🎤 Honoris Causa Lunch Talks – Apr 10, 2026
Aix-Marseille Université hosts Usha Goswami (Cambridge) & Martin Pickering (Edinburgh).
📍 Amphi 7, 29 Av. Robert Schuman, Aix
🕒 10 AM–12 PM + lunch
🔗 Free registration: ilcb.fr/event/seminaire
#HonorisCausa #ILCB #amU
Important Notes:
• You must apply to the Master’s program separately via Études en France / Mon Master / e-Candidature.
• The grant application does not replace the official Master’s application.
🎯 Who?
Strong backgrounds in psychology, CS, linguistics, or math
Skills in programming & stats (Python/R, inferential stats)
Currently enrolled abroad
⚠️ Must apply to the Master separately
📅 Deadline: April 28, 2026
🔗 Apply: columbo.univ-amu.fr/index.php/16...
🌍✨ [OPEN] Excellence Initiative Student Mobility Grants (AMidex) – M2 in Cognitive Science
💰 2 grants (€750/month) for international students (non-French) to join our M2 in Cognitive Science (Sept 2026).
🧠 ILCB co-funds the Cognitive Science Forum (FSC) on Language, March 7 at Campus St Charles.
Featuring talks, workshops, and demos with Kristoff Strijkers, François-Xavier Alario, Shreejata Gupta, and Serge Pinto.
🔗 Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#ILCB #CognitiveScience #Language
How do children learn language? Can AI help us model this process?
🎥 Abdellah Fourtassi discusses language acquisition, NLP & machine learning on Photizo on AI.
A great example of research meets science communication.
youtu.be/GJ8h3zEIStQ?...
#AI #CognitiveScience #NLP
🌍 Festival #Sciences & #Arts 2026 : "Humain/Animal. Une aventure commune ?"
📅 15-19 sept 2026
💡 Appel à participation ouvert à tous (chercheurs, étudiants, enseignants).
📝 Soumission avant le 10 avril : amuform.univ-amu.fr/festival-des...
Pour les membres ILCB intéressés : contactez Lilia Mena.
⏰ Deadline extended!
The submission deadline for the 8th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Cognitive Science of Culture (SCSC 2026) has been extended to February 15, 2026.
Early-bird registration is open until March 10, 2026.
#ILCB #SCSC2026 #CognitiveScience #Culture#CallForPapers
⏳ #SCSC2026 Abstract Deadline: Jan 31!
Submit your work for the Society for the #CognitiveScience of Culture meeting (Apr 22-24, Aix-Marseille).
🔗 Keynotes: Usha Goswami, Helmut Leder, Patrick Lemaire, Daniele Schön.
📢 Oral/poster presentations welcome!
🔗 Submit: culturalcogsci.org/AnnualMeetin...
🎉 MaSCo 2nd-year students present their Cognitive Engineering projects!
📅 Jan 30, 10 AM–3:30 PM
📍 LPL, Room B001
🎤 Keynote by Dr. Ana Zappa on language & VR.
💡 Projects: neuro musical, teddy bear companion, memory avatar for grandmas, & more!
#MaSCo #CognitiveEngineering #StudentProjects
🌍 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: SCSC 2026 (Aix-Marseille, April 22-24) 🌍
Explore cognition & culture across disciplines! Submit your abstract by Jan 31 for talks/posters.
More info:
🔗 culturalcogsci.org/AnnualMeeting.html
#SCSC2026 #CognitiveScience #Culture #CallForSubmissions
🎬 Worth (re)discovering!
Interdisciplinary institutes at #amU play a key role in fostering cross-disciplinary research.
👉 A great overview of these hubs of exchange and innovation including the #ILCB.
youtu.be/Gep8IuFTec4?...
#InterdisciplinaryResearch #ResearchNetworks #Innovation
📢 Seminar | Prof. Laura Bosch (Univ. of Barcelona)
🗣️ Adaptation to a bilingual input and variability in early language acquisition
On early bilingual language development & variability.
📅 Feb 6, 10:30 | 📍 LPL, room B011, Aix-en-Provence
#Bilingualism #LanguageAcquisition
📢 Interdisciplinary workshop on social factors, cognition & stress
🧠 Organized by MaSCo M2 students
📅 Jan 19, 2026 | Hybrid (Campus Saint-Charles & online)
🎟️ Free registration (mandatory):
👉https://drivenbyothers.sciencesconf.org/?lang=en
#CognitiveScience #SocialCognition #Stress #Neuroscience
🧠 Upcoming Seminar – Jan 12
📅 Monday, Jan 12, 2026 | 11:00–12:00
📍 Salle des Voûtes
Xavier Alario
🗣️ Language Disruption & Rehabilitation in Epilepsy
Focus on language deficits in temporal lobe epilepsy and rehabilitation approaches.
#Neuroscience #Language #Epilepsy #Psychology
🎓 Master’s #InternshipOpportunity
The Psycle Center is offering a research internship for a Master’s student on infant motor activity & early communication.
📍 Aix-en-Provence
🗓 Start: Feb/March 2026 | ~6 months
💻 Data analysis (Python/Matlab/R)
🔗 More info: lnkd.in/dqN5adSy
🧠🚀 BrainHack Marseille 2026-Jan 28-30 (Timone, Marseille)
Collaborative event bridging computational & experimental neuroscience. Tutorials, projects, open to all — no coding required!
📝 Registration & project submission open
⏰ Deadline: Jan 16, 2026
🔗https://brainhack-marseille.github.io
Congratulations Florence! 🎉
Best wishes for your new CNRS position and exciting research ahead at CRPN. 📖🧠
✨ Happy New Year 2026 from the ILCB! ✨
We look forward to a year marked by research, collaboration, and key events such as the ILCB Summer School 2026!
Best wishes to our community for a successful and inspiring 2026!
#HappyNewYear #ILCB #Research #2026
The Society for Cultural Cognitive Science 🧠✨
8th Annual Meeting, Aix-en-Provence, 22-24 Apr 2026 @ Le Cube, amU
Keynotes: Goswami, Leder, Lemaire, Schön
Abstracts: 24 Nov → 31 Jan
+ Info & registration 👉 culturalcogsci.org/AnnualMeetin...
#Cognition #Culture #Aix2026
🧠 Upcoming RMN Meeting
Thu Dec 11 – 10:00 @ CERIMED
Featuring talks on fetal diffusion MRI (Mattia Cazzolla, INT) and fMRI for social competence in conversational robots (Camilla Di Pasquasio, INT).
Info: irmf.int.univ-amu.fr/en/reunion-m...
#Neuroimaging #MRI #fMRI
📣Thierry Chaminade (INT, #amU) was featured in #LaProvence for his work on how the brain synchronizes breathing and speech.
🔗 Scientific article: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40855101/
#Neuroscience #CognitiveScience #ILCB #Research #Speech #Breathing #BrainScience
🧠 NLP & Cognition – Next Meeting
The GDR TAL Working Group meets on Dec 12, 2025 at Campus Saint-Charles (Marseille).
Keynote by Yair Lakretz, panel + GT sessions in the afternoon.
📍 Frumam
🔗 Registration: lnkd.in/eFCgZvjs
#NLP #Cognition #CognitiveScience #AI #Language #Linguistics
🐒 New #Research featuring several ILCB researchers!
A new annotated dataset of common marmoset vocalizations is now available, offering:
• 253h of high-quality recordings
• 800k+ audio files
• 215k annotated calls
• A trained classifier to support future research
🔗Link: hal.science/hal-05073707v1
📢 #Internship – Social Cognition & Prosody (Aix-en-Provence)
ILCB–LPL seeks a Master student (CogSci/Psych/LangSci) for a 5–6-month internship (Jan–Jun 2026) on prosodic markers of mental-state attribution.
Apply: maud.champagne-lavau@univ-amu.fr
#CognitiveScience #Psychology #Linguistics #ILCB
New paper together with Elin Runnqvist and Friedemann Pulvermüller (accepted right before his passing 😔).
Must be the first time I am sad to announce a publication, though I am glad Friedemann still got to see this cool collaborative work published.
A short 🧵 /1
academic.oup.com/cercor/artic...
🎉 ILCB Annual Welcome Back Party – 10 October 2025
Join us at LPL Aix-en-Provence for a morning of science, networking, and celebration as we kick off the new academic year!
🔗 Confirm your attendance (mandatory): www.ilcb.fr/event/garden...
www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...
Done! Daria successfully defended her PhD thesis!
And that in front of an incredible jury who are the absolute top on this topic: @annaborghi.bsky.social , @pennypexman.bsky.social , @gabriellavigliocco.bsky.social
So proud of her!
bravo of course also to Jo Ziegler and Núria Gala!
✨ Building bridges between our MaSCo students!
Last night, M1 and M2 students came together for an evening of exchange and connection. Great discussions, shared experiences, and a chance to strengthen solidarity across promotions.
Big thanks to everyone who joined!
#ILCB #MaSCo #StudentCommunity
📢 Seminar this Thursday (Sept 25, 1pm CET)
🎙️ Chloé Clavel (Inria Paris)
Understanding Social Interactions in the Era of LLMs – the Challenges of Transparency
📍 LIS, Campus Luminy + online
🔗 Zoom: univ-amu-fr.zoom.us/j/8685209402...
