BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:ILLC Website X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Amsterdam X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19700329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19701025T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Archives/2023/newsitem/14486/9- October-2023-PhD-defense-Ivar-Kolvoort DTSTAMP:20230918T104249 SUMMARY:PhD defense, Ivar Kolvoort DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20231009T140000 LOCATION:Agnietenkapel, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 231, Amsterdam ATTENDEE;ROLE=Supervisor:Katrin Schulz, Leendert v an Maanen ATTENDEE;ROLE=Promotor:Leendert van Maanen, Han va n der Maas DESCRIPTION:In my PhD thesis, I present research i nto human causal cognition using a variety of pers pectives and methodologies. Causal cognition refer s to people's ability to understand cause-and-effe ct relationships and to reason about how events ar e connected in terms of causes and effects. This p lays a crucial role in most of our daily activitie s, including decision-making, problem-solving, and learning. The research in my thesis is structured in three parts. In the Part 1, I present experime ntal research investigating variability in causal judgments and the effect of time pressure on causa l reasoning. In Part 2, I develop and test a new c omputational cognitive model of causal reasoning: the Bayesian Mutation Sampler. Lastly, in Part 3, I identify a lack of an embodied perspective on ca usal cognition. To address this gap, I put forward an affordance-based theory of causal engagement t hat is grounded in the principles of ecological ps ychology and enactivism. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n

In my PhD thes is, I present research into human causal cognition using a variety of perspectives and methodologies . Causal cognition refers to people's ability to u nderstand cause-and-effect relationships and to re ason about how events are connected in terms of ca uses and effects. This plays a crucial role in mos t of our daily activities, including decision-maki ng, problem-solving, and learning. The research in my thesis is structured in three parts. In the Pa rt 1, I present experimental research investigatin g variability in causal judgments and the effect o f time pressure on causal reasoning. In Part 2, I develop and test a new computational cognitive mod el of causal reasoning: the Bayesian Mutation Samp ler. Lastly, in Part 3, I identify a lack of an em bodied perspective on causal cognition. To address this gap, I put forward an affordance-based theor y of causal engagement that is grounded in the pri nciples of ecological psychology and enactivism.\n URL:/NewsandEvents/Archives/2023/newsitem/14486/9- October-2023-PhD-defense-Ivar-Kolvoort CONTACT:Ivar Kolvoort at i.r.kolvoort at uva.nl END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR