koglist February 2005

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Collerton et al./Why people see things that are not there: BBS Call for Commentators

by Behavioral & Brain Sciences

Dear Dr. Qwerty, If you would like to be considered a potential commentator, or you would like to suggest one, please follow the instructions below. NOTE: Your proposal and/or suggestions should be submitted via the new Online Commentary Proposal system no later than March 7, 2005. The following target article has recently been accepted: "Why people see things that are not there: A novel Perception and Attention Deficit model for recurrent complex visual hallucinations" Daniel Collerton, Elaine Perry, and Ian McKeith ========================================================================= NEW BBS CALL INSTRUCTIONS ========================================================================= Please DO NOT respond to this email. If you wish to submit a proposal for commentary and/or suggest potential commentators, please go to the new Online Commentary Proposal System at the following URL: http://www.bbsonline.org/perl/commentary/commproposal?authordir=Collerton-0… Note: Commentators must be BBS Associates, or suggested by a BBS Associate. If you are not a BBS Associate, please follow the instructions linked below: http://www.bbsonline.org/Instructions/associnst.html ========================================================================= TARGET ARTICLE INFORMATION ========================================================================= TARGET ARTICLE: Why people see things that are not there: A novel Perception and Attention Deficit model for recurrent complex visual hallucinations AUTHORS: Daniel Collerton, Elaine Perry, and Ian McKeith ABSTRACT: As many as two million people in the UK repeatedly see people, animals and objects that have no objective reality. Hallucinations on the border of sleep, dementing illnesses, delirium, eye disease, and schizophrenia account for 90% of these. The remainder have rarer disorders. We review existing models of recurrent complex visual hallucinations (RCVH) in the awake person, including cortical irritation, cortical hyperexcitability, and cortical release, top down activation, misperception, dream intrusion, and interactive models. We provide evidence that these can neither fully account for the phenomenology of RCVH, nor for variations in the frequency of RCVH in different disorders. We propose a novel Perception and Attention Deficit model for RCVH. A combination of impaired attentional binding and poor sensory activation of a correct proto-object, in conjunction with a relatively intact scene representation, bias perception to allow the intrusion of a hallucinatory protoobject into a scene perception. Incorporation of this image into a context specific hallucinatory scene representation accounts for repetitive hallucinations. We suggest that these impairments are underpinned by disturbances in a lateral frontal cortex ventral visual stream system. We show how the frequency of RCVH in different diseases is related to the coexistence of attentional and visual perceptual impairments; how attentional and perceptual processes can account for their phenomenology; and that diseases and other states with high rates of RCVH have cholinergic dysfunction in both frontal cortex and the ventral visual stream. Several tests of the model are indicated, together with a number of treatment options that it generates. KEYWORDS: Blindness; Charles Bonnet; cholinergic; cortical release; delirium; dementia; dream intrusion; hallucination; Perception and Attention Deficit model; schizophrenia. FULL TEXT: http://www.bbsonline.org/Preprints/Collerton-09122003/Referees/ 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. The Calls are sent to 10,000 BBS Associates, so there is no expectation (indeed, it would be calamitous) that each recipient should comment on every occasion! Please DO NOT prepare a commentary unless you eventually receive a formal invitation, indicating that it was possible to include your name on the final list, which is constructed so as to balance areas of expertise and frequency of prior commentaries in BBS. To help you decide whether you would be an appropriate commentator for this article, an electronic draft is retrievable at the URL that follows the abstract and keywords above. ========================================================================= NEW BBS CALL INSTRUCTIONS ========================================================================= Please DO NOT respond to this email. If you wish to submit a proposal for commentary and/or suggest potential commentators, please go to the new Online Commentary Proposal System at the following URL: http://www.bbsonline.org/perl/commentary/commproposal?authordir=Collerton-0… Note: Commentators must be BBS Associates, or suggested by a BBS Associate. If you are not a BBS Associate, please follow the instructions linked below: http://www.bbsonline.org/Instructions/associnst.html ========================================================================= Barbara Finlay - Editor Paul Bloom - Editor Behavioral and Brain Sciences bbs(a)bbsonline.org http://www.bbsonline.org -------------------------------------------------------------------

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Aranyosi -PhD defense

by Istvan Aranyosi

The Central European University Philosophy Department cordially invites you to "PHYSICALISM AND CONSCIOUSNESS. A DEFENSE OF COMMONSENSE FUNCTIONALISM" a Ph.D. public defense by Istvan Aranyosi Chair Prof. Howard M. Robinson Supervisor Prof. Ferenc Huoranszki Committee: Prof. Howard M. Robinson Prof. Ferenc Huoranszki Dr Barry Dainton (Liverpool University) 11 February, Friday 11:00 a.m. Senate Room, Nádor utca 9. the dissertation can be found and read here: http://www.ceu.hu/phil/defenses.html Kriszta Biber Department Coordinator Philosophy Department Tel: 36-1-327-3806 Fax: 36-1-327-3072 E-mail: biberk(a)ceu.hu ********************* István Aranyosi Centre for Consciousness, Philosophy Program, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, http://consciousness.anu.edu.au/

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Philosophy of Science Colloquium, M. Ujvari

by Laszlo E. Szabo

P h i l o s o p h y o f S c i e n c e C o l l o q u i u m Department of History and Philosophy of Science Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest Room 6.54 (6th floor) Monday 4:00 PM Pazmany P. setany 1/A Budapest, Hungary Phone/Fax: (36-1) 372 2924 http://philosophy.elte.hu/colloquium 7 February 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54 Language: English, except if all participants speak Hungarian M a r t a U j v a r i Philosophy, Corvinus University of Budapes Cambridge change and sortal essentialism Abstract: http://philosophy.elte.hu/colloquium/2005/February/#1 ___________________________________ The colloquium is open to everyone, including students, visitors, and faculty members from all departments! The 60-minute lecture is followed by a 10-minute break. Then we hold a 30-60-minute discussion. The participants may comment on the talks and are encouraged to initiate discussion through the Internet. The comments should be written in the language of the presentation. The organizer of the colloquium: Laszlo E. Szabo (email: leszabo(a)hps.elte.hu) -- L a s z l o E. S z a b o Theoretical Physics Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Department of History and Philosophy of Science Eotvos University, Budapest http://hps.elte.hu/leszabo

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[Fwd: [ECVP2004-registrants] ECVP2005 Registration and Abstract Submission now OPEN!!]

by Krajcsi Attila

***** REGISTRATION AND ABSTRACT SUBMISSION FOR ECVP2005 IS NOW OPEN!!! ***** The 28th European Conference of Visual Perception (ECVP2005) is now open for business! Please go to http://ecvp2005.neuralcorrelate.com to sign up! The conference will take place in A Coruña, Spain, on the scenic Atlantic coast, August 22-26th, 2005. Don't miss our amazing array of confirmed invited speakers. The Perception Lecture (the keynote speech) will be delivered by Prof David Hubel, Nobel Laureate for his contributions to vision science! An outstanding set of Special Events and surprises are also in store. The meeting will feature: *** A Pre-Meeting Symposium on Art and The Visual System, to be delivered by some of the world's most renowned scientists in the field! *** The world's 1st Annual "Best Visual Illusion of the Year" Contest! *** A Gala Banquet featuring the very best in Galician food, wine, music, and dancing! *** Amazing tourist attractions make this a conference not to be missed, including: **The Tower of Hercules: the oldest lighthouse in the world, built by the Romans and still running today! **An excursion to nearby Santiago de Compostela led by an art historian! **An exclusive art exhibit of "Images From Science"! **Free tickets to all of the local science museums including: *The main interactive science museum (called the "Best museum in the world" by Umberto Eco). *The unique aquarium, which is open to the sea. *The DOMUS, a one-of-a-kind anthropological museum showcasing humans in all their glory. Most importantly, ECVP2005 will feature the very best vision research in the world. Once registration has been confirmed, you are invited to submit an abstract of your research for presentation at the meeting, in either poster or oral format. There will be hundreds of open presentations at the meeting from every facet of vision research. Abstract submissions are open until March 31st, 2005, and they will be reviewed by a dedicated and unbiased group of leaders in their fields. Hope to see you there! On behalf of ECVP2005's Executive Committee, Susana Martinez-Conde ------------------------------------------------- Susana Martinez-Conde, PhD Executive Chair, European Conference on Visual Perception 2005 http://ecvp2005.neuralcorrelate.com Director, Laboratory of Visual Neuroscience Barrow Neurological Institute 350 W. Thomas Rd. Phoenix, AZ 85013, USA Phone: +1 (602) 406-3484 Fax: +1 (602) 406-4172 Email: smart(a)neuralcorrelate.com http://neuralcorrelate.com _______________________________________________ Ecvp2004-registrants mailing list Ecvp2004-registrants(a)ecvp2005.neuralcorrelate.com http://ecvp2005.neuralcorrelate.com/mailman/listinfo/ecvp2004-registrants_e…

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Csibra Gergely kurzus Szegeden

by NEMETH, Dezso

Kedves Érdeklődők! Február 7-10 között Csibra Gergely tart tömbösített kurzust a Szegedi Megismeréstudományi Program keretében. A kurzus címe: "Szociális megismerés csecsemőkorban" Első alkalom: Február 7. hétfő 14 óra Hely: Kardos Lajos Terem, Tisza Lajos körút 103, 3. lépcsőház, Földszint. Csibra Gergely honlap: http://www.cbcd.bbk.ac.uk/people/gergo/ Minden érdeklődőt szeretettel várunk! Csatoltam a tavaszi Megismeréstudományi Programot. ---------------------------------------------------------- NEMETH Dezso University of Szeged, Department of Psychology Email: nemethd(a)edpsy.u-szeged.hu Web: http://www.staff.u-szeged.hu/~nemethd/ Cognitive Sciences at University of Szeged: http://kognit.edpsy.u-szeged.hu

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MOBIQUITOUS 2005 DEADLINE EXTENDED - Feb. 23

by Mobiquitous Organizers

Dear Colleague, The deadline for Mobiquitous 2005 (ACM and IEEE Sponsorship Pending) abstract registration and full paper submission deadline has now been extended. Abstract registration is now due on Feb. 16 and full paper submission is due on Feb 23. The updated Call for Papers for the Second Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Networking and Services, to be held in San Diego, California from July 17-21, 2005. We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this message. For complete information about the upcoming conference, please visit: http://www.mobiquitous.org/ A printer friendly version of this CFP is available at: http://www.mobiquitous.org/MQ2005-CFP.pdf (PDF) We apologize if you received multiple copies of this Call for Papers. Please feel free to distribute it to those who might be interested. Best regards, Mobiquitous 2005 Organizing Committee *********************************************************************** MobiQuitous 2005 CALL FOR PAPERS The Second Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Networking and Services http://www.mobiquitous.org July 17-21, 2005, San Diego, California ABSTRACT REGISTRATION DEADLINE: February 16, 2005 FULL PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: February 23, 2005 Sponsored by: CreateNet (www.create-net.it) and ICST Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society (Pending) Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE Communications Society (Pending) In Cooperation with ACM SIGMOBILE (Pending) Technically Co-Sponsored by AAAI (Pending) Proceedings to be published by IEEE Computer Society Press and to be made available on IEEE Explore **************************************** The combination of mobile and ubiquitous computing is emerging as a promising new paradigm with the goal to provide computing and communication services all the time, everywhere, transparently and invisibly to the user, using devices embedded in the surrounding physical environment. In this context, the communication devices, the objects with which they interact, or both may be mobile. The implementation of such a paradigm requires advances in wireless network technologies and devices, development of infrastructures supporting cognitive environments, and discovery and identification of ubiquitous computing applications and services. The second Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: networking and services (Mobiquitous-05) will cover all these aspects, representing a forum where practitioners and researchers coming from the many areas involved in ubiquitous solutions design and deployment will be able to interact exchanging the cross-layer experiences needed to build the overall ubiquitous systems. Areas addressed by the conference include: applications, service-oriented computing, middleware, networking, agents, knowledge management and databases. PAPERS: Technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research, not currently under review by another conference or journal, are solicited. The conference is interested in contributions addressing all the areas associated with mobile and ubiquitous architectures, infrastructure and services. Technical works clearly identifying how the specific contributions fit to an overall working solution are particularly of interest. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following: * Ubiquitous architectures and systems * Wearable computing and personal area network * Wireless technologies for mobile and ubiquitous (Bluetooth, ZigBee, 802.15.x, WiFi) * Incentive-based deployment of ad hoc networks * Reconfigurability and personalization of wireless network * Service discovery mechanisms, knowledge discovery, matching and composition mechanisms * Wireless/mobile service management and delivery * Security, privacy and social issues of mobile and ubiquitous systems * Peer-to-peer knowledge management * Emerging industrial/business scenarios * Multimodal interfaces (speech, video kinetic, tactile) * Smart spaces * Ad hoc and sensor networking * Localization and tracking * Context and location aware application * Multimedia encoding and transcoding * Middleware services * Agent technologies in ubiquitous, wearable, andmobile systems * Hardware and software platforms for ubiquitous systems, and testbeds * User interfaces * Toolkits, development environments, and languages for ubiquitous computing * Ontologies for mobile and ubiquitous computing SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: All paper submissions will be handled electronically (see the conference web page for details). Authors should prepare a Portable Document Format (PDF) or postscript version of their full paper. Papers must not exceed 8 pages double column (US Letter size, 8.5 x 11 inches) including text, figures and references. The font size must be at least 10 points. The deadline for registering the title and the abstract of the paper with our electronic submission system is February 2, 2005. The deadline for submitting the actual paper is February 9, 2005. All deadlines are 11:59PM PST. PUBLICATION: All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed by technical program committee members. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Papers of particular merit will be proposed for publication in a ACM/Kluwer MONET special issue. WORKSHOPS: Proposals for one-day workshops to be held in conjunction with the conference are solicited. A maximum of 2 pages should be submitted which include the workshop name, its scope and a list of topic of interests. Proposals should be submitted to both the Workshop co-Chairs by December 17 2004. DEMOS: Proposals for research and industrial demos are solicited. A maximum of 2 pages should be submitted which include a description of the demo and needed resources from the conference organizers. Proposals should be submitted to Dr. Ramiro Liscano (Demo Chair) rliscano(a)ieee.org by May 29th, 2005. IMPORTANT DATES: Paper registration deadline: February 16, 2005 Full paper submission deadline: February 23, 2005 Notification of acceptance: April 29, 2005 Camera-ready version due: May 15, 2005 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Chair: Ramesh Rao (Univ. of California, San Diego) General Co-Vice-Chairs: Chiara Petrioli (Universit di Roma La Sapienza) Krishna Sivalingam (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) Technical Program Co-Chairs: Networking: Suresh Singh (Portland State University) Philippe Bonnet (University of Copenhagen) Services/Knowledge Management: Anupam Joshi (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) Ryusuke Masuoka (Fujitsu Labs of America) Publicity Co-Chairs: Andreas Savvides (Yale University) and Mohamed Younis (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) Panels Chairs: TBA Workshop Chairs: Stefano Basagni (Northeastern University) Prithwish Basu (BBN Technologies) Demos Chair: Ramiro Liscano (University of Ottawa) Publications Chair: Antonis Kalis (Athens Information Technology) Local Arrangements Chair: Kang Wang, Qualcomm Inc. Finance Chair: Karen Decker (ICST Texas,USA) Accommodations Chair: Kathy Kunz (ICST California,USA) Registration Chair: Vishal Anand, SUNY College at Brockport Steering Committee: Imrich Chlamtac (CreateNet, Inc.), Chair Michele Zorzi (Universita di Padova)

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12th International Summer School in Cognitive Science, Sofia

by School

12th INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE New Bulgarian University, Sofia, July 25 - August 13, 2005 Courses: - Douglas Medin (Northwestern University, USA) - Culture and Cognition - Nancy Nersessian (Georgia Tech, USA) - Cognitive Studies of Scientific and Technological Thinking - Herbert Schriefers (University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands) - Lexical Access in Language Production: From Words to Phrases (to Sentences) - Rainer Goebel (Univ. Maastricht, The Netherlands) - Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience - Richard Young (Univ. Birmingham, UK) - An Introduction to Cognitive Modeling and Cognitive Architectures - Gary Cottrell (UCSD, USA) - Modeling Face and Visual Object Processing with Neural Nets - Rob Goldstone (Indiana University, USA) - Complex Adaptive System Analyses of Individual and Group Behavior - Salvatore Rizzello (Univ. Torino, Italy) - Introduction to Cognitive Economics - Daniel Houser (George Mason Univ., USA) - Experimental Economics - Massimo Egidi (University of Trento, Italy) - Biases in Organizational Decision Making - Bernard Walliser (CNRS, France) - Reinforcement Learning in Game Theory For more information on the Summer School look at: http://www.nbu.bg/cogs/events/ss2005.html During this period the INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE ECONOMICS will take place (August 5-8) and the summer school participants will have the chance to attend some of the sessions without additional expenses. For more information on the conference please visit http://www.nbu.bg/cogs/events/cogecon2005.html Organized by the New Bulgarian University Sponsored by the European Commission, 5th Framework Program Endorsed by the Cognitive Science Society Central and East European Center for Cognitive Science New Bulgarian University 21 Montevideo Blvd., room 401, Sofia 1618 phone: (+3592) 811-0401 fax: (+3592)811-0421 e-mail: school(a)cogs.nbu.bg, cogeco(a)cogs.nbu.bg

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