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Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive ScienceS2 #32 How can AI model our brains? Brain-to-brain with Prof. Dr. Tim C Kietzmann.Podcast Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf, Elisa Palme and Leslie Wolk Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder Write us an email to: kaleidopod@uos.de Contact us on Instagram: @kaleidoscience_pod 2025-05-081h 06

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive ScienceS2 #31 Can AI make its own music? Brain-to-brain with Prof. Dr. Kai-Uwe Kühnberger.2025-04-101h 11

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive ScienceS2 #30 What happens when we make music? Brain-to-brain with Dr. Jesper Hohagen.(1) influence of the mozart effect on US-american education politics in the case of Georgia 1998 (New York Times article from 1998) (2) link between music and neuroendocrinology (two reviews) Kreutz, Gunter, Cynthia Quiroga Murcia, and Stephan Bongard, 'Psychoneuroendocrine Research on Music and Health: An Overview', in Raymond MacDonald, Gunter Kreutz, and Laura Mitchell (eds), Music, Health, and Wellbeing (Oxford, 2012; online edn, Oxford Academic, 24 May 2012), https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199586974.003.0030, Harvey AR (2020) Links Between the Neurobiology of Oxytocin and Human Musicality. Front. Hum. Neurosci. 14:350. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2020.00350 (3) perception of prototypical (musical) movements and the...2025-03-271h 02

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive ScienceS2 #29 How does working memory influence your attention and intelligence? Brain-to-brain with Prof. Klaus Oberauer.Literature: Dames, H., & Oberauer, K. (2022). Directed forgetting in working memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 151(12), 2990. Podcast Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf, Elisa Palme and Leslie Wolk Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder Write us an email to: kaleidopod@uos.de Contact us on Instagram: @kaleidoscience_pod 2025-02-2753 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive ScienceS2 #28 Can meditation influence your attention? Brain-to-brain with Prof. Paul Verhaeghen.For the third episode in our new block on the topic attention we are talking to Prof. Paul Verhaeghen. Papers: Baer, R. A., Smith, G. T., Hopkins, J., Krietemeyer, J., & Toney, L. (2006). Using self-report assessment methods to explore facets of mindfulness. Assessment, 13, 27–45. Lipsey, M. W., & Wilson, D. B. (1993). The efficacy of psychological, educational, and behavioral treatment: confirmation from meta-analysis. American Psychologist, 48, 1181–1209. Luders, E. (2014). Exploring age‐related brain degeneration in meditation practitioners. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1307(1), 82-88. Sedlmeier, P., Eberth, J., Schwarz, M., Zimmermann, D., Haarig, F., Ja...2025-02-1354 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive ScienceS2 #27 What if ADHD isn’t just about attention? Brain-to-brain with Prof. Ellie Dommett.For the second episode in our new block on the topic attention we are talking to Prof. Ellie Dommett. Recommended resources: Open Access short courses on ADHD: OR https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/understanding-adhd ScienceDaily has some great short articles on ADHD and they are all listed here: https://www.sciencedaily.com/news/mind_brain/add_and_adhd/ Podcast Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf, Elisa Palme and Leslie Wolk Logo by: Annika Richter Mus...2025-01-301h 15

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive ScienceS2 #26 Do pictures aid our ability to read or do they steal attention? Brain-to-brain with Eirini Christina Kalogeropoulou.For the first episode in our new block on the topic attention we are talking to Eirini Kalogeropoulou. References: Simons, D. J., & Chabris, C. F. (1999). Gorillas in our midst: Sustained inattentional blindness for dynamic events. Perception, 28(9), 1059–1074. https://doi.org/10.1068/p2952 Dimigen, O., Sommer, W., Hohlfeld, A., Jacobs, A. M., & Kliegl, R. (2011). Coregistration of eye movements and EEG in natural reading: Analyses and review. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 140(4), 552-572.10.1037/a0023885 Degno, F., & Liversedge, S. P. (2020). Eye movements and fixation-related potentials in reading: A Review. Vision, 4(1), 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/vision4010011 Podcast Credits:...2025-01-161h 00

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive ScienceChristmas Special 2024. Bonus-to-Brain with your hosts and producersChristmas SpecialAs promised: Vanillekipferl (Vanilla crescents) Ingredients: 250 g wheat flour (type 405, all-purpose) (2 cups) 210 g butter (room temperature) (slightly less than 1 cup) 50 g ground almonds (1/2 cup) 50 g ground hazelnuts (1/2 cup) 90 g sugar (just under 1/2 cup) 1 pinch of salt 100 g powdered sugar (3/4 cup) 4 sachets vanilla sugar (1/4 cup total) Instructions: Knead together the flour, butter, sugar, ground nuts, and salt. Wrap the dough in cling film and place it in the fridge for about 60 minutes. Mix the powdered sugar with the vanilla sugar. Preheat the oven to 175 °C (350°F). Remove walnut-sized lumps from the dough, roll th...2024-12-231h 28

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive ScienceS2 #25 Can AI help us treat Parkinson’s disease? Brain-to-brain with Christopher Gundler.A short hint: Christopher used the term “Coxi” that just means Cognitive Science or someone studying Cognitive Science. References: An overview over wearables and parkinsons: https://doi.org/10.3390/s22051799 More on the topic of hypomimia: https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci14010109 A discussion on limits of in Clinics: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-021-01614-0 The previous episode with Elisa Percolla: https://cogsci-journal.uni-osnabrueck.de/podcast/10-neural-correlates-of-parkinsons-disease-brain-to-brain-with-elisa-percolla/ Podcast Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf, Elisa Palme and Leslie Wolk Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca...2024-12-0557 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive ScienceS2 #24 Can a bracelet help you see? Brain-to-brain with Marcin Furtak.Resources: The episode with Susan Wache on the feelSpace belt: https://cogsci-journal.uni-osnabrueck.de/podcast/how-can-we-feel-space-brain-to-brain-with-susan-wache/ The episode with Piper Powell on the feelSpace bracelet: https://cogsci-journal.uni-osnabrueck.de/podcast/on-implementing-brains-seeing-with-hands-brain-to-brain-with-piper-powell-special-6/ The first published bracelet paper: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/9/2949 two papers on the naviBelt: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00037/full https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/21/7384 YOLOv5 code repository and its documentation: https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov5 https://docs.ultralytics.com/yolov5/ Marcin’s OptiVisT bio: https://www.optivist.eu/esr-10 The feelSpace website: https://feelspace.de/ Podcast Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsin...2024-11-211h 07

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive ScienceS2 #23 What does a (brain) pacemaker do in your brain? Brain-to-brain with Dora Meyer-Doll.Doras ongoing study: https://www.drks.de/DRKS00024593 Literature: Gadot, Ron et al. “Efficacy of deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder: systematic review and meta-analysis.” Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, jnnp-2021-328738. 20 Sep. 2022, doi:10.1136/jnnp-2021-328738 Schläpfer, T.E., Kayser, S. “Deep Brain Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Depression” Klin Neurophysiol 2014; 45: 113–117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0034-1375605 Human Medial Forebrain Bundle (MFB) and Anterior Thalamic Radiation (ATR): Imaging of Two Major Subcortical Pathways and the Dynamic Balance of Opposite Affects in Understanding Depression Volker A. Coenen, M.D. Jaak Panksepp, Ph.D. Trevor A. Hurwitz, M.D. Horst Ur...2024-11-131h 02

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive ScienceS2 #22 Can we get used to our pain? Brain-to-brain with Maite van der Miesen.Literature: Christoffersen, G. R. J. (1997). Habituation: events in the history of its characterization and linkage to synaptic depression. A new proposed kinetic criterion for its identification. Progress in neurobiology, 53(1), 45-66. van den Broeke, E. N., Crombez, G., & Vlaeyen, J. W. (2024). Reconceptualizing sensitization in pain: back to basics. Pain reports, 9(1), e1125. Velasco, E., Flores-Cortes, M., Guerra-Armas, J., Flix-Díez, L., Gurdiel-Álvarez, F., Donado-Bermejo, A., ... & Delicado-Miralles, M. (2024). Is chronic pain caused by central sensitization? A review and critical point of view. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 105886. https://www.forbes.com/health/mind/what-is-neurofeedback-therapy/ Credits: Pr...2024-10-241h 00

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive ScienceS2 #21 How does your pain make me feel? Brain-to-brain with Dr. Helena Hartmann.Remifentanyl study: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/scitranslmed.3001244 Studies on expectation: https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2023.853490 https://www.iasp-pain.org/resources/fact-sheets/placebo-and-nocebo-effects-the-importance-of-treatment-expectations-and-patient-physician-interaction-for-treatment-outcomes/ https://journals.lww.com/painrpts/fulltext/2024/04000/translating_knowledge_on_placebo_and_nocebo.22.aspx?context=latestarticles Helena’s phd studies: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105381192030882X https://academic.oup.com/cercorcomms/article/2/3/tgab039/6291206 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09567976221119727 https://www.nature.com/articles/s44159-023-00189-6 Studies on autism: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10803-007-0486-x https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/ar...2024-10-101h 11

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive ScienceS2 #20 What can we do about chronic back pain? Brain-to-brain with Dr. Janosch Priebe.For our first episode in our thematic block about pain we talked to Dr. Janosch Priebe. In this episode, he goes into detail about chronic pain, how it is different to acute pain and treatment options. References: McCarberg, B., & Peppin, J. (2019). Pain pathways and nervous system plasticity: learning and memory in pain. Pain Medicine, 20(12), 2421-2437. Horn‐Hofmann, C., Scheel, J., Dimova, V., Parthum, A., Carbon, R., Griessinger, N., … & Lautenbacher, S. (2018). Prediction of persistent post‐operative pain: Pain‐specific psychological variables compared with acute post‐operative pain and general psychological variables. European Journal of Pain, 22(1), 191-202. Priebe, J. A., Kerkem...2024-09-2656 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive ScienceSeason 2 Announcement. Bonus-to-brain with Elisa, Imogen, Sophie and Sönke.Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf, Elisa Palme and Leslie Wolk Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder Write us an email to: kaleidopod@uos.de Contact us on Instagram: @kaleidoscience_pod 2024-09-1209 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive ScienceHas it been a year already? Bonus-to-brain with Sophie, Elisa and SönkeAnd with this, our first season comes to an end. In our last episode before our summer break, we're talking about one year of podcasting - and honestly: what a year it was! We're taking some weeks of and will be back with new episodes in September. Credits: Produced by: Sophie Kühne and Alina Ohnesorge Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder 2024-08-011h 16

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive Science#19 How does the world shape our emotions? Brain-to-brain with Prof. Dr. phil. Achim Stephan.References: Jacobs, Kerrin, Achim Stephan, Asena Paskaleva & Wendy Wilutzky (2014). Existential and Atmospheric Feelings in Depressive Comportment. Philosophy, Psychiatry & Psychology 21(2), 89-110 (erschienen im März 2015). Ratcliffe, M. 2008. Feelings of being. Phenomenology, psychiatry and the sense of reality. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Scherer, Klaus (2005). What are emotions? Social Science Information, 44, 695–729. Slaby, J. (2016). Mind invasion: Situated affectivity and the corporate life hack. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 266. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg. 2016.00266 Stephan, Achim (2017). Moods in Layers. Philosophia 45, 1481-1495. doi: 10.1007/s11406-017-9841-0 Stephan, A., & Walter, S. (2020). Situated affectivity. In T. Szanto, & H...2024-07-011h 08

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive Science#18 What makes science to be good? Brain-to-brain with Prof. Dr. Michael Franke.Why do psychologists need statistics if they study the human mind? Professor Michael Franke studied and taught at Osnabrück University and now teaches at the University of Tübingen. He explains how his scientific pathway led him to study language and formal logic to better understand underlying statistical ideas. He explains the importance of methods in the field of cognitive science and the large impact they have on our understanding of the world. Listen to this episode if you want to learn more about the relevance of statistics, why it actually is fascinating to do statistics an...2024-06-1359 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive Science#17 How can AI decode the brain’s messages to move? Brain-to-brain with Mo Nipshagen.Did you know that your brain keeps sending signals to move your limbs even when your paralyzed? Mo Nipshagen is a PhD candidate at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour in Nijmegen. Together with their colleagues, they develop Brain-Computer-Interfaces to enable locked-in and paralyzed patients to interact with the world around them. Listen to this episode if you want to learn more about the future of paralysis treatment and how computers can interact with the human brain. Resources: Berezutskaya, J., Saive, AL., Jerbi, K., Gerven, M.v. (2023). How Does Artificial Intelligence Contribute to iEEG Research...2024-05-3059 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive Science#16 How does our brain handle distractions? Brain-to-brain with Erik Nickel.In this episode we talk to Erik Nickel who wrote his masters thesis about attention in visual stimuli and how it’s measured with EEG (electroencephalography).We talk about what attention is, how attention can be measured and a few different theories and explanation attempts. Mentioned papers:– Progress toward resolving the attentional capture debate, Steven J. Luck,Nicholas Gaspelin,Charles L. Folk,Roger W. Remington &Jan Theeuwes, https://doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2020.1848949– Inhibition in selective attention, Dirk van Moorselaar, Heleen A. Slagter, doi: [10.1111/nyas.14304] (https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fnyas.14304 )– Attention in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Machine Learning, Grace W. Lindsay, https://doi.org...2024-05-1656 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive Science#15 Can computers be creative? Brain-to-brain with Assistant Prof. Philipp Wicke.What does it mean for a system to be creative? Can humans and machines be creative together? How has the definition of machine creativity changed over the years? Philipp Wicke is an Assistant Professor at the Ludwig Maximilian Universität München and is asking exactly these questions in his research. Listen to this episode if you want to learn more about creative computers and how they have developed and further evolved over the past years! References: Boden, Margaret A. “Creativity and artificial intelligence.” Artificial intelligence 103.1-2 (1998): 347-356. Ventura, Dan. “Mere generation: Essential barometer or dated concept...2024-05-021h 01

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive Science#14 What is autism? A multifaceted perspective. Brain-to-brain with Ibrahim Muhip Tezcan.We had the pleasure to talk to Ibrahim Muhip Tezcan about autism. We discuss autistic traits, what neurodiversity and neurotypical means and neuronal differences in autistic people. Muhib tells us more about problems people with autism might face in everyday life, quiet hours in the supermarket and some advantages. Mentioned / Recommended literature: Paper: Pellicano, E., & Burr, D. (2012). When the world becomes ‘too real’: a Bayesian explanation of autistic perception. Trends in cognitive sciences, 16(10), 504-510. Baron‐Cohen, S. (2017). Editorial Perspective: Neurodiversity–a revolutionary concept for autism and psych...2024-04-1857 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive Science#13 How is AI misused for image based violence? Brain-to-brain with Annemarie Witschas.If you are a victim of sexual digital violence and need help here are some rescources: [ENG+] https://stopncii.org/ [ENG/GER] https://www.uni-jena.de/en/university/central-institutions/interessenvertretungen/equal-opportunities-office/information-about-equality/digital-violence-guide [GER] https://annanackt.com/ What had Steve Jobs to do with the moderation of pornography? What are deepfakes? Annemarie Witschas did her bachelor’s thesis in the field of ethics of AI by looking at pornography. She explains what deep fake pornography is and why it is such an immense problem, especially for woman*. This became pa...2024-04-0458 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive Science#12 Can we create green AI? Brain-to-brain with Cornelius Wolff.What is green AI? And can AI even be green? Sustainable use of Artificial Intelligence – what sounds like a clear conflict, is actually a multifaceted problem. Cornelius studies Cognitive Science and works for the DFKI (German Research Facility for Artificial Intelligence). He explains what green AI is, how AI can be used for sustainability and why some AI’s consume more energy than others. He gives us more insight into the work of the DFKI and the important aspects that come with implementing AI for sustainability. Listen to this episode to learn more about what enterprises can do to impr...2024-03-2147 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive Science#11 Can we feel space? Brain-to-brain with Susan Wache.More information: https://www.feelspace.de https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25038534/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34770689/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346329375_The_impact_of_the_sensory_augmentation_device_feelSpace_belt_on_spatial_orientation_and_navigation_of_blind_people Credits: Produced by: Sophie Kühne and Alina Ohnesorge Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder 2024-03-0749 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive Science#10 Parkinson’s Disease: Just a movement disorder? Brain-to-brain with Elisa Percolla.Do you know someone who has Parkinson’s disease? It is often characterized by trembling hands, but actually has many more aspects. Elisa Percolla is a scientific researcher at the institute of Cognitive Science in Osnabrück. She wrote her master thesis on Parkinson’s disease and studied the brains of patients with EEG. During the interview Elisa describes her way into the field of cognitive science and how the broadness of the field can sometimes go hand in hand with a feeling of inaccuracy since you can never be equally good at each sub-discipline. She proceeds to explain that...2024-02-2254 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive Science#9 What is a Fuzzy Neural Network? Brain-to-brain with Julia Hattendorf.Julia Hattendorf is studying Cognitive Science in Osnabrück. She found the topic for her bachelor thesis more or less by accident: While searching the internet, she stumbled across neuro-fuzzy systems. In this episode she talks about what that is and what one can do with it. Mentioned/Recommended papers: Zadeh, L. A. (1965). Fuzzy sets. Information and control, 8(3), 338-353. Lee, S. C., & Lee, E. T. (1975). Fuzzy neural networks. Mathematical Biosciences, 23(1-2), 151-177. Jang, J. S. (1993). ANFIS: adaptive-network-based fuzzy inference system. IEEE transactions on systems, man, and cybernetics, 23(3), 665-685. Talpur, N...2024-02-0837 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive Science#8 How can we get rid of our nightmares? Brain-to-brain with Katharina Lüth.Do you remember what you’ve been dreaming last night? At least a tiny bit of it? Even if some people cannot remember, most of us dream several different dreams each night. Often, those dreams are connected to what has happened during our wake life. Some of us might frequently experience rather stressful dreams, which cause us to wake up shaking or ruffled. And for some, those nightmares can be something that tremendously impacts their daily life and might make them afraid of going to bed. Katharina Lüth is a PhD student at the institute of Cognitive Science and...2024-01-2547 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive ScienceWho are your hosts? Bonus-to-brain with Alina, Elisa and Sönke For this special episode we have no guest but the hosts become the guests and are interviewed by our producer Alina. We talk about what Cognitive Science is to us and why we are fascinated by it. Recommended resources: GODFREY-SMITH, Peter. Other minds: The octopus and the evolution of intelligent life. London: William Collins, 2016. BARRETT, Lisa Feldman. How emotions are made: The secret life of the brain. Pan Macmillan, 2017. HAWKINS, Jeff; BLAKESLEE, Sandra. On intelligence. Macmillan, 2004. SETH, Anil. Being you: A new science of consciousness. Penguin, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/Exurb1a Credits: Produced b...2024-01-1151 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive ScienceOn deep neuronal networks, consciousness, and cognitive neuroscience. Brain-to-brain with Adrien Doerig. Special #12Adrien Doerig is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Cognitive Science in Osnabrück. He uses artificial neural networks to study visual processing and is also interested in consciousness research. Mentioned paper: Doerig, A., Sommers, R. P., Seeliger, K., Richards, B., Ismael, J., Lindsay, G. W., … & Kietzmann, T. C. (2023). The neuroconnectionist research programme. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 1-20. Credits: Produced by: Sophie Kühne and Alina Ohnesorge Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder 2023-12-2317 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive ScienceDecoding altered states of mind. Brain-to-brain with Linda Ariel Ventura. Special #11Have you ever been in a “flow” state? Sleeping, dreaming, being stressed, being in “flow” – Altered states of consciousness are something we all experience every single day and yet there is a lot more research to be done. Linda Ariel Ventura may only be at the beginning of her academic career, but her enthusiasm for Cognitive Science is already infectious. She is a bachelor student at the Institute of Cognitive Science in Osnabrück and a member of the Unimind initiative where she researches psychedelic science and altered states of consciousness. Credits: Produced by: Sophie Kühne and A...2023-12-2113 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive ScienceOn solving riddles and understanding the brain. Brain-to-brain with Viktoria Zemliak. Special #10What does solving mysteries of the world have to do with brains? And how does one come from wanting to be a detective to research neural networks? In this episode, we’re talking to Viktoria Zemliak. She is currently doing her PhD in the neuroinformatics research group at the Institute for Cognitive Science at the University of Osnabrück. As in many episodes, we will learn a lot about why a person is fascinated by the human mind and how this person ended up researching in the field of Cognitive Science more by accident than int...2023-12-1915 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive ScienceThe development of children and the future of the planet. Brain-to-brain with Dr. Annette Hohenberger. Special #9Dr. Annette Hohenberger is a lecturer for Cognitive Neuropsychology and is especially interested in the Cognitive Development of children. Additionally to the research she is doing, she is also a member of the local Scientists for Future group. Among other things, the Scientists for Future are organizing a lecture series which is also available online. Regionalgruppe Osnabrück Mentioned paper: Turk-Browne, N. B., Scholl, B. J., & Chun, M. M. (2008). Babies and brains: habituation in infant cognition and functional neuroimaging. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2, 333. Credits: Produced by: Sophie Kühne and Alina Oh...2023-12-1732 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive ScienceThe mind and spatial navigation. Brain-to-brain with Tracy Sánchez Pacheco. Special #8Tracy Sánchez Pacheco is researching social facilitation in spatial navigation as a PhD student at the institute of Cognitive Science. Not only Tracy’s research area is super interesting, also her methods are: She is using Virtual Reality to put her participants into an environment of which she and her colleagues can control almost all aspects. Mentioned/recommended papers: Dalton, R. C., Hölscher, C., & Montello, D. R. (2019). Wayfinding as a social activity. Frontiers in psychology, 10, 142. [Topic: the general relevance of social stimuli in spatial navigation] Kuehn, E., Chen, X., Geis...2023-12-1512 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive ScienceA path into AI: two decades of research. Brain-to-brain with Prof. Kai-Uwe Kühnberger. Special #7The field of artificial intelligence has changed and grown a lot in the last 20 years. Prof. Kai-Uwe Kühnberger witnessed this change first hand – and was part of it. After studying Mathematics, Philosophy and Linguistics, and doing a PhD in Computational Linguistics, he then worked internationally as a researcher. Since 2009 he is the professor for Artificial Intelligence at the Institute of Cognitive Science in Osnabrück. Mentioned paper: Vaswani, A., Shazeer, N., Parmar, N., Uszkoreit, J., Jones, L., Gomez, A. N., … & Polosukhin, I. (2017). Attention is all you need. Advances in neural information processing system...2023-12-1314 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive ScienceOn implementing brains & seeing with hands. Brain-to-brain with Piper Powell. Special #6Piper has an interdisciplinary background in Psychology, Neuroscience and Machine Learning and is applying her knowledge in two amazing projects: For one, she is developing a wearable grasping assistant tool for the blind and visually impaired, and she is aiming to understand neural mechanisms to implement them in neuromorphic networks. Credits: Produced by: Sophie Kühne and Alina Ohnesorge Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder 2023-12-1113 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive ScienceIrony: unspecific communication and its advantages. Brain-to-brain with Dr. Asya Achimova. Special #5Every sentence that we speak can conceal a myriad of meanings. Dr. Asya Achimova is exploring linguistic nuance: While some researchers assume ambiguity to be hindering in communication, Asya Achimova explores how we resolve and intentionally use ambiguous language. She did her PhD in Cognitive Psychology at Rutgers University in New Jersey and is currently the substitute professor for Cognitive Modeling at the Institute of Cognitive in Osnabrück. Listen to this episode if you want to know more about why irony sometimes fails and what the theoretical basics for this mismatch are. Credits: Produced b...2023-12-0914 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive ScienceWhat computations tell us about our neurological processes. Brain-to-brain with Assistant Professor Sebastian Musslick. Special #4Sebastian Musslick studied Psychology and Neuroscience, did his PhD at Princeton and is now an Assistant Professor for Computational Neuroscience at the Institute of Cognitive Science in Osnabrück. Like many of our guests, he is very passionate about his research and is fascinated by the interdisciplinary work between Neuroscientists and Computer Scientists. Recommended paper: Schultz, W., Dayan, P., & Montague, P. R. (1997). A neural substrate of prediction and reward. Science, 275(5306), 1593-1599. Credits: Produced by: Sophie Kühne and Alina Ohnesorge Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder 2023-12-0711 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive ScienceComputing Systems, Philosophy & a Conscious Universe. Brain-to-brain with Dr. Dr. Gregor Hörzer. Special #3In many ways, Dr. Dr. Gregor Hörzer incorporates the “CogSci experience” – he studied telematics and by coincidence started visiting philosophy lectures. He ended up doing a PhD in both, studied philosophy of mind and worked as a computational neuroscientist. He is now the dean of studies and study coordinator at the Institute of Cognitive Science in Osnabrück. Recommended books: Goff, P. (2019): Galileo’s Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness. Rider/Penguin. Goff, P. (2023): Why? The Purpose of the Universe. Oxford University Press. Credits: Produced by: Sophie Küh...2023-12-0518 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive ScienceFrom mothers to babies, researching comunication in Dolphins and Bonobos. Brain-to-brain with Jolinde Vlaeyen. Special #2Jolinde is a PhD candidate in the Comparative Biocognition group at the IKW Osnabrück. She is comparing bonobo and dolphin behavior, with a special focus on turn-taking in mother-child interactions – this may sound familiar, do you remember our episode with Bas van Boekholt on chimpanzee communication? If not, make sure to listen to it! And even though the researchers try not to disturb the animals, interactions are happening, both in the forest and in the sea. Listen to this episode if you want to learn more about how in-field research with dolphins and great apes looks like and whi...2023-12-0321 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive ScienceFrom Physics to Cognitive Neurobio-Psychology. Brain-to-brain with Prof. Dr. Peter König. Special #1 For our first special episode that we recorded at the Cognitive Science Space Day, we talked to Prof. Dr. Peter König. He is a lecturer for Neurobiopsychology and Elisa and Sophie talked with him about his journey from Physics to Medicine to Neuroscience research. Besides his appreciation for the group of students at Osnabrück University, Prof. König also offers a quick ride through the very basics of neuroscience and how it can be applied to patients. Listen to this episode if you want to learn more about the human brain, application-oriented research and the lov...2023-12-0132 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive Science#7 How do ethics answer AI questions? Brain-to-brain with Nora Freya Lindemann.Why do we have to talk about ethics when we’re talking about AI? And can we really trust the output ChatGPT or other AI functions provide us? And what’s the thing with Instagram filters – is there a bias into how they change the look of people? Those questions and many more will find answers in our next episode. We’re talking to Nora Freya Lindemann, a current PhD student. She is working in a project on AI and ethical questions connected to it, and is currently investigating decision making in chatbots and whic...2023-11-2352 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive Science#6 What can AI tell us about climate? Brain-to-brain with Charlotte Lange.Climate change and climate protection is a topic much discussed from different aspects. And it’s something that already affects us today and will become even more pressing in future. In this episode, we go brain-to-brain with Charlotte Lange. She loves nature and wants to protect it. For this, she uses a tool that is also often discussed, but mostly in different contexts. She’s doing research and working on projects that connect climate models with deep neural networks, a form of AI, and wants to use the tools offered by technology to play her role in pres...2023-11-0958 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive Science#5 What does dreaming have to do with emotions? Brain-to-brain with Jona Lemke.Have you had a bad dream recently? And have you ever wondered where your dreams come from and what they mean? In this episode we go brain-to-brain with Jona who wrote their bachelor’s thesis about emotional regulation during dreams. Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0 Cognitive Science Student Journal, Osnabrück University References: Cartwright, R. D. (1991). Dreams that work: The relation of dream incorporation to adaptation to stressful events. Dreaming, 1(1), 3–9. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0094312 Cartwright R, Agargun MY, Kirkby J, Friedman JK. Relation of dreams to waking concerns. Psychiatry Res. 2006 Mar 30;141(3):261-70. doi: 10.1016/j.psy...2023-10-2658 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive Science#4 How can GPT help us learn? Brain-to-brain with Konstantin Strömel.Nearly everyone has heard of ChatGPT and most of us already used it. While some consider it a helpful tool, others raise worried thoughts about the repercussions it might have for education systems. But did you ever think about how ChatGPT actually works? In a university project, Konstantin Strömel and Max Kalcher have developed a tool that uses GPT to create a digital learning assistant. In our fourth episode we go brain-to-brain with Konstantin and discuss their project and different aspects of how AI that is able to support students learning. Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0 C...2023-10-1243 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive Science#3 What does the chimp say? Brain-to-brain with Bas van Boekholt.Join us in our conversation on communication in great apes. We explore how Chimpanzees use turn-taking in their communication, Bas shares some fascinating stories from his infield experience and much more. Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0 Cognitive Science Student Journal, Osnabrück University For more information: Almost human with Jane Goodall (Documentary, 2007) Pika, S., Wilkinson, R., Kendrick, K. H., & Vernes, S. C. (2018). Taking turns: bridging the gap between human and animal communication. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 285(1880), 20180598. Graham, K. E., Hobaiter, C., Ounsley, J., Furuichi, T., & Byrne, R. W...2023-09-281h 03

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive Science#2 How can we improve our well-being? Brain-to-brain with Patricia Groß.Join us in our conversation on well-being. We explore how well-being is measured and what we can do ourselves in order to improve our well-being. Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0 Cognitive Science Student Journal, Osnabrück University Mentioned papers and articles: 24 character strengths: https://www.viacharacter.org/ eudaimonic and subjective well-being: Martela, F., & Sheldon, K. M. (2019). Clarifying the concept of well-Being: Psychological need satisfaction as the common core connecting eudaimonic and subjective well-being paper pie chart: Sonja Lyubomirsky and Kennon M. Sheldon, (2005), Pursu...2023-09-1456 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive Science#1 How can we hear our inner voice? Brain-to-brain with Daniel Müller.Join us in our conversation on inner speech and consciousness. We explore the functionality of inner speech and raise the question if an AI could have inner speech. Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0 Cognitive Science Student Journal, Osnabrück University Mentioned paper: Mann, Stephen Francis & Gregory, Daniel (forthcoming). Might text-davinci-003 have inner speech? Think. Credits: Produced by: Sophie Kühne and Alina Ohnesorge Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder 2023-08-3155 min

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive Science#0 Introducing our podcast and Cognitive ScienceBefore diving into conversations on Cognitive Science, we talk about what this research field generally covers. We outline the different topics, dive into the historical origin of the field and talk about our reasons to create a podcast on Cognitive Science. And – most boldly – we try to explain, what Cognitive Science is (though finding words for this is rather tricky). Produced by: Sophie Kühne and Alina Ohnesorge Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0 Cognitive Science Student Journal, Osnabrück University 2023-08-1324 min