February 5, 2025 – At the invitation of WhiteBox and the Centre for Cognitive Science, David Franklin (Technical University of Munich) presented his work on “Computational Mechanisms of Human Sensorimotor Adaptation” in Darmstadt today, and discussed our scientific approaches.
November 20, 2024 – At the invitation of WhiteBox and the Centre for Cognitive Science, Anna Hughes (University of Essex) presented her work on “Hide and seek: the psychology of camouflage and motion confusion” in Darmstadt today, and discussed our scientific approaches.
November 6, 2024 – At the invitation of WhiteBox and the Centre for Cognitive Science, Mate Lengyel (University of Cambridge) presented his work on “Normative models of cortical dynamics” in Darmstadt today, and discussed our scientific approaches.
October 23, 2024 – At the invitation of WhiteBox and the Centre for Cognitive Science, Leonie Oostwoud Wijdenes (Radboud University Nijmegen) presented her work on “Variability in sensorimotor control” in Darmstadt today, and discussed our scientific approaches.
October 2024 – The WhiteBox research team met from October 7 to 11 at Laacher See in the Eifel for their third retreat. The main topics were interdisciplinary scientific exchange and discussion of the current status of the work.
July 17, 2024 – At the invitation of WhiteBox and the Centre for Cognitive Science, Jozsef Fiser (Central European University, Vienna, Austria) presented his work on “Complex perceptual decision making processes in humans” in Darmstadt today, and discussed our scientific approaches.
July 15, 2024 – WhiteBox is engaged in the science simulation game “Knowledge versus Opinion” at schools in the federal state of Hesse. The simulation game introduces pupils to the importance of science and democracy. Learn more
July 10, 2024 – At the invitation of WhiteBox and the Centre for Cognitive Science, Ralf Haefner (University of Rochester) presented his work on “Causal inference during motion perception, and its neural basis” in Darmstadt today, and discussed our scientific approaches.
June 2024 – From 13-14 June 2024 the 4th Movement Academy took place in Bensheim with over 50 participants, which was mainly organized by the DFG RTG LokoAssist. The aim of the Movement Academy is to create a unique learning space for movement experts and people interested in movements, national and international, that come from a variety of backgrounds including arts, sports, medicine, therapy and science. The conference was also supported by the Center for Cognitive Science and due to the involved topics by the WhiteBox research cluster, among others. Learn more
June 12, 2024 – At the invitation of WhiteBox and the Centre for Cognitive Science, Maria Eckstein (Google DeepMind) presented her work on “Hybrid Modeling with Artificial Neural Networks Reveals how Memory Shapes Human Reward-Guided Learning” in Darmstadt today, and discussed our scientific approaches.
April 25, 2024 – WhiteBox supported this year’s Girls' Day, aimed at fostering curiosity and interest in cognitive science. The participants engaged in immersive sessions exploring various topics within the field. Learn more
April 2024 – WhiteBox supports the awareness event: “Uncovered Biases: The Power of Awareness in Dealing with Unconscious Bias” on 24th of April 2024. (The event is held in German only.) Learn more
January 2024 – In a publication in the renowned journal “Nature Human Behaviour”, WhiteBox researchers investigate the properties of behavioral economic theories automatically learned by artificial intelligence. The study highlights that cognitive science still cannot be easily automated by artificial intelligence and that a careful combination of theoretical reasoning, machine learning and data analysis is needed to understand and explain why human decisions are the way they are and deviate from the mathematical optimum. Read more (in German)
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