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The CCR Summer Seminar series will continue this year, on the theme of ‘Representation and Nature’. The draft programme is now available: Summer seminar 2015_programme All welcome!

Research Fellow (PhD/PostDoc) in Risks of Digital DIY Manufacturing —————————————————————————–   EC Research Project “Digital Do It Yourself” (DiDIY), Horizon 2020, ICT 31-2014-644344   30 months (starting January 2015 or…Read More >

Please find below the talks we currently have arranged for Spring 2015. All are welcome at all talks. 1)  Prof. Rosemary Varley, UCL. Title:/Location tba. Wednesday 18th March, 3-4.30pm. (Please…Read More >

For further details about the Centre and the work of its members, please see our new website: Centre for Cognition

This Thursday (13th) we will be discussing Edouard Machery’s short paper ‘The folk concept of intentional action’, in Humss 181, 2.15-3.45.  The paper can be found here.

The following conference (organised by recent CCR speaker Vincent Müller) and call for papers may be of interest to members: Philosophy & Theory of AI Conference, Oxford, 21 & 22…Read More >

An affectionate obitury for Henry Molaison, an amnesiac who was the subject of research into memory for 55 years: http://m.guardiannews.com/science/2013/may/05/henry-molaison-amnesiac-corkin-book-feature?post_id=716807003_10151882046737004

You can see some photos of Andrew Glennerster’s talk on the Philosophy at the University of Reading facebook site: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Philosophy-at-the-University-of-Reading/125492997485879

Interesting results from Psychologists at University of Bath concerning sighted vs. unsighted word recall tests: http://www.skynews.com.au/health/article.aspx?id=867769

Interesting discussion on Radio 4’s Start the Week about the future of neuro-enhancement: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rv8dv  

Interesting piece on the neuroscience behind extreme memory abilities and the impact of loss of hemispheric connection, by Berit Brogaard:  http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-superhuman-mind/201303/the-brain-the-real-rain-man

Welcome to the new blog for the Centre for Cognition Research at Reading. This blog aims to report the activities and events of the Centre, together with comment on and discussion…Read More >