Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive Science

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.

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Produced by: Sophie Kühne and Alina Ohnesorge

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

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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

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measurement of subjective well-being: Diener, E. (2007). Guidelines for national indicators of subjective well-Being and ill-Being.

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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.

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Produced by: Sophie Kühne and Alina Ohnesorge

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.

Produced by: Sophie Kühne and Alina Ohnesorge