<html><body><div>Dear CogSci community,</div><div><br></div><div>We are delighted to announce an upcoming workshop entitled, “How does the mind discover useful abstractions?” at CogSci 2023 in Sydney, Australia. Prior to the in-person workshop, we’ll be hosting a series of one-hour virtual seminars over Zoom, bringing together a wide range of researchers studying topics related to abstraction in different cognitive domains, and exploring ways that cut across these boundaries. Attendance is welcome to anybody interested, particularly those of you who may not be able to make it to CogSci in-person this year.</div><div><br></div><div>Link to workshop website: <a href="https://cogsci-abstractions-workshop.github.io/">https://cogsci-abstractions-workshop.github.io/</a></div><div><br></div><div>The schedule for the virtual seminars to our workshop is as follows, with links to sign up for each seminar:</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Causal Abstractions</b> (featuring Thomas Icard, Zenna Tavares and Tobias Gerstenberg ), Wednesday, July 5 at 3pm PDT (6pm EDT)</div><div><ul style="margin:0px;list-style-type:"\002013 ""><li><a href="https://nyu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqdOqqqTsjGtcEOFpOxwyuqPjh7aa85NqB">https://nyu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqdOqqqTsjGtcEOFpOxwyuqPjh7aa85NqB</a><br></li></ul></div><div><br></div><div><b>Perception and Action</b> (featuring Kelsey Allen, Mark Ho, Daniel Bear and Hongjing Lu), Wednesday, July 12 at 9am PDT (12pm EDT)</div><div><ul style="margin:0px;list-style-type:"\002013 ""><li><a href="https://nyu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0od-6rqjkpE9ycY_dQ6c4LAQ2RQGkvaZ_w">https://nyu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0od-6rqjkpE9ycY_dQ6c4LAQ2RQGkvaZ_w</a><br></li></ul></div><div><br></div><div><b>Language</b> (featuring Alex Carstensen, Robert Hawkins, Alane Suhr and Jacob Andreas), Thursday, July 20 at 9am PDT (12pm EDT)</div><div><ul style="margin:0px;list-style-type:"\002013 ""><li><a href="https://nyu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcvduGvrzIvGN0bLqec8P95zdr8OC1ptu0Z">https://nyu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcvduGvrzIvGN0bLqec8P95zdr8OC1ptu0Z</a><br></li></ul></div><div><br></div><div><b>Memory</b> (feature James Whittington, Anna Leshinskaya, Alexa Tompary and Chris Baldassano), Thursday, July 20, at 12pm PDT (3pm EDT)</div><div><ul style="margin:0px;list-style-type:"\002013 ""><li><a href="https://nyu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcscOqhrzwiE92XYdxdOfBj2Sbd_sljujR6">https://nyu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcscOqhrzwiE92XYdxdOfBj2Sbd_sljujR6</a><br></li></ul></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">Looking forward to seeing you online and in Sydney!</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Wai Keen Vong, Lio Wong, Judy Fan and Marcelo Mattar</div></body></html>