Research Areas
The research topics of current interest at the
Department include: - Hybrid Cognitive Architectures (Integration of Symbolic and Connectionist Approaches).
- Models of Human Reasoning and of Analogy-Making in particular, with an emphasis on its dynamic and context-dependent nature.
- Context Effects on High-Level Cognitive Processes
- Models of Human Decision Making.
- Simulation of Social Behavior (Multi-Agent Systems).
- Mechanisms of Motion Perception and Localization.
- Individual Differences in Perception.
- Individual Differences in Lateralization of Functions.
- Interaction between Perception and Imagery.
- Cross-Linguistic Studies of Aphasia.
- New Learning Strategies.
- Cognitive Approach to Testing.
Research Projects at the CEE Center for Cognitive Science:
- Cross-linguistic studies (joint project with universities in the USA, Italy, Germany, Spain, France, Russia), funded by McDonnel Foundation, USA.
- Real-World Common Sense Reasoning (joint project with Hamburg University), funded by the EU.
- Belief in Reason and Belief against Reason, funded by the CEU.
- Cognitive Modeling (joint project with the Institute of Psychology in Rome and BAS), funded by the Italian National Research Council.
- Development of Temporal Modulation Perimetry (joint project with the University of Munich and BAS), funded by Volkswagen Foundation.
- Perception of Space and Shape (joint project with th eUniversity of Dortmund and BAS), funded by the German National Research Fund-DFG.
- Cognitive Processing of Bulgarian Language in Norm and Pathology, funded by the Natioanl Science Fund.
- Context and Priming Effects on High-Level Cognitive Processes, funded by the Natioanl
Science Fund.
Other International Projects:
- TEMPUS SJEP 07272 "Introduction of Information Technologies in Educatin in the Social Sciences and Humanities."
- TEMPUS SJEP 12410 "Self-evaluation, Accreditation, and Academic Modility in Social Sciences" - a univesity network consisting of 12 universities in Bulgaria and EU, the Ministry of Science and Education, the National Accreditation Agency, 2 professional societies.