Exploring Trends in Cognitive Science (EXP2026)

A PTE BTK Kognitív és Evolúciós Pszichológia Tanszék és a ViCE LAB kutatócsoport szervezésében 2026. február 5–6. között kerül megrendezésre az Exploring Trends in Cognitive Science (EXP26) című nemzetközi konferencia, amelynek célja, hogy bemutassa a kognitív pszichológia legújabb hazai és nemzetközi kutatási irányait, valamint teret adjon a tudományos diskurzusnak és a kutatói együttműködések elmélyítésének.

A konferencián plenáris előadást tart Dr. Eva Landova (Department of  Zoology, Charles University) és Dr. Somogyi Eszter (University of Portsmouth). A konferenciát megelőző napon pedig Dr. Pálfi Bence (Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London) tart online workshopot a bayesiánus statisztika alapjairól.

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The Department of Cognitive and Evolutionary Psychology at the University of Pécs, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, together with the ViCE LAB research group, is pleased to announce the Exploring Trends in Cognitive Science (EXP26) international conference, to be held on February 5–6, 2026.
The event aims to showcase the latest Hungarian and international research directions in cognitive psychology and to provide a platform for scientific discourse and the strengthening of research collaborations.
Dr. Eva Landova from the Department of Zoology at Charles University and Dr. Eszter Somogyi from the University of Portsmouth will be keynote speakers at the conference. Additionally, the day before the conference, Dr. Bence Pálfi from the Department of Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London, will conduct an online workshop on the fundamentals of Bayesian statistics.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Day 0. - February 4.

17:00-19:30 Online preconference workshop
Bence Pálfi (Goldsmiths, University of London): The Bayes factor: An intuitive tool for hypothesis testing that increases the credibility of research

Day 1. - February 5.

10:30-11:00 Arrival and registration
11:00-12:15 Opening and Keynote talk Eva Landová (Charles University): Evaluation of the emotions evoked by ancestral and modern threats: Are the fears of snakes and spiders influenced in the same way by our evolutionary past?
12:15-13:15 Lunch break
13:15-14:45 Talk session I. – Applied cognitive sciences András Matuz (University of Pécs): The effects of spaceflight on motor cognition and psychophysiological responses
Zsolt Palatinus (University of Szeged): The perception of carrying and caring in the context of self-driving technologies
Tamás Ruppert (University of Pannonia): Cognitive science in system engineering: the human-centric manufacturing approach
15:00-17:15 Poster presentations and Research group introduction (Coffee and snacks)

Day 2. - February 6.

9:00-9:30 Arrival and coffee
9:30-11:30 Talk session II. Affective science Anita Deák (University of Pécs): Wired to Laugh: Neural mechanisms of humor as an emotion regulation strategy
Gyöngyi Kökönyei (Eötvös Loránd University): Processing emotional stimuli in context: fMRI evidence from the emotional shifting task
Natália Kocsel (Eötvös Loránd University): Beyond trait emotion regulation: a state-level examination of self-critical rumination and daily affect
Iveta Stolhoferová (Charles University): Did you notice the snake or the spider? Distraction effects of two of the most frightening animals
11:30-12:30 Lunch break
12:30-14:00 Talk session III. Developmental cognitive psychology
Vera Varga (University of Pannonia): The role of phonology in the development of print tuning in typical and atypical readers
Brigitta Tóth (HUN-REN): From birth to lifespan: early brain function as a window into development and intervention
Ágnes Lukács (Budapest University of Technology and Economics): Language and cognitive changes across lifespan
14:15-15:30 Keynote talk II. and conference closing
Eszter Somogyi (University of Portsmouth): The development of body know how and the role of early sensorimotor experience