Abstract:  Are humans unique? If so, which cognitive and communication skills characterize human beings? Are these characteristics universal, or do they vary depending on the individual's social, ecological, and cultural background? While it may sound plausible that answering these questions requires the comparison of different cultural groups to learn about the universals and variability of

"Boost your experiments!" The ScioI cluster provides for several post-doc level research positions for improving scientific integration across disciplines, as well as for advancing the level of sophistication in experiments we can conduct in the ScioI Labs. Currently, there are two "support" post-docs, Pia Bideau and Raphael Deimel. Pia is an expert in motion-based image

Abstract: Implicit or explicit assumptions which used to guide our empirical study of visual perception have started to be called into question. We would like to share this observation with other people, hear about similar or different developments in other fields, and discuss its consequences.