The Good Attention Project

Research project on attention - good and bad, housed at @UniOsloHF at @UniOslo, financed by @ERC_Research, occasionally tweeting also for SalientSolutions

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Possible submission topics include (but aren't limited to): function and/or malfunction in attention, natural origins of attention, natural norms for attention, the role of attention in agency and learning, etc.

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The deadline for submissions for our 'Functions of Attention' workshop has been EXTENDED by a week—new deadline is *Oct 22*. The workshop will take place at @UniOslo Feb 16-17. Keynote speakers: Denis Buehler (Jean Nicod) & Alison Springle (Miami).

CFP: https://t.co/AMwx7F0IdK

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All are welcome to join us in person or on Zoom! Reach out if you'd like the Zoom link (email organizer @AustinACBaker at [email protected]).

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We're hosting a workshop titled 'Attention and Non-Explicit Discrimination' this Thursday and Friday (August 17-18) in Oslo. Speakers include
@NeuroYogacara, @KathyPuddifoot, @AlfredArcher2,
@FintanMallory, @AustinACBaker, Anna Drożdżowicz, & Cal Howland.
https://t.co/U7GZ6wmFhh

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Our department now houses no less than 5 ERC grants! One of the best things about it: all our amazing postdocs and PhD candidates!

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Congratulations to my fantastic colleague, Gry Oftedal (https://t.co/tUJ1Eg1MKB) for winning an ERC consolidator grant on self assembly and its role for our view of life!

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Join us TODAY (Jan 17, 4-6 pm CET) where @add_hawk (University of Utah) will be presenting on "Value Collapse":

https://t.co/4LYoukPoKq

(Note that this talk is rescheduled and is during later time slot than our normal talks -- at 4 pm rather than 2 pm CET!)

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Deadline on **January 15th** for our two PhD and one postdoc position: https://t.co/C2KXBK4Nhc, https://t.co/7lrQqkSW6x, https://t.co/5ZacVM9fHY. Send candidates our way (we get a lot fewer candidates than one would expect. So definitely worth trying!)

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This Friday (Dec 9, 2-4 pm CET) Gaia Belardinelli and Thomas Bolander (University of Copenhagen) will be presenting on "Logical Models of the Dynamics of Attention and Belief" as part of the GoodAttention Speaker Series:

https://t.co/vxpZt4zb0u

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Super rich and interesting session on the cognitive principle of relevance yesterday with Dan Sperber, Deidre Wilson and the Good Attention Crew!

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Want to work with us? We have three new positions coming up: two PhD positions (https://t.co/C2KXBK4Nhc, https://t.co/7lrQqkSW6x), and one postdoc (https://t.co/5ZacVM9fHY). It's a nice group! (and we even pay a decent salary!) https://t.co/kk2ZvnQi05

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Next up in the GoodAttention Speaker Series we have Bahador Bahrami (Ludwig Maximillian University), who will be presenting on "Inter-personal alignment of beliefs in decision making under uncertainty" this Friday (November 18th, 2-4pm CET):

https://t.co/AZAlWmxNLi

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In GoodAttention Speaker Series, Ned Block (NYU) will present this Friday (November 4th from 2-4 pm, CET) on "Nonconceptual Color Perception". https://t.co/aqJUhf2iXc

His talk is on zoom and based on work in his forthcoming book The Border Between Seeing and Thinking.

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@watzl_sebastian ... just to make sure: that was a joke. It's a really nice group!

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Our sisterproject SalientSolutions is hiring a new PhD Fellow. The candidates will become a part of our research team. Excited to see many good applications!

https://t.co/igNGHP6keI
https://t.co/C2KXBJNbSC

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For some of what we are doing see also our opening workshop from the summer: https://t.co/0UCy84dGBF

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We've started a speaker series. Check out our lineup: https://t.co/urNd3n3FDA