ABSTRACT
Research is done on the general underlying mechanisms of human cognition, on developing unified approaches for modeling the specific cognitive processes and phenomena, on integrating various cognitive processes into complex models and exploring the interactions between them. Human thinking and memory are studied in a common interactive and constructive framework and their interactions are explored. Experimental research is performed to study various aspects of language processing from a cross-linguistic perspective and as a testing ground of psycholinguistic theories. The Center has organized two international workshops: Advances in Analogy Research, held in 1998 and resulting in two publications, and on Constructive Memory: Data and Models, held in 2003. The Center is an active partner in numerous international research projects and networks with US and European universities and has supported the development of cognitive science groups in many Central and East European counties. It has been selected as a Center of Excellence by the European Commission within the 5th Framework programme.
