koglist January 1996

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by harnad＠cogsci.soton.ac.uk

Below is the abstract of a forthcoming target article on: WHAT MEMORY IS FOR by Arthur M. Glenberg This article has been accepted for publication in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS), an international, interdisciplinary journal providing Open Peer Commentary on important and controversial current research in the biobehavioral and cognitive sciences. Commentators must be current BBS Associates or nominated by a current BBS Associate. To be considered as a commentator for this article, to suggest other appropriate commentators, or for information about how to become a BBS Associate, please send email to: bbs(a)soton.ac.uk or write to: Behavioral and Brain Sciences Department of Psychology University of Southampton Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ UNITED KINGDOM http://www.princeton.edu/~harnad/bbs.html gopher://gopher.princeton.edu:70/11/.libraries/.pujournals ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/BBS To help us put together a balanced list of commentators, please give some indication of the aspects of the topic on which you would bring your areas of expertise to bear if you were selected as a commentator. An electronic draft of the full text is available for inspection by anonymous ftp (or gopher or world-wide-web) according to the instructions that follow after the abstract. ____________________________________________________________________ WHAT MEMORY IS FOR Arthur M. Glenberg Department of Psychology University of Wisconsin 1202 West Johnson Street Madison, WI 54706 GLENBERG(a)facstaff.wisc.edu KEYWORDS: (Memory) Recollective vs. Automatic, Amnesia, Function, (Language Comprehension) Coherence, Inference, Meaning, Mental Models, (Meaning) Symbol Grounding, Embodiment ABSTRACT: Let's start from scratch in thinking about what memory is for, and consequently, how it works. Suppose that memory and conceptualization work in the service of perception and action. In this case, conceptualization is the encoding of patterns of possible physical interaction with a three- dimensional world. These patterns are constrained by the structure of the environment, the structure of our bodies, and memory. Thus, how we perceive and conceive of the environment is determined by the types of bodies we have. Such a memory would not have associations. Instead, how concepts become related (and what it means to be related) is determined by how separate patterns of actions can be combined given the constraints of our bodies. I call this combination mesh. To avoid hallucination, conceptualization would normally be driven by the environment, and patterns of action from memory would play a supporting, but automatic, role. A significant human skill is learning to suppress the overriding contribution of the environment to conceptualization, thereby allowing memory to guide conceptualization. The effort used in suppressing input from the environment pays off by allowing prediction, recollective memory, and language comprehension. I review theoretical work in cognitive science, and empirical work in memory and language comprehension that suggest that it may be possible to investigate connections between topics as disparate as infantile amnesia and mental model theory. -------------------------------------------------------------- To help you decide whether you would be an appropriate commentator for this article, an electronic draft is retrievable by anonymous ftp from ftp.princeton.edu according to the instructions below (the filename is bbs.glenberg). Please do not prepare a commentary on this draft. Just let us know, after having inspected it, what relevant expertise you feel you would bring to bear on what aspect of the article. ------------------------------------------------------------- These files are also on the World Wide Web and the easiest way to retrieve them is with Netscape, Mosaic, gopher, archie, veronica, etc. Here are some of the URLs you can use to get to the BBS Archive: http://www.princeton.edu/~harnad/bbs.html http://cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/bbs.html gopher://gopher.princeton.edu:70/11/.libraries/.pujournals ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/BBS/bbs.glenberg ftp://cogsci.soton.ac.uk/pub/harnad/BBS/bbs.glenberg To retrieve a file by ftp from an Internet site, type either: ftp ftp.princeton.edu or ftp 128.112.128.1 When you are asked for your login, type: anonymous Enter password as queried (your password is your actual userid: yourlogin(a)yourhost.whatever.whatever - be sure to include the "@") cd /pub/harnad/BBS To show the available files, type: ls Next, retrieve the file you want with (for example): get bbs.glenberg When you have the file(s) you want, type: quit ---------- Where the above procedure is not available there are two fileservers: ftpmail(a)decwrl.dec.com and bitftp(a)pucc.bitnet that will do the transfer for you. To one or the other of them, send the following one line message: help for instructions (which will be similar to the above, but will be in the form of a series of lines in an email message that ftpmail or bitftp will then execute for you). -------------------------------------------------------------

30 years, 3 months

Learning/Representation: BBS Call for Commentators

by harnad＠cogsci.soton.ac.uk

Below is the abstract of a forthcoming target article on: COMPUTATION, REPRESENTATION AND LEARNING by Andy Clark and Chris Thronton This article has been accepted for publication in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS), an international, interdisciplinary journal providing Open Peer Commentary on important and controversial current research in the biobehavioral and cognitive sciences. Commentators must be current BBS Associates or nominated by a current BBS Associate. To be considered as a commentator for this article, to suggest other appropriate commentators, or for information about how to become a BBS Associate, please send email to: bbs(a)soton.ac.uk or write to: Behavioral and Brain Sciences Department of Psychology University of Southampton Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ UNITED KINGDOM http://www.princeton.edu/~harnad/bbs.html gopher://gopher.princeton.edu:70/11/.libraries/.pujournals ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/BBS To help us put together a balanced list of commentators, please give some indication of the aspects of the topic on which you would bring your areas of expertise to bear if you were selected as a commentator. An electronic draft of the full text is available for inspection by anonymous ftp (or gopher or world-wide-web) according to the instructions that follow after the abstract. ____________________________________________________________________ TRADING SPACES: COMPUTATION, REPRESENTATION AND THE LIMITS OF UNINFORMED LEARNING Andy Clark Philosophy/Neuroscience/Psychology Program, Washington University in St Louis, Campus Box 1073, St Louis, MO-63130, USA andy(a)twinearth.wustl.edu Chris Thornton, Cognitive and Computing Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9QH, UK Chris.Thornton(a)cogs.sussex.ac.uk KEYWORDS: Learning, connectionism, statistics, representation, search ABSTRACT: Some regularities enjoy only an attenuated existence in a body of training data. These are regularities whose statistical visibility depends on some systematic re-coding of the data. The space of possible re-codings is, however, infinitely large - it is the space of applicable Turing machines. As a result, mappings which pivot on such attenuated regularities cannot, in general, be found by brute force search. The class of problems which present such mappings we call the class of `type-2 problems'. Type-1 problems, by contrast, present tractable problems of search insofar as the relevant regularities can be found by sampling the input data as originally coded. Type-2 problems, we suggest, present neither rare nor pathological cases. They are rife in biologically realistic settings and in domains ranging from simple animat behaviors to language acquisition. Not only are such problems rife - they are standardly solved! This presents a puzzle. How, given the statistical intractability of these type-2 cases does nature turn the trick? One answer, which we do not pursue, is to suppose that evolution gifts us with exactly the right set of re-coding biases so as to reduce specific type-2 problems to (tractable) type-1 mappings. Such a heavy duty nativism is no doubt sometimes plausible. But we believe there are other, more general mechanisms also at work. Such mechanisms provide general (not task-specific) strategies for managing problems of type-2 complexity. Several such mechanisms are investigated. At the heart of each is a fundamental ploy viz. the maximal exploitation of states of representation already achieved by prior (type-1) learning so as to reduce the amount of subsequent computational search. Such exploitation both characterises and helps make unitary sense of a diverse range of mechanisms. These include simple incremental learning (Elman 1993), modular connectionism (Jacobs, Jordan and Barto 1991), and the developmental hypothesis of `representational redescription' (Karmiloff-Smith A Functional 1979, Karmiloff-Smith PDP 1992). In addition, the most distinctive features of human cognition---language and culture---may themselves be viewed as adaptations enabling this representation/computation trade-off to be pursued on an even grander scale. -------------------------------------------------------------- To help you decide whether you would be an appropriate commentator for this article, an electronic draft is retrievable by anonymous ftp from ftp.princeton.edu according to the instructions below (the filename is bbs.clark). Please do not prepare a commentary on this draft. Just let us know, after having inspected it, what relevant expertise you feel you would bring to bear on what aspect of the article. ------------------------------------------------------------- These files are also on the World Wide Web and the easiest way to retrieve them is with Netscape, Mosaic, gopher, archie, veronica, etc. Here are some of the URLs you can use to get to the BBS Archive: http://www.princeton.edu/~harnad/bbs.html http://cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/bbs.html gopher://gopher.princeton.edu:70/11/.libraries/.pujournals ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/BBS/bbs.clark ftp://cogsci.soton.ac.uk/pub/harnad/BBS/bbs.clark To retrieve a file by ftp from an Internet site, type either: ftp ftp.princeton.edu or ftp 128.112.128.1 When you are asked for your login, type: anonymous Enter password as queried (your password is your actual userid: yourlogin(a)yourhost.whatever.whatever - be sure to include the "@") cd /pub/harnad/BBS To show the available files, type: ls Next, retrieve the file you want with (for example): get bbs.clark When you have the file(s) you want, type: quit ---------- Where the above procedure is not available there are two fileservers: ftpmail(a)decwrl.dec.com and bitftp(a)pucc.bitnet that will do the transfer for you. To one or the other of them, send the following one line message: help for instructions (which will be similar to the above, but will be in the form of a series of lines in an email message that ftpmail or bitftp will then execute for you). -------------------------------------------------------------

30 years, 3 months

OXFORD SUMMER SCHOOL ON CONNECTIONIST MODELLING

by Gergely Csibra

> > This is the LAST CALL for participation for the 1996 Oxford > Summer School on Connectionist Modelling follows. Please pass > on this information to people you know who would be interested. > -------- > > OXFORD SUMMER SCHOOL ON CONNECTIONIST MODELLING > Department of Experimental Psychology > University of Oxford > > 21 July - 2nd August 1996 > > Applications are invited for participation in a 2-week > residential Summer School on techniques in connectionist > modelling. The course is aimed primarily at researchers > who wish to exploit neural network models in their teaching > and/or research and it will provide a general introduction > to connectionist modelling through lectures and exercises > on Power PCs. The course is interdisciplinary in content > though many of the illustrative examples are taken from > cognitive and developmental psychology, and cognitive > neuroscience. The instructors with primary responsibility > for teaching the course are Kim Plunkett and Edmund Rolls. > > No prior knowledge of computational modelling will be > required though simple word processing skills will be > assumed. Participants will be encouraged to start work on > their own modelling projects during the Summer School. > > The cost of participation in the Summer School is #750 to > include accommodation (bed and breakfast at St. John's > College) and registration. Participants will be expected > to cover their own travel and meal costs. A small number > of graduate student scholarships providing partial funding > may be available. Applicants should indicate whether they > wish to be considered for a graduate student scholarship > but are advised to seek their own funding as well, since in > previous years the number of graduate student applications > has far exceeded the number of scholarships available. > > There is a Summer School World Wide Web page describing the > contents of the 1995 Summer School available on: > > http://cogsci1.psych.ox.ac.uk/summer-school/ > > Further information about contents of the course can be obtained > from Steven.Young(a)psy.ox.ac.uk > > If you are interested in participating in the Summer School, > please contact: > > Mrs Sue King > Department of Experimental Psychology > University of Oxford > South Parks Road > Oxford OX1 3UD > > Tel: (01865) 271353 > Email: susan.king(a)psy.oxford.ac.uk > > Please send a brief description of your background with an > explanation of why you would like to attend the Summer School > (one page maximum) no later than 31st January 1996. > > Regards, > Steven Young. >

30 years, 3 months

Horanyi dekanrol ujabb korlevel

by pleh＠ludens.elte.hu

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30 years, 3 months

San Diego Cognitive Science Conference

by pleh＠ludens.elte.hu

From: MX%"linguist(a)tam2000.tamu.edu" 20-JAN-1996 01:13:50.84 To: MX%"LINGUIST(a)TAMVM1.TAMU.EDU" CC: Subj: 7.84, Calls: Cognitive Science Society (final call) Return-Path: <linguist(a)tam2000.tamu.edu> Received: from izabell.elte.hu by ludens.elte.hu (MX V4.1 VAX) with SMTP; Sat, 20 Jan 1996 01:13:45 +0100 Received: from IZABELL/MERCURY by izabell.elte.hu (Mercury 1.11); Sat, 20 Jan 96 1:11:52 +100 Received: from MERCURY by IZABELL (Mercury 1.11); Sat, 20 Jan 96 1:11:31 +100 Received: from IZABELL/MERCURY by izabell.elte.hu (Mercury 1.11) for <PLEH(a)izabell.elte.hu>; Sat, 20 Jan 96 1:11:30 +100 Resent-From: PLEH(a)izabell.elte.hu Resent-To: pleh(a)ludens.elte.hu Resent-Date: Sat, 20 Jan 96 1:11:30 +100 Received: from HUEARN.sztaki.hu by izabell.elte.hu (Mercury 1.11); Sat, 20 Jan 96 1:11:22 +100 Received: from HUEARN.SZTAKI.HU by HUEARN.sztaki.hu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 0789; Sat, 20 Jan 96 01:13:51 MET Received: from HUEARN.SZTAKI.HU (NJE origin LISTSERV@HUEARN) by HUEARN.SZTAKI.HU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 4689; Sat, 20 Jan 1996 01:13:51 +0100 Received: from TAMVM1.TAMU.EDU by TAMVM1.TAMU.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8b) with spool id 5364 for LINGUIST(a)TAMVM1.TAMU.EDU; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 15:37:15 -0600 Received: from TAMVM1 (NJE origin SMTPI@TAMVM1) by TAMVM1.TAMU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 3154; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 15:22:42 -0600 Received: from tam2000.tamu.edu by tamvm1.tamu.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP; Fri, 19 Jan 96 15:22:39 CST Received: from tam2000.tamu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tam2000.tamu.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA29074 for <linguist(a)tamvm1.tamu.edu>; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 15:22:55 -0600 (CST) Approved-By: The Linguist List <linguist(a)TAM2000.TAMU.EDU> Message-ID: <199601192122.PAA29074(a)tam2000.tamu.edu> Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 15:22:54 -0600 Reply-To: The Linguist List <linguist(a)tam2000.tamu.edu> Sender: The LINGUIST Discussion List <LINGUIST(a)TAMVM1.TAMU.EDU> From: The Linguist List <linguist(a)tam2000.tamu.edu> Subject: 7.84, Calls: Cognitive Science Society (final call) To: Multiple recipients of list LINGUIST <LINGUIST(a)TAMVM1.TAMU.EDU> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINGUIST List: Vol-7-84. Fri Jan 19 1996. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines: 361 Subject: 7.84, Calls: Cognitive Science Society (final call) Moderators: Anthony Rodrigues Aristar: Texas A&M U. <aristar(a)tam2000.tamu.edu> Helen Dry: Eastern Michigan U. <hdry(a)emunix.emich.edu> T. Daniel Seely: Eastern Michigan U. <dseely(a)emunix.emich.edu> Associate Editor: Ljuba Veselinova <lveselin(a)emunix.emich.edu> Assistant Editors: Ron Reck <rreck(a)emunix.emich.edu> Ann Dizdar <dizdar(a)tam2000.tamu.edu> Annemarie Valdez <avaldez(a)emunix.emich.edu> Software development: John H. Remmers <remmers(a)emunix.emich.edu> Editor for this issue: dizdar(a)tam2000.tamu.edu (Ann Dizdar) ---------------------------------Directory----------------------------------- 1) Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 12:40:41 PST From: dnoelle(a)cs.ucsd.edu (David Noelle) Subject: Cog Sci 96: Final Call For Papers ---------------------------------Messages------------------------------------ 1) Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 12:40:41 PST From: dnoelle(a)cs.ucsd.edu (David Noelle) Subject: Cog Sci 96: Final Call For Papers Eighteenth Annual Conference of the COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY July 12-15, 1996 University of California, San Diego La Jolla, California SECOND (AND FINAL) CALL FOR PAPERS DUE DATE: Thursday, February 1, 1996 CONTACT: cogsci96(a)cs.ucsd.edu EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF CHANGES FROM ORIGINAL CFP After discussion with the advisory board, we decided to go with a three-tiered approach after all. There will be six page papers in the proceedings for both talks and posters. However, even if your paper/poster is not accepted, you will have a chance to submit a one page abstract for publication and poster presentation. Or, you may submit a one-page abstract initially (actually two pages in the submission format) for guaranteed acceptance. This is meant to accommodate the very different cultures of the component disciplines of the Society, while making a minimal change from previous years' formats. Also, this CFP provides a partial list of the program committee, the plenary speakers, a rough schedule for the paper reviewing process, and some keywords to aid in the process of reviewing your paper. INTRODUCTION The Annual Cognitive Science Conference began with the La Jolla Conference on Cognitive Science in August of 1979. The organizing committee of the Eighteenth Annual Conference would like to welcome members home to La Jolla. We plan to recapture the pioneering spirit of the original conference, extending our welcome to fields on the expanding frontier of Cognitive Science, including Artificial Life, Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience, Evolutionary Psychology, as well as the core areas of Anthropology, Computer Science, Linguistics, Neuroscience, Philosophy, and Psychology. As a change this year, we follow the example of Psychonomics and the Neuroscience Conferences and invite Members of the Society to submit short abstracts for guaranteed poster presentation at the conference. The conference will feature plenary addresses by invited speakers, invited symposia by leaders in their fields, technical paper sessions, a poster session, a banquet, and a Blues Party. San Diego is the home of the world-famous San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park, Sea World, the historic all-wooden Hotel Del Coronado, beautiful beaches, mountain areas and deserts, is a short drive from Mexico, and features a high Cappuccino Index. Bring the whole family and stay a while! PLENARY SESSIONS 1. "Controversies in Cognitive Science: The Case of Language" Stephen Crain (UMD College Park) & Mark Seidenberg (USC) Moderated by Paul Smolensky (Johns Hopkins University) 2. "Tenth Anniversary of the PDP Books" Geoff Hinton (Toronto) Jay McClelland (CMU) Dave Rumelhart (Stanford) 3. "Frontal Lobe Development and Dysfunction in Children: Dissociations between Intention and Action" Adele Diamond (MIT) 4. "Reconstructing Consciousness" Paul Churchland (UCSD) PROGRAM COMMITTEE (a partial list): Garrison W. Cottrell (UCSD) -- Program Chair Farrell Ackerman (UCSD) -- Linguistics Tom Albright (Salk Institute) -- Neuroscience Patricia Churchland (UCSD) -- Philosophy Roy D'Andrade (UCSD) -- Anthropology Charles Elkan (UCSD) -- Computer Science Catherine Harris (Boston U.) -- Psychology Doug Medin (Northwestern) -- Psychology Risto Miikkulainen (U. of Texas, Austin) -- Computer Science Kim Plunkett (Oxford) -- Psychology Martin Sereno (UCSD) -- Neuroscience Tim van Gelder (Indiana U. & U. of Melbourne) -- Philosophy GUIDELINES FOR PAPER SUBMISSIONS Novel research papers are invited on any topic related to cognition. Members of the Society may submit a one page abstract (two pages in double-spaced submission format) for poster presentation, which will be automatically accepted for publication in the proceedings. Submitted full-length papers will be evaluated through peer review with respect to several criteria, including originality, quality, and significance of research, relevance to a broad audience of cognitive science researchers, and clarity of presentation. Papers will be accepted for either oral or poster presentation, and will receive 6 pages in the proceedings in the final, camera-ready format. Papers that are rejected at this stage may be re-submitted (if the author is a Society member) as a one page abstract in the camera-ready format, due at the same date as camera-ready papers. Poster abstracts from non-members will be accepted, but the presenter should join the Society prior to presenting the poster. Papers accepted for oral presentation will be presented at the conference as scheduled talks. Papers accepted for poster presentation and one page abstracts will be presented at a poster session at the conference. All papers may present results from completed research as well as report on current research with an emphasis on novel approaches, methods, ideas, and perspectives. Posters may report on recent work to be published elsewhere that has not been previously presented at the conference. Authors should submit five (5) copies of the paper in hard copy form by Thursday, February 1, 1996, to: Dr. Garrison W. Cottrell Computer Science and Engineering 0114 FED EX ONLY: 3250 Applied Physics and Math University of California San Diego La Jolla, Ca. 92093-0114 phone for FED EX: 619-534-5948 (my secretary, Marie Kreider) If confirmation of receipt is desired, please use certified mail or enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope or postcard. DAVID MARR MEMORIAL PRIZES FOR EXCELLENT STUDENT PAPERS Papers with a student first author are eligible to compete for a David Marr Memorial Prize for excellence in research and presentation. The David Marr Prizes are accompanied by a $300.00 honorarium, and are funded by an anonymous donor. LENGTH Papers must be a maximum of eleven (11) pages long (excluding only the cover page but including figures and references), with 1 inch margins on all sides (i.e., the text should be 6.5 inches by 9 inches, including footnotes but excluding page numbers), double-spaced, and in 12-point type. Each page should be numbered (excluding the cover page). Template and style files conforming to these specifications for several text formatting programs, including LaTeX, Framemaker, Word, and Word Perfect are available by anonymous FTP from "cs.ucsd.edu" in the "pub/cogsci96/formats" directory. There is a self-explanatory subdirectory hierarchy under that directory for papers and posters. Formatting information is also available via the World Wide Web at the conference web page located at "http://www.cse.ucsd.edu/events/cogsci96/". Submitted abstracts should be two pages in submitted format, with the same margins as full papers. Style files for these are available at the same location as above. Final versions of papers and poster abstracts will be required only after authors are notified of acceptance; accepted papers may be published in a CD-ROM version of the proceedings. Abstracts will be available before the meeting from a WWW server. Final versions must follow the HTML style guidelines which will be made available to the authors of accepted papers and abstracts. This year we will again attempt to publish the proceedings in two modalities, paper and a CD-ROM version. Depending on a decision of the Governing Board, we may be switching completely from paper to CD-ROM publication in order to control escalating costs and permit use of search software. [Comments on this change should be directed to "alan(a)lrdc4.lrdc.pitt.edu" (Alan Lesgold, Secretary/Treasurer).] COVER PAGE Each copy of the submitted paper must include a cover page, separate from the body of the paper, which includes: 1. Title of paper. 2. Full names, postal addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of all authors. 3. An abstract of no more than 200 words. 4. Three to five keywords in decreasing order of relevance. The keywords will be used in the index for the proceedings. You may use the keywords from the attached list, or you may make up your own. Please try to give a primary discipline (or pair of disciplines) to which the paper is addressed (e.g., Psychology, Philosophy, etc.) 5. Preference for presentation format: Talk or poster, talk only, poster only. Poster only submissions should follow paper format, but be no more than 2 pages in this format (final poster abstracts will follow the same 2 column format as papers). Accepted papers will be presented as talks. Submitted posters by Society Members will be accepted for poster presentation, but may, at the discretion of the Program Committee, be invited for oral presentation. Non-members may join the Society at the time of submission. 6. A note stating if the paper is eligible to compete for a Marr Prize. DEADLINE Papers must be received by Thursday, February 1, 1996. Papers received after this date will be recycled. REVIEW SCHEDULE February 1: Papers due March 21: Decisions/Reviews Returned To Authors April 14: Final Papers & Abstracts Due CALL FOR SYMPOSIA (The call for symposia has been deleted here, as the deadline has passed.) CONFERENCE CHAIRS Edwin Hutchins and Walter Savitch PROGRAM CHAIR Garrison W. Cottrell Please direct email to "cogsci96(a)cs.ucsd.edu". KEYWORDS Please identify an appropriate major discipline for your work (try to name no more than two!) and up to three subareas from the following list. 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From: MX%"nyiri(a)ludens.elte.hu" 19-JAN-1996 23:11:31.77 To: MX%"forrai(a)osiris.elte.hu",MX%"steiger(a)osiris.elte.hu",MX%"intermed(a)ind.eunet.hu",MX%"qbodeme(a)gold.uni-miskolc.hu",MX%"aexfir(a)ludens.elte.hu",MX%"ROGAN(a)bla.hu",MX%"golden(a)osiris.elte.hu",MX%"bodor(a)ludens.elte.hu",MX%"gribov(a)pythia.itkp.uni-bonn.de" CC: MX%"nyiri(a)ludens.elte.hu" Subj: Hora1nyi tiltakoza1s Return-Path: <nyiri(a)ludens.elte.hu> Received: by ludens.elte.hu (MX V4.1 VAX) id 2; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 23:11:26 +0100 Sender: nyiri(a)ludens.elte.hu Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 23:11:25 +0100 From: nyiri(a)ludens.elte.hu To: forrai(a)osiris.elte.hu, steiger(a)osiris.elte.hu, intermed(a)ind.eunet.hu, qbodeme(a)gold.uni-miskolc.hu, aexfir(a)ludens.elte.hu, ROGAN(a)bla.hu, golden(a)osiris.elte.hu, bodor(a)ludens.elte.hu, gribov(a)pythia.itkp.uni-bonn.de, aron(a)ludens.elte.hu, kergo(a)dtalk.elte.hu, batori(a)eden.rutgers.edu, JANOSSY(a)dunaert.zpok.hu, fer2(a)ludens.elte.hu, fer1(a)ludens.elte.hu, benedek(a)ludens.elte.hu, h30vam(a)ella.hu, Gyula.Klima.1(a)nd.edu, tengelyi(a)osiris.elte.hu, hunyady(a)osiris.elte.hu, harnad(a)ludens.elte.hu, horanyio(a)ludens.elte.hu, horanyi(a)ludens.elte.hu, stb(a)ludens.elte.hu, bence(a)ludens.elte.hu, pleh(a)ludens.elte.hu CC: nyiri(a)ludens.elte.hu Message-ID: <0099CA4B.EB4ED360.2(a)ludens.elte.hu> Subject: Hora1nyi tiltakoza1s X-MX-Warning: VMS Mail To: line does not include all To: addresses Kedves Bara1taim! 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30 years, 3 months

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by pleh＠ludens.elte.hu

From: MX%"macwhinney+(a)CMU.EDU" 16-JAN-1996 20:43:02.26 To: MX%"info-childes+(a)andrew.cmu.edu" CC: Subj: postdocs at UCSD Return-Path: <brian+errors(a)andrew.cmu.edu> Received: from po7.andrew.cmu.edu by ludens.elte.hu (MX V4.1 VAX) with SMTP; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 20:42:58 +0100 Received: (from postman@localhost) by po7.andrew.cmu.edu (8.7.1/8.7.1) id OAA09205; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 14:40:54 -0500 Received: via switchmail for +dist+/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr/brian/mailing/chilist.dl(a)andrew.cmu.edu; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 14:40:53 -0500 (EST) Received: from po7.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID </afs/andrew.cmu.edu/service/mailqs/sq2/QF.Ikyzpni00UdfQ2rkNg>; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 14:33:08 -0500 (EST) Received: from po7.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID </afs/andrew.cmu.edu/service/mailqs/sq2/QF.UkyzgTa00UdfE2rkIf>; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 14:23:12 -0500 (EST) Received: from po7.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID </afs/andrew.cmu.edu/service/mailqs/sq2/QF.AkyzWGC00Udf42rkEE>; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 14:12:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from po9.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID </afs/andrew.cmu.edu/service/mailqs/sq2/QF.wkyzBg:00UdhI2y0gG>; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 13:50:20 -0500 (EST) Received: from poppy.psy.cmu.edu via qmail ID </afs/andrew.cmu.edu/service/mailqs/q001/QF.Ykyz=8y00jUe0fHU5G>; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 13:47:37 -0500 (EST) Received: from poppy.psy.cmu.edu via qmail ID </afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr7/brian/.Outgoing/QF.8kyz5p600jUe8fG2lJ>; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 13:41:57 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <8kyz5GW00jUeMfG1sU(a)andrew.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 13:41:22 -0500 (EST) From: Brian MacWhinney <macwhinney+(a)CMU.EDU> To: info-childes <info-childes+(a)andrew.cmu.edu> Subject: postdocs at UCSD CC: Date: Tue, 16 Jan 96 10:18:51 PST From: crl(a)crl.ucsd.edu (Center for Research in Language) CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN LANGUAGE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO ANNOUNCEMENT OF POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS Applications are invited for postdoctoral fellowships in Language, Communication & Brain at the Center for Research in Language at the University of California, San Diego. The fellowships are supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIDCD), and provide an annual stipend ranging from $19,608 to $32,300 depending upon years of postdoctoral experience. In addition, some funding is provided for medical insurance and travel. The program provides interdisciplinary training in: (1) psycholinguistics, including language processing in adults and language development in children; (2) communication disorders, including childhood language disorders and adult aphasia; (3) electrophysiological studies of language, and (4) neural network models of language learning and processing. Candidates are expected to work in at least one of these four areas, and preference will be given to candidates with background and interests involving more than one area. Grant conditions require that candidates be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. In addition, trainees will incur a payback obligation during their first year of postdoctoral NRSA support and are required to complete a Payback Agreement. Deadline for submission of applications is May 3, 1996. Applicants should send a statement of interest, three letters of recommendation, a curriculum vitae and copies of relevant publications to: Elizabeth Bates, PhD Center for Research in Language 0526 University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, California 92093-0526 (619) 534-3007 Women and minority candidates are specifically invited to apply.

30 years, 3 months

None

by pleh＠ludens.elte.hu

From: MX%"macwhinney+(a)CMU.EDU" 12-JAN-1996 22:47:00.70 To: MX%"info-childes+(a)andrew.cmu.edu" CC: Subj: evolution conference Return-Path: <brian+errors(a)andrew.cmu.edu> Received: from po8.andrew.cmu.edu by ludens.elte.hu (MX V4.1 VAX) with SMTP; Fri, 12 Jan 1996 22:46:52 +0100 Received: (from postman@localhost) by po8.andrew.cmu.edu (8.7.1/8.7.1) id QAA17609; Fri, 12 Jan 1996 16:46:12 -0500 Received: via switchmail for +dist+/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr/brian/mailing/chilist.dl(a)andrew.cmu.edu; Fri, 12 Jan 1996 16:46:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID </afs/andrew.cmu.edu/service/mailqs/sq2/QF.Ykxh6ra00UdZ01ZU4v>; Fri, 12 Jan 1996 16:25:12 -0500 (EST) Received: from po9.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID </afs/andrew.cmu.edu/service/mailqs/sq1/QF.UkxgmKe00UdhQ2KU9w>; Fri, 12 Jan 1996 16:03:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from po8.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID </afs/andrew.cmu.edu/service/mailqs/sq1/QF.QkxgSAa00UdgE1nU4:>; Fri, 12 Jan 1996 15:41:49 -0500 (EST) Received: from po9.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID </afs/andrew.cmu.edu/service/mailqs/sq2/QF.8kxg5pa00UdhA2JFFi>; Fri, 12 Jan 1996 15:15:51 -0500 (EST) Received: from poppy.psy.cmu.edu via qmail ID </afs/andrew.cmu.edu/service/mailqs/q004/QF.Ukxg3K600jUeEbC05Q>; Fri, 12 Jan 1996 15:13:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from poppy.psy.cmu.edu via qmail ID </afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr7/brian/.Outgoing/QF.ckxfyka00jUe4b8QIt>; Fri, 12 Jan 1996 15:08:16 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <8kxfxn200jUeEb8PdJ(a)andrew.cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 15:07:15 -0500 (EST) From: Brian MacWhinney <macwhinney+(a)CMU.EDU> To: info-childes <info-childes+(a)andrew.cmu.edu> Subject: evolution conference CC: Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 19:34:00 GMT From: Evolution Conference <evoconf(a)ling.ed.ac.uk> EVOLUTION OF HUMAN LANGUAGE Conference: University of Edinburgh, April 1st-4th, 1996 PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE OF TALKS. (For registration procedure, see end of message.) MONDAY, APRIL 1ST, 2.00pm - 6.00pm, PLENARY SESSION. Jean Aitchison "On discontinuing the continuity-discontinuity debate" Kathleen Gibson "The biocultural brain, mental hierarchies and continuity approaches" Robbins Burling "Iconic communication: between gesture calls and language" Bencie Woll "Do sign languages tell us anything about the origins of human language?" Robert Kluender and Shannon Casey "The continuity of gesture and language: a case study" R Q Goodwin "A functional perspective on the communicative abilities of apes and children" TUESDAY APRIL 2ND, 9.00am - 1.00pm, PLENARY SESSION. Myrna Gopnik "Genes, grammars and other curiosities" Paul Fletcher "Linguistic impairment in a British family: characterisation and interpretation" Elizabeth Isaacs, Faraneh Vargha-Khadem, Lucinda Carr, Edward Brett, Christopher Adams, and Mortimer Mishkin "Onset of speech after left hemispherectomy in a nine-year old boy" Robin Dunbar "Why did language evolve?" R P Worden "The evolution of language from social intelligence" John Locke "Talking as a precursor to spoken language" Leslie C. Aiello "The foundations of human language" TUESDAY APRIL 2ND, 2.00pm - 6.00pm, PARALLEL SESSION A. John Batali "A model of the evolution of grammar" Pat Healey and Carl Vogel "Simulated coordination and convergence" Asif Agha "A typology of `concepts' for mental development" Jean Louis Dessalles "Genetic constraints on the evolution of human communication" David Dickins and Richard Bentall "Stimulus equivalence: a laboratory 'knack' or the heart of language?" Pat Healey "Natural selection and naturalised semantics" Gary Marcus "Two mechanisms of linguistic generalization: an evolutionary perspective" TUESDAY APRIL 2ND, 2.00pm - 6.00pm, PARALLEL SESSION B. Maria Ujhelyi "Long call structure in apes as a possible precursor for language" William Noble "Discovering the symbolic potential of communicative signs" Ib Ulbaek "The origin of language and cognition" Chris Knight "A 'selfish-gene' solution to the problem of deception" Camilla Power "The vocal grooming and gossip theory of language origins: can cheap signals be reliable?" Koji Ohnishi "African origin of classifier-prefixed words in extra-African languages: new evidence for Ruhlen's monogenesis theory of human languages" WEDNESDAY APRIL 3RD, 9.00am - 1.00pm, PLENARY SESSION. Derek Bickerton "Catastrophic evolution: the case for a single step from proto-language to language" Frederick Newmeyer "On the supposed 'dysfunctionality' of universal grammar: some evolutionary implications" Ted Briscoe "Parsability as a constraint on the evolution of language" Simon Kirby "Fitness and the selective adaptation of language" Christer Johansson "Transmission of 'language parameters' during the years of the plague" Robert Berwick Title to be announced Philip Lieberman "On the evolution of the human brain's functional language system" WEDNESDAY APRIL 3RD, 2.00pm - 6.00pm, PARALLEL SESSION A. T J Crow "Sexual selection acting on an X-Y homologous gene as the mechanism of evolution of language" Chris McManus "Handedness, cerebral lateralization and the evolution of language" Peter MacNeilage "Evolution of the mechanism of language output" Kevin Cohen Title to be announced Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy "Synonymy avoidance, phonology and the origin of syntax" Marilee Monnot "What is the adaptive function of maternal 'motherese' speech?" WEDNESDAY APRIL 3RD, 2.00pm - 6.00pm, PARALLEL SESSION B. Klaus Kohler "The development of sound systems in human language" Jean-Marie Hombert and Egidio Marsico "Do vowel systems increase in complexity?" Didier Demolin "The role of self-organization in the emergence of phonological systems" Jean-Marie Hombert "30,000 years of vowel changes in Australian languages" Bjorn Lindblom Title to be announced Susan Duncan "The role of rhythm in human language" THURSDAY APRIL 4TH, 9.00am - 1.00pm, PLENARY SESSION. Alexander Marshack "Middle Palaeolithic and earlier Acheulian symbolic materials and their relevance to the origin and evolution of language" Iain Davidson "Language origins and the dispersal of modern humans" James Steele "Stone tools and language capacities; a methodology for apple-and-pear comparisons" Johanna Nichols "Linguistic bottlenecks and the human dispersal" Leon Stassen "A-languages and B-languages: parameter clusters in the languages of the world" Daniel Nettle "Language and other systems of exchange: the evolution of linguistic diversity" CONFERENCE ENDS 1.OOpm, THURSDAY APRIL 4TH. -------------- OUR SPONSORS We gratefully acknowledge financial support from: University of Edinburgh Linguistics Department University of Edinburgh Interdisciplinary Research Fund The Times Higher Educational Supplement University of Edinburgh Northern Scholars Committee Linguistics Association of Great Britain Royal Anthropological Institution Edinburgh International Science Festival -----------------------cut here------------------------------------- EVOLUTION OF HUMAN LANGUAGE CONFERENCE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, APRIL 1-4, 1996 REGISTRATION FORM Please edit and return to: evoconf(a)ling.ed.ac.uk Title: _____________________________________________________ Name: _____________________________________________________ Affiliation (if any): ________________________________________ Contact Address: _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Vegetarian or other dietary requirements: ____________________ ALL COSTS IN UK POUNDS STERLING (insert amounts below) Conference Fee:* _________ 75.00, non-student delegates 40.00, students (with copy of student ID) Discounts available to a maximum of 15 students *Includes lunch April 2 and 3, afternoon tea and morning coffee April 1-4, all conference facilities, materials & administration costs Number of nights' accomodation required: _____ Type of accomodation required (1-3): _____ Type 1: single room, shared facilities, 25.00/night Type 2: double room, shared facilities, 36.00/night Type 3: double room, en-suite facilities, 59.00/night Price includes accomodation at Pollock Halls and full Scottish breakfast. Total accomodation costs: _________ Abstract booklet only (price 5.00): _________ TOTAL ALL COSTS: _________ FOREIGN EXCHANGE FEE (See *note below) _________ GRAND TOTAL _________ Payment is due by March 1st. (10% surcharge for late payment). Please send cheques or money orders in POUNDS STERLING* to: Evolution of Human Language Conference Dept. of Linguistics University of Edinburgh Adam Ferguson Building 40 George Square Edinburgh EH9 8LL Please make cheques payable to "Evolution Conference 96" *For payment in other currencies, please add the equivalent of 10 pounds sterling to the "TOTAL ALL COSTS" above.

30 years, 3 months

Graduate study in CogSci

by Boicho Kokinov

The Department of Cognitive Science at the New Bulgarian University It offers the following degrees: Post-Graduate Diploma, M.Sc., Ph.D. FEATURES Teaching in English both in the regular courses at NBU and in the intensive courses at the Annual International Summer Schools. Strong interdisciplinary program covering Psychology, Artificial Intelligence, Neurosciences, Linguistics, Philosophy, Mathematics, Methods. Theoretical and experimental research in integration of the symbolic and connectionist approaches, emergent hybrid cognitive architectures, models of memory and reasoning, analogy, vision, imagery, agnosia, language and speech processing, aphasia. Advisors: at least two advisors with different backgrounds, possibly one external international advisor. International dissertation committee. INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD Elizabeth Bates (UCSD, USA), Amedeo Cappelli (CNR, Italy), Cristiano Castelfranchi (CNR, Italy), Daniel Dennett (Tufts University, USA), Charles De Weert (University of Nijmegen, Holland), Christian Freksa (Hamburg University, Germany), Dedre Gentner (Northwestern University, USA), Christopher Habel (Hamburg University, Germany), Douglas Hofstadter (Indiana University, USA), Joachim Hohnsbein (University of Dortmund, Germany), Keith Holyoak (UCLA, USA), Mark Keane (Trinity College, Ireland), Alan Lesgold (University of Pittsburg, USA), Willem Levelt (Max-Plank Institute of Psycholinguistics, Holland), Ennio De Renzi (University of Modena, Italy), David Rumelhart (Stanford University, USA), Richard Shiffrin (Indiana University, USA), Paul Smolensky (University of Colorado, USA), Chris Thornton (University of Sussex, England ), Carlo Umilta' (University of Padova, Italy) ADDMISSION REQUIREMENTS B.Sc. degree in psychology, computer science, linguistics, philosophy, neurosciences, or related fields. Good command of English. Full Scholarships available to students from Eastern and Central Europe. Address: Cognitive Science Department, New Bulgarian University, 21 Montevideo Str. Sofia 1635, Bulgaria, tel.: (+3592) 55-80-65 fax: (+3592) 54-08-02 e-mail: kokinov(a)bgearn.acad.bg

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kognitiv orak: Izabella utca, 1996 tavasz

by Miklos GYORI

A KOGNITiV SZAKIRANY oRAI AZ 1996. TAVASZI FELEVBEN (ELTE APT, Izabella utca 46.) PS-KK01 Kognitiv pszichologiai kutatas modszertana (K,2o) Jakab Zoltan ts. K 10-11.30 PS-KK03 Turbo Pascal programozasi nyelv (G,2o) Geier Janos tud. mts. K 3-4.30 PS-KK04 C programozasi nyelv (G,4o) Jakab Zoltan ts. SZ 2.30-4 PS-KK06 Problemamegoldas: a megismeres vitai (K,2o) Pleh Csaba doc. H 5.30-7 PS-KK07 Nyelvfeldolgozas es kiserleti pszicholingvisztika (K,2o) Pleh Csaba doc. H 2-3.30 PS-KK16.12 Az arcfelismeres elmeletei (G,2o) Sera Laszlo adj. SZ 2-3.30 PS-KK16.14 Az emlekezes pszichologiaja (francia olvasoszeminarium) (G,2o) Konya Aniko adj. megb. szerint PS-KK16.18 Tudatelmeletek a fejlodeslelektanban (G,2o) Gergely Gyoergy doc. CS 12.30-2 PS-KK16.22 Emocionalis befolyasok a gondolkozasra es itelkezesre (angolul) Joseph Forgas megb. szerint PS-KK16.23 Freud metapszichologiaja a kognitiv lelektan szempontjabol (G,2o) Gergely Gyoergy doc. P 2-3.30 PS-KK16.24 A pszichologiai magyarazat (angolul) Stevan Harnad megb. szerint PS-KK16.25 Kognitiv cikkolvaso szeminarium Kampis Gyoergy megb. szerint PS-KK16.26 Inferencialis pragmatika es kognitiv nyelveszet (G,2o) Komlosi Laszlo doc. CS 4-6 PS-KK16.27 Narrativ elmeletek es szocialis reprezentacio (Narrative Theories and Social Representation) (G,2o) Laszlo Janos megb. szerint PS-KK16.28 Kognitiv nyelveszet (G,2o) Tolcsvai Nagy Gabor CS 2-4 PBu III.12. PS-KK16.29 A morfologia elsajatitasa (angolul) Wolfgang Dressler megb. szerint PS-KK16.30 Nyelvpatologia es nyelveszet (The acquisition of syntax and its relation to morphology) Chris Schaner-Wolles megb. szerint PS-KK16.31 Szemantika es elmefilozofia (The deconstruction of the central system: arguments from acquisition and breakdown) Martin Prinzhorn megb. szerint PS-KK16.32 A termeszetes kategorizacio (G,2o) Konya Aniko adj. CS 2.30-4 PS-KK16.33 Az intuicio (belatas) szerepe a problemamegoldasban (G,2o) Barkoczi Ilona prof. K 2-3.30 PS-KK16.34 Gyermeki tudatelmelet es nyelvelsajatitas II. (G,2o) Kiss Szabolcs tud. oed. SZ 10-11.30 PS-KK16.35 Kognitiv pszichologia (nem pszichologus szakiranyosoknak) Pleh Csaba doc. CS 9-12 PS-KK16.36 Az intencionalitas es az erzetminoseg az okok vilagaban (Intentionality and qualia in a world of causes) Fekete Gabor megb. szerint PS-KK16.37 History of perception Riccardo Luccio megb. szerint PS-KK16.38 Neuralis modellek az erzekelesben Peter Foldiak megb. szerint, jANUARBAN Doktorandusoknak mas orak megbeszeles szerint Pleh Csaba.

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