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Interacting Minds Centre

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The Interacting Minds Centre (IMC) is an interdisciplinary research platform to study human interaction, based at Aarhus University. Director: Prof Christine Parsons @christineparsons.bsky.social See interactingminds.au.dk for more news, videos & podcasts

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Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🧠 Do we disagree about consciousness partly because we experience it differently? We’re recruiting academics who work in or are familiar with consciousness research for an anonymous ~30 min study philosophical intuitions about consciousness. Take part: survey.au.dk/LinkCollecto... Please repost!

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

🏠 Being on parental leave was associated with more time at home for both parents. 🥱 The parent on-leave had higher depression symptoms & worse sleep 📉 More depression symptoms associated with a higher chance of not leaving home at all: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

📢 New Research Alert From @chrismmcox.bsky.social, Niels Værbak and @christineparsons.bsky.social, funded by @carlsbergfondet.dk: "Associations Between Depression Symptoms and Spatial Restriction in Fathers and Mothers on Parental Leave: A GPS-Tracking Study", in Clinical Psychological Science

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Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Tues 9th June, we have another exciting talk at 11am, "Tracing learner interaction and engagement with process data", with Assistant Prof. Muhterem Dindar. Please join us! For further details, see: interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

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Tuesday Talk: "Tracing learner interaction and engagement with process data"

Assistant Professor Muhterem Dindar, Tampere University, Finland.

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Join us for an interesting, inspirational talk tomorrow by assist. Prof Muhterem Dindar on experiments from the Games and Learning Research Group at Tampere University Tracing learner interaction and engagement with process data 11am in the IMC Seminar room - all are welcome!

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Tuesday Talk: "Tracing learner interaction and engagement with process data"

Assistant Professor Muhterem Dindar, Tampere University, Finland.

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Another great Tuesday talk is upcoming at IMC! 26th May 11am Title: Investigating the Role of Inner Speech in Semantic Processing, with Chiara De Livio, Psychology and Social Neuroscience at the Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome

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Tuesday Talk: Investigating the Role of Inner Speech in Semantic Processing

by Chiara De Livio, PhD Student in Psychology and Social Neuroscience at the Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

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Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Researchers and students of Cognitive Science and beyond gathered for a warm, thought-provoking exchange. We always look forward to their visits, as they bring deep knowledge, scientific curiosity, and generosity. Thank you for visiting us. It truly felt like having you at home.

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

It was a true pleasure to welcome Professors Uta and Chris Frith to Aarhus for their special joint talk on “Encounters at the cultural interface & the case of autism.” @utafrith.bsky.social @cdfrith.bsky.social

Professor. Uta Frith is presenting her talk.

Professor. Uta Frith is presenting her talk.

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

We have a special joint talk today 11am by the brilliant Profs Chris and Uta Frith - Dont miss this if you're in Aarhus! 🧠 Encounters at the cultural interface & the case of autism 📣 Abstract and details: interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl... See more here: frithmind.org All are welcome!

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IMC Tuesday Talk: Profs Chris and Uta Frith

Professors Chris and Uta Frith are visiting Aarhus and will be presenting a special joint talk: Encounters at the cultural interface & the case of autism

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

This was such a great experience, especially the exhange afterwards with the audience, with among them brilliant and critical Bachelor and PhD students.

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

If you missed the talk, read their paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Reclaiming AI as a Theoretical Tool for Cognitive Science - Computational Brain & Behavior

The idea that human cognition is, or can be understood as, a form of computation is a useful conceptual tool for cognitive science. It was a foundational assumption during the birth of cognitive scien...

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Today, IMC had a full house for Iris’s talk, “Reclaiming AI as a Theoretical Tool for Cognitive Science”. We are thankful to Iris for such an insightful talk and discussion. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social

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Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

IMC Talk: Reclaiming AI as a Theoretical Tool for Cognitive Science If you are in Aarhus today, do join for for this must-see talk at the IMC today at 1pm by the brilliant Prof. Iris van Rooij! @irisvanrooij.bsky.social interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

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Talk by Prof. Iris van Rooij

Talk: Reclaiming AI as a Theoretical Tool for Cognitive Science

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Tuesday 21st April. Another great talk upcoming + all are welcome! Rajiv Vaid Basaiawmoit: Negotiating your way through interdisciplinary collaboration: a case study on the Pactopolis game – a serious game on multi-sector negotiations & sustainability. interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

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Talk by Rajiv Vaid Basaiawmoit: Negotiating your way through interdisciplinary collaboration

A case study on the Pactopolis game – a serious game on multi-sector negotiations & sustainability.

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Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Join us tomorrow Apr 21st 11:00am for the next IMC Seminar by Rajiv Vaid Basaiawmoit, Head of Sci-tech Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Nat, Aarhus Universitet Negotiating your way through interdisciplinary collaboration All are most welcome! Details here: interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

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Talk by Rajiv Vaid Basaiawmoit: Negotiating your way through interdisciplinary collaboration

A case study on the Pactopolis game – a serious game on multi-sector negotiations & sustainability.

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Riccardo Fusaroli @fusaroli.eurosky.social · 20/04/2026

What function did ~100k-year-old engravings from Blombos Cave & Diepkloof serve? Decoration, identity marking, proto-writing? osf.io/preprints/ps... uses transmission chains + cognitive experiments to find out & help answering one of the hardest questions in cognitive archaeology. long thread! 1/

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

We're delighted to have Prof. Sarah Berger visit us from CUNY. Sarah will give a talk on Tuesday 14th at 11am: "Sleep as a Context for Learning in Infancy". All are welcome to come along. For further details, see: interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

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Talk: Sleep as a Context for Learning in Infancy by Prof. Sarah Berger

Prof. Sarah Berger will visit the Interacting Minds Center between 13th and 16th April. You can read about her work here: https://www.csi.cuny.edu/campus-directory/sarah-berger

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Upcoming talk announcement! 14th April, we have Prof. Sarah Berger visiting. Her talk: Sleep as a Context for Learning in Infancy promises to be a fascinating one! Do come along - see details: interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

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Talk: Sleep as a Context for Learning in Infancy by Prof. Sarah Berger

Prof. Sarah Berger will visit the Interacting Minds Center between 13th and 16th April. You can read about her work here: https://www.csi.cuny.edu/campus-directory/sarah-berger

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

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Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Great start to the new season of Friday Writing Café! Busy writers finishing some writing before the spring break.

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

For more details/suggestions, please contact Trupthi Karanth Ramadeva ( @trupthi.bsky.social ) or Aleksandra Monika Cyrek. interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

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IMC's Friday Writing Café

Everyone is welcome to join our Friday’s Writing Café! It is an open, self-organised space designed for focused writing on articles, grant proposals, or any research-related projects - facilitated by ...

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

However, you're welcome to bring projects like data analysis if that suits your workflow. This is our time to engage with our research and be creative. You can join the Writing Café every week or just sometimes, be there for the whole time or just a part - you choose what works best for you!

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

We follow a structured routine to maximise productivity: three cycles of 50 minutes of quiet writing followed by a 10-minute break & relaxed chatting. Recommended rules include no emailing, no web surfing, no teaching prep - just writing!

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Everyone is welcome to join Friday’s Writing Café at the Interacting Minds Centre starting from this Friday, 10 am at IMC, building 1483, Room 312. It is an open, self-organised space designed for focused writing facilitated by the simple power of peer pressure.

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Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Upcoming talk: Tuesday 24th March at 11am "Can Spatial Configuration Shape Human Behaviour?" with Dr. Federico Mara, University of Pisa. All are most welcome - for further details, please see our website: interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

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Talk by Dr. Federico Mara

Can Spatial Configuration Shape Human Behaviour? Exploring the Built Environment Impact on Movement, Visibility, and Urban Security

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Our next Tuesday talk (17th March, 11am) is with the inimitable Dr. Melanie Rosen: Freaking out or feeling fine? Control and wellbeing in dreams. All are most welcome to join us - for further details, see our website: buff.ly/rK9DCi2

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Talk by Dr. Melanie Rosen: "Freaking out or feeling fine? Control and wellbeing in dreams"

Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Trent University

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Are we really about to talk to whales? Join us TODAY for a fascinating talk by Luke Rendell, who has a number of seminal papers on human and animal social learning. Dont miss this! See you at 11am:

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

We are delighted to have Dr. Melanie Rosen back at Aarhus University once again until May - working on projects related to sense of agency, tracking technologies and dreams. If you'd like to meet Melanie during her visit, do send us a message.

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Upcoming Date for your calendars! Tuesday 17th March, we have a talk by Dr. Melanie Rosen, 11 am - 12.30. Freaking out or feeling fine? Control and wellbeing in dreams. For more details: interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

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Talk by Dr. Melanie Rosen: "Freaking out or feeling fine? Control and wellbeing in dreams"

Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Trent University

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Today is "Open Your Data" (OYD) day at IMC! What is OYD you might ask? OYD is an opportunity to get interdisciplinary perspectives on your (qualitative) data. Sound interesting? Come along - no registration required. We'd love to meet you! interactingminds.au.dk/projects/ope...

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Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

📢 Talk announcement! 10th March with Dr. Luke Rendell: "Are we really about to talk to whales?" All are welcome, for details see: interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

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Talk by Dr. Luke Rendell: Are we really about to talk to whales?

Organised by Elena Miu

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

IMC Research Update day What's actually going on in the various groups and projects at the IMC? Today we were super excited to hear about all the activities and future plans at the centre. Big thanks to the presenters for the grand overview - cant wait for the time to come!

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Interacting Minds Center Podcast - New episodes are on the way! The 5th season brings 4 new episodes from clinical anthropology to philosophy! In the first episode, we have anthropologist Marie Rask Bjerre Odgaard as the first guest for this season: www.buzzsprout.com/1896690/episodes/18623527

Art and Activism: Queer living in Jordan (Marie R.B.Odgaard) - Interacting Minds

The 5th season of the Interacting Minds Podcast brings 4 new episodes from clinical anthropology to philosophy. In this episode we have anthropologist Marie Rask Bjerre Odgaard as the first guest for…

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

We are excited to have Alejandrina Cristia, Research Director at CNRS, visiting us these days. She's meeting and collaborating with Chris Cox and Riccardo Fusaroli - do reach out if you'd like to schedule time with Alex during her time here!

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

We were thrilled to be visited by Laura Maria Alessandretti and Silvia De Sojo Caso from DTU's Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, giving amazing talks on state-of-the-art methods for spatial data: interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl... Keep an eye on our future events and join us next time!

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Human Mobility and Gendered Behaviour through the Lens of Large-Scale Smartphone Data Join us tomorrow for the IMC Tuesday Seminar with Laura Maria Alessandretti and Silvia De Sojo Caso, Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, DTU All welcome! interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

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Human Mobility and Gendered Behaviour through the Lens of Large-Scale Smartphone Data

IMC Tuesday Seminar: Talks by Laura Maria Alessandretti and Silvia De Sojo Caso, Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, DTU

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Come join the workshop on Recreational Fear at @aiasdk.bsky.social, @au.dk!

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

We're lucky to have great speakers come by the IMC from near and far. This week, it was Janis Zickfield @aarhusbss.bsky.social telling as all about a network theory of emotion (while making sure we felt some awe and fear!). All our talks our open - please feel free to join us next time! @arts.au.dk

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

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It’s all connected! Conceptualizing emotions as networks of causal relations among components

IMC Tuesday Seminar: Talk by Janis Zickfeld, Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Aarhus University

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

2. All are welcome - perhaps of interest @ndersen.bsky.social @savhannah.bsky.social @celbaek.bsky.social @simonkarg.bsky.social @kyosuketanaka.bsky.social @stepf.bsky.social

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

1. Interested in emotions, emotion theory or emotion measurement? We have a talk for you 28th October, 11am: It’s all connected! Conceptualizing emotions as networks of causal relations among components, by Janis Zickfeld, Assistant Professor @aarhusbss.bsky.social

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

- Building interdisciplinary community Dr. Sonja Irene Åman @uio.no - Interdisciplinarity is a Verb Ross Deans Kristensen-McLachlan, Center for humanities computing, AU. All are welcome - lunch, cake + coffee provided! Sign up here interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

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Navigating Interdisciplinary Research Pathways

Postdoc Training Programme Workshop @IMC

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

1/2 Are you a postdoc/assistat prof. @au.dk interested in interdisciplinarity? We have an extra special workshop for you! 11th Nov, featuring 4 speakers - Where do new ideas come from? Dr. Bridget Vincent, ANU - Is interdisciplinarity worth it? @jcskewes.bsky.social

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

For all at @au.dk, our Writing Cafe is back from this Friday (5th Sept)! We offer a space for distraction-free writing and welcome new faces warmly. The magic of peer pressure, coffee & snacks = focused time. End the week on a good note: 1483, Room 312. interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

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IMC Friday Writing Café

An open, self-organized space for doing concentrated writing

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Marc Malmdorf Andersen @ndersen.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

🧟‍♂️🚨 Publication alert! 🚨🧟‍♀️ Holy moly, I'm thrilled to announce our new paper in Emotion! We explored how recreational fear, physiological synchrony, and social closeness interact in a high-intensity haunted house setting. 1/5 🧵 Link: psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Coming up June 16th, we have a very special event for postdoc-level researchers - all are welcome to join us! Sign up here: Play the GRANTED! Research Game and win 20,000 DKK for your interdisciplinary project. Networking, lunch, new research ideas interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

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Play the “GRANTED!” Research Grant Game and win 20.000 DKK for your Interdisciplinary project

Interdisciplinary workshop for postdoc-level researchers

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Riccardo Fusaroli @fusaroli.eurosky.social · 08/05/2025

How do we build theory in cogsci? traditional physics w its rich data and experimental possibilities is often used as parangon. We argue historical sciences provide an equally rich source: "Lessons for Theory from Scientific Domains Where Evidence is Sparse or Indirect": doi.org/10.1007/s421... 🧵 1/

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Riccardo Fusaroli @fusaroli.eurosky.social · 09/05/2025

Our daily lives are packed w complex behaviours: reading a novel & piecing together the plot; negotiating decisions w family... How do we build mathematical models of the underlying cognitive mechanisms? Our new preprint osf.io/d2v54_v1 argues for a community approach A 🧵 1/

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

It was such a pleasure to have you here and discuss how abstraction plays out in conversations! (interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...)

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Constructing Meaning: the role of abstractness and specificity in language and dialogue

IMC Tuesday Seminar: Talk by Caterina Villani, Research fellow, Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, University of Bologna