Logic and Cognition Conference 2026
Members of the RRL contributed to the organization of and presented their research at the Logic and Cognition Conference 2026, held in Poznań on 16–17 October 2026 at the Faculty of Psychology and Cognitive Science (AMU). Aleksandra Wasielewska and Wojciech Zięba served on the Organizing Committee, while Mariusz Urbański was a member of the Program Committee.
Lab members presented two conference talks:
Urbański, M. & Wasielewska, A. What Makes Abductions Good? Empirically Grounded Evaluation Criteria for Abductive Reasoning.
Urbański, M. & Sateja, R. Flexible by Necessity, Captured by Context: Material-Relative Correctness and Carry-over in Visuospatial Deduction.
As part of the conference, a Logic of Questions Workshop was held on 15 October 2026. During the workshop, Mariusz Urbański presented the following talk:
Urbański, M. Which Question Am I Supposed to Answer? Reasoning to an Interpretation, Erotetically.
More information: Logic and Cognition Conference 2026.
Conference talks: 15th Biennial Meeting of the Polish Association for Cognitive Science
Four members of the lab presented conference talks at the 15th Biennial Meeting of the Polish Association for Cognitive Science, held in Lublin on 21–23 September 2026:
Sateja, R. Does Culture Shape Circular-Model Reasoning? A Cross-Cultural Study Using Moon-Phase Syllogisms.
Urbański, M. & Sateja, R. Order Matters: Carry-Over Effects Rival Direct Hint Effects in Visuospatial Reasoning with Circular versus Linear Mental Models.
Wasielewska, A. & Łupkowski, P. Między rozwojem technologicznym a świadomością społeczną: badanie intuicji pojęciowych i postaw wobec robotów w Polsce [Between Technological Development and Social Awareness: A Study of Conceptual Intuitions and Attitudes Toward Robots in Poland].
Zięba, W. & Urbański, M. Percepcyjna luka odpowiedzialności: AI w potocznej psychologii moralnej [The Perceived Responsibility Gap: AI in Folk Psychology of Morality].
V Polish-Ukrainian Summer School of Reasoning Psychology
The V Polish-Ukrainian Summer School of Reasoning Psychology was held in Poznań on 13–18 September 2026 at the Faculty of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. The first day of the Summer School was dedicated to the presentation of the Reasoning Research Lab, including an introduction to the lab’s research activities and a series of talks by its members:
Bun, B. Dysonans poznawczy i racjonalizacja moralna wśród ukraińskiej młodzieży [Cognitive Dissonance and Moral Rationalisation among Ukrainian Youth].
Nowik, A. Alokacja uwagi w zespole stresu pourazowego: badanie okulograficzne [Attention Allocation in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: An Eye-Tracking Study].
Obshanska, V., Shyiko, K., & Ulaszewska, A. Wpływ sposobu prezentacji bodźców na miary kreatywności: badanie z użyciem zmodyfikowanego Testu Alternatywnych Zastosowań [The Influence of Stimulus Presentation Mode on Creativity Measures: A Study Using a Modified Alternative Uses Test].
Sateja, R. Wpływ kolejności zadań opartych na odmiennych modelach poprawności w dedukcji wzrokowo-przestrzennej[The Influence of Task Order Based on Different Models of Correctness in Visuospatial Deduction].
Wasielewska, A. Roboty społeczne okiem nauk o poznaniu [Social Robots Through the Lens of Cognitive Science].
Zięba, W. Wiem, ale nie wiem dlaczego. O intuicji moralnej i granicach introspekcji [I Know, but I Don’t Know Why: Moral Intuition and the Limits of Introspection].
September conference talks
Mariusz Urbanski, Róża Sateja, Does the Moon Go Round? Cross-Cultural Evidence for Circular-Model Reasoning, 6th European Experimental Philosophy Conference, Cagliari, September 8–11, 2026
Mariusz Urbanski, Róża Sateja, Two Clusters, No Types: Polarisation, Carry-Over, and Mixture Structure in Visuospatial Reasoning, 22nd Annual Conference of the Italian Association for Cognitive Science, Torino, September 9-11, 2026
New publication by lab members
Wapniarski, K., Urbański, M. (2026). Syllogistic Diagrams and Existential Commitment: A Historical Study. In: P. Sobociński et al. (Eds.): Diagrams 2026, LNAI 16833, pp. 25–40, 2027.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-34178-5_4
CLARIN-PL Award for Best Research Project
Wojciech Zięba received first place in the CLARIN-PL competition for PhD students and early-career researchers for the best research project. The awarded project is entitled Obarczyć, nie obwinić. Językowy ślad percepcyjnej luki odpowiedzialności w ocenach AI i człowieka [To Hold Responsible, Not to Blame: The Linguistic Trace of the Perceived Responsibility Gap in Evaluations of AI and Humans].
Conference talks: MBR026
Lab members presented two conference talks at the 10th International Conference on Model-Based Reasoning: Epistemology, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science (MBR026), held on 17–19 June 2026 at Sapienza University of Rome:
Obshanska, V., Urbański, M., Skorodziievska, M., Shyiko, S., & Ulaszewska, A. The Influence of Stimulus Presentation Mode on Creativity Measures: A Modified Alternative Uses Test Study.
Urbański, M. & Wasielewska, A. Assessing Explanation Quality Without Ground Truth: A Multi-Layered Approach to Abductive Reasoning in Underdetermined Scenarios.
Conference poster: Cognitive Dissonance and Moral Rationalisation
Bohdana Bun presented a poster at the 21st Poznań Cognitive Science Forum (23–24 May 2026): „Cognitive Dissonance and Moral Rationalisation in Ukrainian Youth: A Mixed-Methods Experimental Study” Conference program: http://pfk.home.amu.edu.pl/program/
Conference poster: BHNUS-AI questionnaire
Wojciech Zięba and Maksymilian Chlewicki presented a poster at the 21st Poznań Cognitive Science Forum (23–24 May 2026): „Adaptacja i walidacja kwestionariusza BHNUS-AI” [„Adaptation and validation of the BHNUS-AI questionnaire”]
Opening of the 21st Poznań Cognitive Science Forum
Aleksandra Wasielewska, chair of the organizing committee, opened the 21st Poznań Cognitive Science Forum, held on 23–24 May 2026.
Conference talk: The Law on the Profession of Psychologist
Urbański, M. Закон про професію психолога: Нові засади виконання професії та підготовки психологів у Польщі, 5 Mіжнародна науково-практична конференція „Aктуальні проблеми клінічної психології та нейропсихології”, 6-7 May 2026, Luck.
New publication by lab members
Wapniarski, K., & Urbański, M. (2026). Aristotelian Syllogistic More Apagogico Demonstrata. History and Philosophy of Logic, 1–30. https://doi.org/10.1080/01445340.2026.2650030