CALL FOR PAPERS
Pragmatics & Cognition announces a special issue on
FACIAL INFORMATION PROCESSING:
A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE
Guest Editors
Itiel E. Dror and Sarah V. Stevenage
In many senses, faces are at the center of human interaction.
At a very basic level, faces indicate identity. However, faces
are remarkably rich information carriers. For example, facial
gestures may be used as means of conveying intentions.
Faces may also permit a direct glimpse into the person's inner
self (by unintentionally revealing, for example, aspects of
character or mood). Given their salient role, the processing of
the information conveyed by faces and its integration with
other sources of interactional information raise important
issues in cognition and pragmatics.
Research on facial information processing has investigated
these (and other) issues utilizing a variety of approaches and
methodologies, and developments in both computer and
cognitive sciences have recently carried this research forward.
The emerging picture is that there are cognitive subsystems
which specialize in different aspects of facial processing. This
has been supported by neuropsychological evidence
suggesting that brain damaged patients show dissociations
between the different aspects of face processing. In addition,
research on the development of facial processing abilities, and
on aspects of the face itself which affect these processing
abilities, has contributed to our understanding of how facial
information is perceived.
This special issue of Pragmatics and Cognition is intended to
provide a common forum for a variety of the topics currently
under investigation. Given the breadth of issues and
approaches used to investigate faces, we encourage
submissions from a wide range of disciplines. Our aim is that
this special issue will tie together the diverse research on
faces, and show their links and interdependencies.
Deadline for submission: August 1, 1998
Editorial decisions: November 1, 1998
Revised papers due: February 1, 1999
Expected publication: October 1999
Papers should be submitted according to the guidelines of the
journal (see WWW URL:
http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~dror/guideline.html). All
submissions will be peer reviewed. Please send five copies of
your submission either to:
Dr. Itiel Dror (dror(a)coglab.psy.soton.ac.uk) or:
Dr. Sarah Stevenage (svs1(a)soton.ac.uk)
Dept. of Psychology
Southampton University
Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ
England
For additional and updated information see WWW URL:
http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~dror/faces.html
or contact either of the guest editors.
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| Itiel E. Dror, Ph.D. http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~dror/ |
| Department of Psychology dror(a)coglab.psy.soton.ac.uk |
| University of Southampton Office 44 (0)1703 594519 |
| Highfield, Southampton Lab. 44 (0)1703 594518 |
| England SO17 1BJ Fax. 44 (0)1703 594597 |
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>Functional MRI of Human Auditory Cortex
>
>Georgetown Institute for Cognitive and Computational Sciences
>Washington, DC
>
>A postdoctoral position is available in the Laboratory of Integrative
>Neuroscience and Cognition of the Georgetown Institute for Cognitive and
>Computational Sciences (GICCS) to perform functional magnetic resonance
>imaging of the higher auditory pathways in humans. A brand-new 1.5T
>Siemens Vision scanner is available, including Medx and BrainVoyager
>software, as well as SGI and other workstations. A psychoacoustics lab
>for the development of acoustic stimuli exists as well. The main thrust
>of our research is to investigate the neural coding of complex sounds,
>including speech, in functionally specialized areas of the human
>auditory cortex, and to explore the hypothesis of dual processing
>streams for auditory space and auditory patterns in the higher auditory
>pathways. Parallel studies are being performed in animal models,
>including awake behaving primates, using single-unit neurophysiology and
>optical intrinsic signal imaging. Candidates with substantial knowledge
>of psychoacoustics preferred. Knowledge of imaging techniques desirable
>but not required (training can be provided).
>
>GICCS is located in a new research building on the handsome campus of
>Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Georgetown University is one of
>the oldest academic institutions in North America and has a strong
>commitment to the neurosciences. Various collaborative ties exist with
>researchers at the nearby National Institutes of Health in Bethesda,
>Maryland, and with the University of Maryland. Please send applications
>(c.v. and names of two referees) to: Prof. Josef P. Rauschecker, GICCS,
>NRB, WP15, 3970 Reservoir Road NW, Washington DC, 20007-2197; e-mail:
>josef(a)helix.nih.gov or rauscheckerj(a)giccs.georgetown.edu).
--
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Istvan Winkler In Helsinki:
Institute for Psychology Cognitive Brain Research Unit
Hungarian Academy of Sciences Department of Psychology
University of Helsinki
Mailing address:
H-1394 Budapest, P.O.B. 398 PL 13 (Meritullinkatu 1 B)
Szondy u 83/85, HUNGARY 00014 Univerity of Helsinki
Phone: (36-1) 1533-244 (358-9) 19124004
Fax: (36-1) 2692-972 (358-9) 19123763
e-mail: winkler(a)cogpsyphy.hu winkler(a)avocado.pc.helsinki.fi
Forwarded for those interested
CS
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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 12:39:56 +0000 (GMT)
From: peter smith <pss01pks(a)gold.ac.uk>
To: dev-europe(a)lboro.ac.uk
Subject: conference flier (fwd)
This conference may be of interest to developmentalists.
Peter K Smith
Psychology, Goldsmiths College, London
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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 10:45:49 +0000
From: PETER CARRUTHERS <P.Carruthers(a)sheffield.ac.uk>
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Subject: conference flier
Dear all
Below is the text of a flier for the *Evolution of mind* conference
next June. Hard-copies have been mailed to all philosophy,
psychology, linguistics, anthropology and archaeology depts in the
UK; but I don't have the resources to leaflet the US and Europe. So
please e-mail on a copy to all your friends-and-relations (especially
outside the UK) who might be interested, with a request to e-mail it
on to *their* friends-and-relations. Please also post a copy on any
e-mail list to which you have access -- I shall put a copy on
Philos-L.
Best Peter
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Evolving the human mind
An international interdisciplinary conference
on the evolution of human cognition
University of Sheffield
2 pm Wednesday 24 June 1998 _ 2 pm Saturday 27 June 1998
sponsored by
The Hang Seng Centre for Cognitive Studies
Department of Philosophy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield s10
2tn, uk
Participants will include:
Simon Baron-Cohen (Psychology, Cambridge)
Derek Bickerton (Linguistics, Hawaii)
George Botterill (Philosophy, Sheffield)
Richard Byrne (Psychology, St Andrews)
Pascal Boyer (Anthropology, Lyon)
Peter Carruthers (Philosophy, Sheffield)
Andrew Chamberlain (Archaeology, Sheffield)
Patty Cowell (Communication Sci., Sheffield)
Fiona Cowie (Philosophy, Caltech)
Robin Dunbar (Psychology, Liverpool)
James Hurford (Linguistics, Edinburgh)
Alan Leslie (Psychology, Rutgers)
John Locke (Communication Sci., Sheffield)
Andrew Mayes (Neurology, Sheffield)
Bill McGrew (Anthropology, Miami Ohio)
Steven Mithen (Archaeology, Reading)
Adam Morton (Philosophy, Bristol)
Gloria Origgi (Philosophy, Milan)
David Papineau (Philosophy, KCL)
Kate Robson Brown (Archaeology, Bristol)
Peter K Smith (Psychology, Goldsmith's)
Dan Sperber (Anthropology, CREA Paris)
Stephen Stich (Philosophy, Rutgers)
Thomas Wynn (Anthropology, Colorado)
There will be opportunities for poster presentations; abstracts to be
e-mailed to the address below.
There will be opportunities for postgraduate presentations at the end
of the conference, with subsidy. Draft papers (3-6,000 words) should
be submitted by 1 April 1998. For details contact the e-mail address
below.
Full programme and costs will be available in April 1998.
To be placed on the e-mail information list for this conference
please e-mail:
p.carruthers(a)sheffield.ac.uk
Chris Sinha
University of Aarhus
Department of Psychology
Asylvej 4
8240 Risskov
Denmark
Tel. +45 89 424987 Secr. 424916
Fax +45 89 424901
PhD lehetoseg
Jovo tanevtol kutatasi lehetoseget (es temat) biztositunk egy
kognitiv pszichofiziologiai erdeklodesu pszichologus, biologus
(esetleg mas) vegzettsegu PhD-s hallgatonak. A jelentkezonek sikeresen
felveteliznie kell valamelyik pszichologus PhD programra (ELTE, KLTE),
vagy a TTK magatartasbiologiai programjara.
Czigler Istvan
czigler(a)cogpsyphy.hu
--
Istvan Czigler PhD DSc
Institute for Psychology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Mail: P.O.Box 398 H-1394 Budapest, Hungary Phone: (36-1) 1533 244
Fax: (36-1) 2692 972 e-mail: czigler(a)CogPsyPhy.hu
Evolving the human mind
An international interdisciplinary conference
on the evolution of human cognition
University of Sheffield
2 pm Wednesday 24 June 1998 u 2 pm Saturday 27 June 1998
sponsored by
The Hang Seng Centre for Cognitive Studies
Department of Philosophy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield s10
2tn, uk
Participants will include:
Simon Baron-Cohen (Psychology, Cambridge)
Derek Bickerton (Linguistics, Hawaii)
George Botterill (Philosophy, Sheffield)
Richard Byrne (Psychology, St Andrews)
Pascal Boyer (Anthropology, Lyon)
Peter Carruthers (Philosophy, Sheffield)
Andrew Chamberlain (Archaeology, Sheffield)
Patty Cowell (Communication Sci., Sheffield)
Fiona Cowie (Philosophy, Caltech)
Robin Dunbar (Psychology, Liverpool)
James Hurford (Linguistics, Edinburgh)
Alan Leslie (Psychology, Rutgers)
John Locke (Communication Sci., Sheffield)
Andrew Mayes (Neurology, Sheffield)
Bill McGrew (Anthropology, Miami Ohio)
Steven Mithen (Archaeology, Reading)
Adam Morton (Philosophy, Bristol)
Gloria Origgi (Philosophy, Milan)
David Papineau (Philosophy, KCL)
Kate Robson Brown (Archaeology, Bristol)
Peter K Smith (Psychology, GoldsmithAEs)
Dan Sperber (Anthropology, CREA Paris)
Stephen Stich (Philosophy, Rutgers)
Thomas Wynn (Anthropology, Colorado)
There will be opportunities for poster presentations; abstracts to be
e-mailed to the address below.
There will be opportunities for postgraduate presentations at the end
of the conference, with subsidy. Draft papers (3-6,000 words) should
be submitted by 1 April 1998. For details contact the e-mail address
below.
Full programme and costs will be available in April 1998.
To be placed on the e-mail information list for this conference
please e-mail:
p.carruthers(a)sheffield.ac.uk
A Szegedi Tarsadalomtudomanyi Szakkollegium nemreg utjara indult
megismerestudomanyi kurzusanak kovetkezo eloadoja
Dr. Pleh Csaba.
Eloadasanak cime:
A ter problemaja a kognitiv tudomanyban: a ter az
idegrendszerben es a nyelvben
A Mora Ferenc Kollegiumban (Szeged, Kozep fasor 31-33.)
1997. november 12-en (szerdan) este 8 orakor kezdodo eloadasra
minden erdeklodot sok szeretettel varnak a szervezok.
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Date sent: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 05:40:17 -0500 (EST)
From: "Bruce M. Hood" <bmh(a)wjh.harvard.edu>
To: dev-europe(a)lboro.ac.uk
Subject: 2 job openings in dev.al cog. neuroscience (fwd)
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Date: Wed, 05 Nov 1997 15:42:58 -0500
From: Adele Diamond <ADiamond(a)Shriver.org>
To: nemcis(a)Shriver.org
Subject: 2 job openings in dev.al cog. neuroscience
Two Job Openings in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
We will have an opening for 1 Ph.D.-level Research Scientist beginning
this summer and for 1 BA-level Research Assistant beginning either in
January or this summer. For these openings, we are looking for people with
a strong background in developmental psychology who are talented in working
with infants and young children.
The Center for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience is devoted to
interdisciplinary research on the development and neural bases of higher
cognitive functions. Researchers in the Center come from backgrounds in
neuroscience, developmental psychology, cognitive science, molecular
genetics, and animal behavior. Some are involved in basic research; others
do more applied research. The focus of the projects for which we are
currently hiring is working memory, selective attention, and executive
function.
Applicants should please send a copy of their vitae, a statement of
research background and interests, (p)reprints, and should have 3 letters
of reference sent separately to:
Adele Diamond
Director, Center for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Kennedy Shriver Center
200 Trapelo Road
Waltham, MA 02154
email: adiamond(a)shriver.org
The Kennedy Shriver Center is a non-profit, research institution on a
wooded campus about a 10-min drive from Harvard Square.
------- Forwarded Message Follows -------
From: Steven Young <young(a)psy.ox.ac.uk>
Subject: Oxford Summer School on Connectionist Modelling
To: dev-europe(a)lboro.ac.uk, info-childes(a)andrew.cmu.edu, psyling(a)psy.gla.ac.uk,
connectionists(a)cs.cmu.edu
Date sent: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 11:46:33 +0100 (BST)
** CALL FOR ATTENDANCE **
Oxford Summer School on Connectionist Modelling
Department of Experimental Psychology,
University of Oxford
19 - 31 July 1998
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, biologically plausible neural networks
and brain function through lectures and exercises on Macintoshs
(one page maximum) no later than 31st January 1998.
--
Computer Officer, IRC for Cognitive Neuroscience,
Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University
<http://www.mrc-bbc.ox.ac.uk/~young>
<mailto:Steven.Young@psy.ox.ac.ukReceived: from MERCURY by IZABELL
The volume "Neural Organization: Structure, Function, and Dynamics" by
Michael A. Arbib, Peter Erdi, and Janos Szentagothai is now available from
the MIT Press.
See the MIT Press website for additional information:
http://mitpress.mit.edu/book-home.tcl?isbn=026201159X
The volume can be viewed at the MIT Press booth at the Society for
Neuroscience meeting in New Orleans. MIT Press offers a 20% discount for
orders placed using forms available at the meeting.
-----The following is additional information about the volume-----
"Neural Organization: Structure, Function, and Dynamics"
Michael A. Arbib, Peter Erdi, and Janos Szentagothai
ISBN 0-262-01159-X
328 pp. (8.5 x 11 double column), 163 illus. $60.00 (cloth)
In Neural Organization, Arbib, Erdi, and Szentagothai integrate structural,
functional, and dynamical approaches to the interaction of brain models and
neurobiologcal experiments. Both structure-based "bottom-up" and function-
based "top-down" models offer coherent concepts by which to evaluate the
experimental data. The goal of this book is to point out the advantages of
a multidisciplinary, multistrategied approach to the brain.
Part I of Neural Organization provides a detailed introduction to each of
the three areas of structure, function, and dynamics. Structure refers to
the anatomical aspects of the brain and the relations between different
brain regions. Function refers to skills and behaviors, which are explained
by means of functional schemas and biologically based neural networks.
Dynamics refers to the use of a mathematical framework to analyze the
temporal change of neural activities and synaptic connectivities that
underlie brain development and plasticity--in terms of both detailed
single-cell models and large-scale network models.
In part II, the authors show how their systematic approach can be used to
analyze specific parts of the nervous system--the olfactory system,
hippocampus, thalamus, cerebral cortex, cerebellum, and basal ganglia--as
well as to integrate data from the study of brain regions, functional
models, and the dynamics of neural networks. In conclusion, they offer a
plan for the use of their methods in the development of cognitive
neuroscience.
*********************************
Michael A. Arbib
USC Brain Project
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2520, USA
arbib(a)pollux.usc.edu
(213) 740-9220; Fax: (213) 740-5687
http://www-hbp.usc.edu/HBP/
Peter Erdi
Dept. Biophysics
KFKI Research Inst. for Particel and Nucelar Physics of the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
H-1525 Budapest, Hungary
(36-1)1-325-920; Fax: (36-1)395-9151
http://www.rmki.kfki.hu/biofiz/biophysics.html
Az ELTE BTK Szimbolikus Logika Tanszek
es az MTA Matematikai Kutatointezet Algebrai Logika osztalya
kozos szeminariuman
NEMETI ISTVAN
tart eloadast
Miert olyan a logikafogalmunk, amilyen
(kapcsolatok kognitiv tudomannyal).
cimmel.
Ido: Pentek, nov. 7, du. 15.30.
Hely: MKI (1053 Realtanoda u. 13-15), I. e. 13. (algebrai logika szoba).
Absztrakt: Uj kihivas a tudomany elott: a gondolkodasi folyamat egzakt
megertese. (Csak reszleges megertes a cel persze.) Sema: "Gondolkodas" resze a
"megismeresi folyamat" resze a "logika". Miert van minden logikai rendszernek
sok modellje (de csak egy szintaxis)? Milyen hosszuak a formulak (es/vagy
bizonyitasok)? Mit modellezunk? Mikor hu a modell? Mi mast vizsgal a logika?
(elmeletmorfizmusok, elmelet (logika) kombinalas, fibralas, induktiv logika,
abdukcio es algebrai logika)
Nemeti Istvan a matematikai tudomany doktora, az MTA MAKI tudomanyos tanacs-
adoja, a filozofiai logika es matematikai alapjai nemzetkozileg elismert
kutatoja.
Minden erdeklodot szeretettel varunk!
