Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive Science

Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf, Elisa Palme
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Kaleidoscience is a podcast interviewing guests across the field of Cognitive Science. We explore questions such as what it means to be conscious, what AI might think, how the brain processes language - and much more. Find the answers to questions you may or may not have asked yourself. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaleidoscience_pod/ Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf, Elisa Palme and Leslie Wolk Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder

  1. 08/13/2023

    #0 Introducing our podcast and Cognitive Science

    Before diving into conversations on Cognitive Science, we talk about what this research field generally covers. We outline the different topics, dive into the historical origin of the field and talk about our reasons to create a podcast on Cognitive Science. And – most boldly – we try to explain, what Cognitive Science is (though finding words for this is rather tricky). Produced by: Sophie Kühne and Alina Ohnesorge Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder   Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0 Cognitive Science Student Journal, Osnabrück University

    24 min

  2. 08/31/2023

    #1 How can we hear our inner voice? Brain-to-brain with Daniel Müller.

    Join us in our conversation on inner speech and consciousness. We explore the functionality of inner speech and raise the question if an AI could have inner speech. Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0 Cognitive Science Student Journal, Osnabrück University Mentioned paper: Mann, Stephen Francis & Gregory, Daniel (forthcoming). Might text-davinci-003 have inner speech? Think. Credits: Produced by: Sophie Kühne and Alina Ohnesorge Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder

    55 min

  3. 09/14/2023

    #2 How can we improve our well-being? Brain-to-brain with Patricia Groß.

    Join us in our conversation on well-being. We explore how well-being is measured and what we can do ourselves in order to improve our well-being. Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0 Cognitive Science Student Journal, Osnabrück University Mentioned papers and articles:   24 character strengths: https://www.viacharacter.org/   eudaimonic and subjective well-being: Martela, F., & Sheldon, K. M. (2019). Clarifying the concept of well-Being: Psychological need satisfaction as the common core connecting eudaimonic and subjective well-being   paper pie chart:   Sonja Lyubomirsky and Kennon M. Sheldon, (2005), Pursuing Happiness: The Architecture of Sustainable Change Kennon M. Sheldon & Sonja Lyubomirsky, 2021, Revisiting the Sustainable Happiness Model and Pie Chart: Can Happiness Be Successfully Pursued?   measurement of subjective well-being: Diener, E. (2007). Guidelines for national indicators of subjective well-Being and ill-Being. Credits: Produced by: Sophie Kühne and Alina Ohnesorge Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder

    56 min

  4. 09/28/2023

    #3 What does the chimp say? Brain-to-brain with Bas van Boekholt.

    Join us in our conversation on communication in great apes. We explore how Chimpanzees use turn-taking in their communication, Bas shares some fascinating stories from his infield experience and much more. Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0 Cognitive Science Student Journal, Osnabrück University   For more information: Almost human with Jane Goodall (Documentary, 2007) Pika, S., Wilkinson, R., Kendrick, K. H., & Vernes, S. C. (2018). Taking turns: bridging the gap between human and animal communication. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 285(1880), 20180598. Graham, K. E., Hobaiter, C., Ounsley, J., Furuichi, T., & Byrne, R. W. (2018). Bonobo and chimpanzee gestures overlap extensively in meaning. PLoS biology, 16(2), e2004825. Monkeytalk: Inside the Worlds and Minds of Primates (Fischer, 2017, book)   Credits: Produced by: Sophie Kühne and Alina OhnesorgeLogo by: Annika RichterMusic by: Jan-Luca Schröder

    1h 4m

  5. 10/12/2023

    #4 How can GPT help us learn? Brain-to-brain with Konstantin Strömel.

    Nearly everyone has heard of ChatGPT and most of us already used it. While some consider it a helpful tool, others raise worried thoughts about the repercussions it might have for education systems. But did you ever think about how ChatGPT actually works? In a university project, Konstantin Strömel and Max Kalcher have developed a tool that uses GPT to create a digital learning assistant. In our fourth episode we go brain-to-brain with Konstantin and discuss their project and different aspects of how AI that is able to support students learning. Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0 Cognitive Science Student Journal, Osnabrück University Reference: https://www.khanacademy.org/khan-labs Credits: Produced by: Sophie Kühne and Alina Ohnesorge Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder

    43 min

  6. 10/26/2023

    #5 What does dreaming have to do with emotions? Brain-to-brain with Jona Lemke.

    Have you had a bad dream recently? And have you ever wondered where your dreams come from and what they mean? In this episode we go brain-to-brain with Jona who wrote their bachelor’s thesis about emotional regulation during dreams. Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0 Cognitive Science Student Journal, Osnabrück University References: Cartwright, R. D. (1991). Dreams that work: The relation of dream incorporation to adaptation to stressful events. Dreaming, 1(1), 3–9. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0094312 Cartwright R, Agargun MY, Kirkby J, Friedman JK. Relation of dreams to waking concerns. Psychiatry Res. 2006 Mar 30;141(3):261-70. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.05.013. Epub 2006 Feb 23. PMID: 16497389. Werner GG, Schabus M, Blechert J, Wilhelm FH. Differential Effects of REM Sleep on Emotional Processing: Initial Evidence for Increased Short-term Emotional Responses and Reduced Long-term Intrusive Memories. Behav Sleep Med. 2021 Jan-Feb;19(1):83-98. doi: 10.1080/15402002.2020.1713134. Epub 2020 Jan 23. PMID: 31971007. Credits: Produced by: Sophie Kühne and Alina Ohnesorge Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder

    58 min

  7. 11/09/2023

    #6 What can AI tell us about climate? Brain-to-brain with Charlotte Lange.

    Climate change and climate protection is a topic much discussed from different aspects. And it’s something that already affects us today and will become even more pressing in future. In this episode, we go brain-to-brain with Charlotte Lange. She loves nature and wants to protect it. For this, she uses a tool that is also often discussed, but mostly in different contexts. She’s doing research and working on projects that connect climate models with deep neural networks, a form of AI, and wants to use the tools offered by technology to play her role in preserving nature. References: David Rolnick, Priya L. Donti, Lynn H. Kaack, Kelly Kochanski, Alexandre Lacoste, Kris Sankaran, Andrew Slavin Ross, Nikola Milojevic-Dupont, Natasha Jaques, Anna Waldman-Brown, Alexandra Luccioni, Tegan Maharaj, Evan D. Sherwin, S. Karthik Mukkavilli, Konrad P. Kording, Carla Gomes, Andrew Y. Ng, Demis Hassabis, John C. Platt, Felix Creutzig, Jennifer Chayes, & Yoshua Bengio. (2019). Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning. Salva Rühling Cachay, Venkatesh Ramesh, Jason N. S. Cole, Howard Barker, & David Rolnick. (2021). ClimART: A Benchmark Dataset for Emulating Atmospheric Radiative Transfer in Weather and Climate Models. Kaltenborn, J., Lange, C. E. E., Ramesh, V., Brouillard, P., Gurwicz, Y., Nagda, C., … & Rolnick, D. (2023, November). ClimateSet: A Large-Scale Climate Model Dataset for Machine Learning. In Thirty-seventh Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems Datasets and Benchmarks Track. Credits: Produced by: Sophie Kühne and Alina Ohnesorge Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder

    58 min

  8. 11/23/2023

    #7 How do ethics answer AI questions? Brain-to-brain with Nora Freya Lindemann.

    Why do we have to talk about ethics when we’re talking about AI? And can we really trust the output ChatGPT or other AI functions provide us? And what’s the thing with Instagram filters – is there a bias into how they change the look of people? Those questions and many more will find answers in our next episode. We’re talking to Nora Freya Lindemann, a current PhD student. She is working in a project on AI and ethical questions connected to it, and is currently investigating decision making in chatbots and which impact those can have on the society. References: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/bing-chat-election-2023/ https://aclanthology.org/2020.acl-main.463.pdf More about the Amazon hiring algorithm: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-jobs-automation-insight-idUSKCN1MK08G https://www.amazon.de/Qualityland-Visit-Tomorrow-Marc-Uwe-Kling/dp/140919115X/ Credits: Produced by: Sophie Kühne and Alina Ohnesorge Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder

    53 min
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Kaleidoscience is a podcast interviewing guests across the field of Cognitive Science. We explore questions such as what it means to be conscious, what AI might think, how the brain processes language - and much more. Find the answers to questions you may or may not have asked yourself. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaleidoscience_pod/ Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf, Elisa Palme and Leslie Wolk Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder

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