limits of large language models"
April 29, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Today!
Our next CCCM seminar in the “The Cognitive Science of Generative AI” series:
Tom Griffiths,
HR. Luce Professor of Information Technology, Consciousness, & Culture, Princeton.
Tuesday April 29, 16:00 BST.
"Using cognitive science to explore the symbolic limits of large language models"
Tom Griffiths,
HR. Luce Professor of Information Technology, Consciousness, & Culture, Princeton.
Tuesday April 29, 16:00 BST.
"Using cognitive science to explore the symbolic limits of large language models"
April 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Our next CCCM seminar in the “The Cognitive Science of Generative AI” series:
Tom Griffiths,
HR. Luce Professor of Information Technology, Consciousness, & Culture, Princeton.
Tuesday April 29, 16:00 BST.
"Using cognitive science to explore the symbolic limits of large language models"
Tom Griffiths,
HR. Luce Professor of Information Technology, Consciousness, & Culture, Princeton.
Tuesday April 29, 16:00 BST.
"Using cognitive science to explore the symbolic limits of large language models"
Now available online, the recording of Marcel Binz's April 1st CCCM talk "Foundation models of human cognition"
youtu.be/1LB8_q_ib4A
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Marcel Binz: "Foundation models of human cognition"
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April 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Now available online, the recording of Marcel Binz's April 1st CCCM talk "Foundation models of human cognition"
youtu.be/1LB8_q_ib4A
youtu.be/1LB8_q_ib4A
30m post doc opportunity at Birkbeck conducting experiments and agent-based modelling on inclusion and equitable participation in the context of an EU-funded project on Digital Democracy - start date July 1st
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Postdoctoral Researcher at Birkbeck, University of London
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April 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
30m post doc opportunity at Birkbeck conducting experiments and agent-based modelling on inclusion and equitable participation in the context of an EU-funded project on Digital Democracy - start date July 1st
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The recording for Jay McClelland's CCCM Seminar in the "Cognitive Science of Generative AI" series is now online
Jay McClelland, Stanford
"Capturing Intelligence at the Level of Thought"
March 4, 2025
youtu.be/cn7k5DzcG2s
Jay McClelland, Stanford
"Capturing Intelligence at the Level of Thought"
March 4, 2025
youtu.be/cn7k5DzcG2s
Jay McClelland: "Capturing Intelligence at the Level of Thought"
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March 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The recording for Jay McClelland's CCCM Seminar in the "Cognitive Science of Generative AI" series is now online
Jay McClelland, Stanford
"Capturing Intelligence at the Level of Thought"
March 4, 2025
youtu.be/cn7k5DzcG2s
Jay McClelland, Stanford
"Capturing Intelligence at the Level of Thought"
March 4, 2025
youtu.be/cn7k5DzcG2s
Join us for our next CCCM seminar on "The Cognitive Science of Generative AI"
Jay McClelland
Lucie Stern Professor in the Social Sciences, Stanford University
"Capturing Intelligence at the Level of Thought" (4 Mar 2025, 16:00, online)
registration: psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
Jay McClelland
Lucie Stern Professor in the Social Sciences, Stanford University
"Capturing Intelligence at the Level of Thought" (4 Mar 2025, 16:00, online)
registration: psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
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March 1, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Join us for our next CCCM seminar on "The Cognitive Science of Generative AI"
Jay McClelland
Lucie Stern Professor in the Social Sciences, Stanford University
"Capturing Intelligence at the Level of Thought" (4 Mar 2025, 16:00, online)
registration: psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
Jay McClelland
Lucie Stern Professor in the Social Sciences, Stanford University
"Capturing Intelligence at the Level of Thought" (4 Mar 2025, 16:00, online)
registration: psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
join us today, Feb. 18, 16:00, GMT online for our next "Cognitive Science of Generative AI" seminar:
David Garcia
Social and Behavioural Data Science, Univ. of Konstanz
"From Digital Traces to Generative Agents"
registration page:
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David Garcia
Social and Behavioural Data Science, Univ. of Konstanz
"From Digital Traces to Generative Agents"
registration page:
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February 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
join us today, Feb. 18, 16:00, GMT online for our next "Cognitive Science of Generative AI" seminar:
David Garcia
Social and Behavioural Data Science, Univ. of Konstanz
"From Digital Traces to Generative Agents"
registration page:
psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
David Garcia
Social and Behavioural Data Science, Univ. of Konstanz
"From Digital Traces to Generative Agents"
registration page:
psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
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for those who missed it, Benjamin Bergen's talk on “Large Language Models as Distributional Baselines for Research on Human Cognition” can now be found online here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QWl... 🧪
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QWl... 🧪
Benjamin Bergen: "LLMs as distributional baselines for research on human"
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February 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
for those who missed it, Benjamin Bergen's talk on “Large Language Models as Distributional Baselines for Research on Human Cognition” can now be found online here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QWl... 🧪
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QWl... 🧪
Join us tomorrow, Tue. Feb. 4th, 16:00 GMT, online, for our next CCCM the "Cognitive Science of Generative AI" seminar. Speaker:
Benjamin Bergen,
Cognitive Science, UCSD
“Large Language Models as Distributional Baselines for Research on Human Cognition”
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Benjamin Bergen,
Cognitive Science, UCSD
“Large Language Models as Distributional Baselines for Research on Human Cognition”
register
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Seminar Series – Centre for Cognition, Computation and Modelling
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February 4, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Join us tomorrow, Tue. Feb. 4th, 16:00 GMT, online, for our next CCCM the "Cognitive Science of Generative AI" seminar. Speaker:
Benjamin Bergen,
Cognitive Science, UCSD
“Large Language Models as Distributional Baselines for Research on Human Cognition”
register
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Benjamin Bergen,
Cognitive Science, UCSD
“Large Language Models as Distributional Baselines for Research on Human Cognition”
register
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Seminar Series – Centre for Cognition, Computation and Modelling
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February 3, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Join us tomorrow, Tue. Feb. 4th, 16:00 GMT, online, for our next CCCM the "Cognitive Science of Generative AI" seminar. Speaker:
Benjamin Bergen,
Cognitive Science, UCSD
“Large Language Models as Distributional Baselines for Research on Human Cognition”
register
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Benjamin Bergen,
Cognitive Science, UCSD
“Large Language Models as Distributional Baselines for Research on Human Cognition”
register
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Join us tomorrow for our next CCCM "The Cognitive Science of genAI" talk (note the earlier time!!) #LLM #cogsci 🧪
Raphael Milliere
Philosophy, Macquarie University in Sydney
"Desiderata for Artificial Cognitive Science" (21 Jan 2025, 10:00 am, online)
registration: psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
Raphael Milliere
Philosophy, Macquarie University in Sydney
"Desiderata for Artificial Cognitive Science" (21 Jan 2025, 10:00 am, online)
registration: psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
Seminar Series – Centre for Cognition, Computation and Modelling
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January 20, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Join us tomorrow for our next CCCM "The Cognitive Science of genAI" talk (note the earlier time!!) #LLM #cogsci 🧪
Raphael Milliere
Philosophy, Macquarie University in Sydney
"Desiderata for Artificial Cognitive Science" (21 Jan 2025, 10:00 am, online)
registration: psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
Raphael Milliere
Philosophy, Macquarie University in Sydney
"Desiderata for Artificial Cognitive Science" (21 Jan 2025, 10:00 am, online)
registration: psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
Today!
Our next CCCM seminar on "The Cognitive Science of Generative AI" will feature Dimitri Coelho Mollo, Philosophy & Centre for Transdisciplinary AI, Umea University on:
"Functional Ontologies for Explainable AI: lessons from Cognitive Science"
Jan 14, 16:00 GMT
see:
psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
"Functional Ontologies for Explainable AI: lessons from Cognitive Science"
Jan 14, 16:00 GMT
see:
psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
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January 14, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Today!
Our next CCCM seminar on "The Cognitive Science of Generative AI" will feature Dimitri Coelho Mollo, Philosophy & Centre for Transdisciplinary AI, Umea University on:
"Functional Ontologies for Explainable AI: lessons from Cognitive Science"
Jan 14, 16:00 GMT
see:
psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
"Functional Ontologies for Explainable AI: lessons from Cognitive Science"
Jan 14, 16:00 GMT
see:
psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
Speakers – Centre for Cognition, Computation and Modelling
psyc.bbk.ac.uk
January 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Our next CCCM seminar on "The Cognitive Science of Generative AI" will feature Dimitri Coelho Mollo, Philosophy & Centre for Transdisciplinary AI, Umea University on:
"Functional Ontologies for Explainable AI: lessons from Cognitive Science"
Jan 14, 16:00 GMT
see:
psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
"Functional Ontologies for Explainable AI: lessons from Cognitive Science"
Jan 14, 16:00 GMT
see:
psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
Th recording from David Dank's talk on "Generative AI and Moral Reasoning" is now available if you missed yesterday's talk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=edMW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=edMW...
David Danks "Generative AI and Moral Reasoning"
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January 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Th recording from David Dank's talk on "Generative AI and Moral Reasoning" is now available if you missed yesterday's talk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=edMW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=edMW...
join us for the first CCCM seminar series "The Cognitive Science of genAI" talk of 2025:
Tuesday, Jan 7th, 16:00 GMT
David Danks
Professor of Data Science, Philosophy, and Policy. UCSD
“Generative AI and Moral Reasoning
register for zoom link:
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Tuesday, Jan 7th, 16:00 GMT
David Danks
Professor of Data Science, Philosophy, and Policy. UCSD
“Generative AI and Moral Reasoning
register for zoom link:
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Seminar Series – Centre for Cognition, Computation and Modelling
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January 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
join us for the first CCCM seminar series "The Cognitive Science of genAI" talk of 2025:
Tuesday, Jan 7th, 16:00 GMT
David Danks
Professor of Data Science, Philosophy, and Policy. UCSD
“Generative AI and Moral Reasoning
register for zoom link:
psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
Tuesday, Jan 7th, 16:00 GMT
David Danks
Professor of Data Science, Philosophy, and Policy. UCSD
“Generative AI and Moral Reasoning
register for zoom link:
psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
The recording from Ellie Pavlick's CCCM seminar talk "Not your mother's connectionism: LLMs as candidate cognitive models", Dec 17, 2024 is now online if you missed the talk
youtu.be/saOse3oC89g
youtu.be/saOse3oC89g
Ellie Pavlick "Not your mother's connectionism: LLMs as candidate cognitive models"
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December 18, 2024 at 12:33 PM
The recording from Ellie Pavlick's CCCM seminar talk "Not your mother's connectionism: LLMs as candidate cognitive models", Dec 17, 2024 is now online if you missed the talk
youtu.be/saOse3oC89g
youtu.be/saOse3oC89g
Today our final 2024 talk in the CCCM seminar series "The Cognitive Science of Generative AI":
Ellie Pavlick
Comp. Science and Linguistics, Brown University
“Neural and Cognitive Mechanisms in Large Language Models” 17 Dec 2024, 16:00 GMT, online
registration: psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
Ellie Pavlick
Comp. Science and Linguistics, Brown University
“Neural and Cognitive Mechanisms in Large Language Models” 17 Dec 2024, 16:00 GMT, online
registration: psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
Seminar Series – Centre for Cognition, Computation and Modelling
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December 17, 2024 at 9:39 AM
Today our final 2024 talk in the CCCM seminar series "The Cognitive Science of Generative AI":
Ellie Pavlick
Comp. Science and Linguistics, Brown University
“Neural and Cognitive Mechanisms in Large Language Models” 17 Dec 2024, 16:00 GMT, online
registration: psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
Ellie Pavlick
Comp. Science and Linguistics, Brown University
“Neural and Cognitive Mechanisms in Large Language Models” 17 Dec 2024, 16:00 GMT, online
registration: psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
tomorrow!!
Join for our final 2024 talk in the CCCM seminar series "The Cognitive Science of Generative AI":
Ellie Pavlick
Comp. Science and Linguistics, Brown University
“Neural and Cognitive Mechanisms in Large Language Models” 17 Dec 2024, 16:00 GMT, online
registration: psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
Ellie Pavlick
Comp. Science and Linguistics, Brown University
“Neural and Cognitive Mechanisms in Large Language Models” 17 Dec 2024, 16:00 GMT, online
registration: psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
Seminar Series – Centre for Cognition, Computation and Modelling
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December 16, 2024 at 11:35 AM
tomorrow!!
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Join for our final 2024 talk in the CCCM seminar series "The Cognitive Science of Generative AI":
Ellie Pavlick
Comp. Science and Linguistics, Brown University
“Neural and Cognitive Mechanisms in Large Language Models” 17 Dec 2024, 16:00 GMT, online
registration: psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
Ellie Pavlick
Comp. Science and Linguistics, Brown University
“Neural and Cognitive Mechanisms in Large Language Models” 17 Dec 2024, 16:00 GMT, online
registration: psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
Seminar Series – Centre for Cognition, Computation and Modelling
psyc.bbk.ac.uk
December 9, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Join for our final 2024 talk in the CCCM seminar series "The Cognitive Science of Generative AI":
Ellie Pavlick
Comp. Science and Linguistics, Brown University
“Neural and Cognitive Mechanisms in Large Language Models” 17 Dec 2024, 16:00 GMT, online
registration: psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
Ellie Pavlick
Comp. Science and Linguistics, Brown University
“Neural and Cognitive Mechanisms in Large Language Models” 17 Dec 2024, 16:00 GMT, online
registration: psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
Join for our final 2024 talk in the CCCM seminar series "The Cognitive Science of Generative AI":
Ellie Pavlick
Comp. Science and Linguistics, Brown University
“Neural and Cognitive Mechanisms in Large Language Models” 17 Dec 2024, 16:00 GMT, online
registration: psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
Ellie Pavlick
Comp. Science and Linguistics, Brown University
“Neural and Cognitive Mechanisms in Large Language Models” 17 Dec 2024, 16:00 GMT, online
registration: psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
Seminar Series – Centre for Cognition, Computation and Modelling
psyc.bbk.ac.uk
December 9, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Join for our final 2024 talk in the CCCM seminar series "The Cognitive Science of Generative AI":
Ellie Pavlick
Comp. Science and Linguistics, Brown University
“Neural and Cognitive Mechanisms in Large Language Models” 17 Dec 2024, 16:00 GMT, online
registration: psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
Ellie Pavlick
Comp. Science and Linguistics, Brown University
“Neural and Cognitive Mechanisms in Large Language Models” 17 Dec 2024, 16:00 GMT, online
registration: psyc.bbk.ac.uk/cccm/cccm-se...
the video from Anya Ivanova's talk on "Dissociating language and thought in humans and in machines" from last week's CCCM "the Cognitive Science of Generative AI" is now online
youtu.be/A2o7UXQZ1e0
youtu.be/A2o7UXQZ1e0
Anya Ivanova: Dissociating language and thought in humans and in machines
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December 9, 2024 at 12:34 PM
the video from Anya Ivanova's talk on "Dissociating language and thought in humans and in machines" from last week's CCCM "the Cognitive Science of Generative AI" is now online
youtu.be/A2o7UXQZ1e0
youtu.be/A2o7UXQZ1e0
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Today's Nobel lecture by John Hopfield is brilliant and moving. Fascinating to hear how hard he worked at finding the right problem. And how he arrived at that fateful discovery that got many of us into neuroscience. (And how it was useful that PNAS was unreviewed!)
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December 8, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Today's Nobel lecture by John Hopfield is brilliant and moving. Fascinating to hear how hard he worked at finding the right problem. And how he arrived at that fateful discovery that got many of us into neuroscience. (And how it was useful that PNAS was unreviewed!)
www.youtube.com/live/lPIVl5e...
www.youtube.com/live/lPIVl5e...
Today!!!
Join for our next talk in the CCCM seminar series on "The Cognitive Science of Generative AI". Speaker:
Anya Ivanova
Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology
Dissociating language and thought in humans and in machines
(5 Dec 2024, 16:00 GMT, online)
register:
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Anya Ivanova
Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology
Dissociating language and thought in humans and in machines
(5 Dec 2024, 16:00 GMT, online)
register:
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December 5, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Today!!!