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Dear Dr. Qwerty:
We are writing you to announce that BBS has just accepted an article for open peer commentary in BBS. The article was already reviewed, and we are now accepting commentary proposals. If you are interested in writing a commentary, you are welcome to submit a short proposal (see instructions below). No action is required if you aren't interested.
Please DO NOT submit a full commentary article unless you are formally invited---AFTER you submit a commentary *proposal*. We will review all commentary proposals and issue invitations around the end of February. Also, please be aware that we typically receive far more commentary proposals than we can accommodate with formal invitations. When choosing invitations, we balance over multiple factors, including the interest of the commentary itself, the commentator's expertise, whether the commentator's work has been discussed in the target article, and other considerations.
NOW PROCESSING COMMENTARY PROPOSALS ON:
Target Article: "Behavior genetics and post genomics"
Authors: Evan Charney
Deadline for Commentary Proposals: January 23, 2012
Abstract: The science of genetics is undergoing a paradigm shift. Recent discoveries, including the activity of retrotransposons, the extent of copy number variations, somatic and chromosomal mosaicism, and the nature of the epigenome as a regulator of DNA expressivity, are challenging a series of dogmas concerning the nature of the genome and the relationship between genotype and phenotype. DNA, once held to be the unchanging template of heredity, now appears subject to a good deal of environmental change; considered to be identical in all cells and tissues of the body, there is growing evidence that somatic mosaicism is the normal human condition; and treated as the sole biological agent of heritability, we now know that the epigenome, which regulates gene expressivity, can be inherited via the germline. These developments are particularly significant for behavior genetics for at least three reasons: First, these phenomena appear to be particularly prevalent in the
human brain, and likely are involved in much of human behavior; second, they have important implications for the validity of heritability and gene association studies, the methodologies that largely define the discipline of behavior genetics; and third, they appear to play a critical role in development during the perinatal period, and in enabling phenotypic plasticity in offspring in particular. I examine one of the central claims to emerge from the use of heritability studies in the behavioral sciences, the principle of "minimal shared maternal effects," in light of the growing awareness that the maternal perinatal environment is a critical venue for the exercise of adaptive phenotypic plasticity. This consideration has important implications for both developmental and evolutionary biology.
Keywords: genetics, behavior genetics, heritability, epigenetics, twin studies, gene association studies, developmental biology, phenotypic plasticity, evolutionary developmental biology, evo-devo, maternal effects, stochasticity
Download Target Article Preprint:http://journals.cambridge.org/BBSJournal/Call/Charney_preprint
COMMENTARY PROPOSALS *MUST* INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING
1. What aspect of the target article or book you would anticipate commenting on.
2. The relevant expertise you would bring to bear on the target article or book.
Please include names and affiliations of your co-authors, if applicable, in the text of your commentary proposal.
SUGGESTING COMMENTATORS AND NOMINATING BBS ASSOCIATES
Commentators must be BBS Associates, or suggested by a BBS Associate. If you are not a BBS Associate, please follow the instructions below. To suggest others as possible Commentators, or to nominate others for BBS Associateship status, please email bbsjournal(a)cambridge.org.
http://journals.cambridge.org/BBSJournal/Inst/Assoc
HOW TO SUBMIT A COMMENTARY PROPOSAL
If you would like to nominate yourself for potential commentary invitation, you must submit a Commentary Proposal via our BBS Editorial Manager site:
1. Log-in as Author
Username: CQwerty-545
Password: Qwerty875632
Log-in to your BBS Editorial Manager account as an author:
http://www.editorialmanager.com/bbs
If you do not have an account, please visit the site and register. You can also submit a request for missing username and password information if you have an existing account.
2. Submit New Manuscript
Within your author main menu please select Submit New Manuscript.
3. Select Article Type
Choose the article type of your manuscript from the pull-down menu. Commentary Proposal article types are temporarily created for each accepted target article or book. Only select the Commentary Proposal article type that you wish to submit a proposal on. For example: "Commentary Proposal (Charney)"
4. Enter Title
Please title your proposal submission by indicating the relevant first author name of the target article or book. For example: "Commentary Proposal on Charney"
5. Add Co-Authors
If you are proposing to write a commentary with any co-authors, the system will not allow you to enter their information here. Instead, include their names in the commentary proposal document you upload. These potential co-authors need not contribute to the Commentary Proposal itself.
6. Attach Files
The only required submission Item is your Commentary Proposal in MSWord or RTF format. In the Description field please add the first author name of the target article or book. For example: "Commentary Proposal on Charney"
7. Approve Your Submission
Editorial Manager will process your Commentary Proposal submission and will create a PDF for your approval. On the "Submissions Waiting for Author's Approval" page, you can view your PDF, edit, approve, or remove the submission. (You might have to wait several minutes for the blue "Action" menu to appear, allowing you to approve. Once you have Approved the Submission, the PDF will be sent to the editorial office.
**It is VERY important that you check and approve your Commentary Proposal manuscript as described above. Otherwise, we cannot process your submission.**
8. Editorial Office Decision
At the conclusion of the Commentary Proposal period, the editors will review all the submitted Commentary Proposals. An undetermined number of Commentary Proposals will be approved and those author names will be added to the final commentary invitation list. At that time you will be notified of the decision. If you are formally invited to submit a commentary, you will be asked to confirm your intention to submit by the commentary deadline.
Note: Before the commentary invitations are sent, the copy-edited and revised target article will be posted for invitees. In the case of Multiple Book Review, invitees will be sent a copy of the book to be commented upon if requested. With Multiple Book Reviews, it is the book, not the précis article that is the target of commentary.
Please do not write a commentary unless you have received an official invitation!
BEING REMOVED FROM THE CALL EMAIL LIST
If you DO NOT wish to receive Call for Commentary Proposals in the future, please reply to bbsjournal(a)cambridge.org, and type "remove" in the subject line.
Regards,
Gennifer Levey
Managing Editor, BBS
Cambridge University Press
bbsjournal(a)cambridge.org
http://journals.cambridge.org/bbshttp://bbs.edmgr.com/
Kedves Lista-tagok,
Azoknak, akiket érdekelhet, továbbítom Satu Palva e-mail-jét.
Kellemes Ünnepeket
István
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Subject: [cbru-all] Open Positions in Neuroscience Center, UH
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:03:05 +0200
From: Satu Palva <satu.palva(a)helsinki.fi>
CC: cbru-all(a)helsinki.fi, psyko-laitos(a)helsinki.fi,
biomag-users(a)biomag.hus.fi, psyko-gradlist(a)helsinki.fi,
cogsci-staff(a)helsinki.fi, aivo(a)neuro.hut.fi, neurohut(a)neuro.hut.fi
Dear Colleagues,
Please find attached information about new open positions in the
Neuroscience Center.
Best Regards,
Satu& Matias
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Satu Palva, PhD, Dos
Neuroscience Center,
P.O.Box 56
00014-University of Helsinki
Finland
www.helsinki.fi/neurosci/groups/palva_satu.html
Kedves Listatagok, az alabbiak kozzetetelere kertek meg:
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Subject: Re: Re:
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:12:07 +0100
From: Arko Ghosh <arko.ghosh(a)ucl.ac.uk>
To: Gabor Stefanics <gabor.stefanics(a)econ.uzh.ch>
__________________________________
http://www.fens.org/jobs/?position=ph.d.%20student&status=valid&limit=10&ac…
<http://www.fens.org/jobs/?position=ph.d.%2520student&status=valid&limit=10&…>
A PhD position is open to study how sensory inputs from the body
influence the motor cortex. The student will register with the
University of Zurich and the laboratory is located in the Institute of
Neuroinformatics, ETH and University of Zurich, SWITZERLAND. The
position is available form the 1^st of Feb 2012 (latest starting date:
1st of April 2012). Expected completion time of the thesis is 4
years. The student will conduct electrophysiological experiments on
rats, and will have the opportunity to work on humans. Prior experience
in electrophysiology, neuronal data analysis or kinematics is a plus. A
MS or MSc degree in physiology, psychology, neuroscience, biology or a
related field is necessary (Physics or Math students with experience in
electrophysiology are also encouraged to apply). Annual doctoral salary
is in the range of 45,000 CHF before taxes. If you are interested,
please email your CV to arko(a)ini.phys.ethz.ch
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Dear Dr. Qwerty:
We are writing you to announce that BBS has just accepted an article for open peer commentary in BBS. The article was already reviewed, and we are now accepting commentary proposals. If you are interested in writing a commentary, you are welcome to submit a short proposal (see instructions below). No action is required if you aren't interested.
Please DO NOT submit a full commentary article unless you are formally invited---AFTER you submit a commentary *proposal*. We will review all commentary proposals and issue invitations around the middle of February. Also, please be aware that we typically receive far more commentary proposals than we can accommodate with formal invitations. When choosing invitations, we balance over multiple factors, including the interest of the commentary itself, the commentator's expertise, whether the commentator's work has been discussed in the target article, and other considerations.
NOW PROCESSING COMMENTARY PROPOSALS ON:
Target Article: "Beyond prejudice: Are negative evaluations the problem and is getting us to like one another more the solution?"
Authors: John Dixon, Mark Levine, Steve Reicher, and Kevin Durrheim
Deadline for Commentary Proposals: January 9, 2012
Abstract: For most of the history of prejudice research, negativity has been treated as its emotional and cognitive signature, a conception that continues to dominate work on the topic. By this definition, prejudice occurs when we dislike or derogate members of other groups. Recent research, however, has highlighted the need for a more nuanced and 'inclusive' (Eagly 2004) perspective on the role of intergroup emotions and beliefs in sustaining discrimination. On the one hand, several independent lines of research have shown that unequal intergroup relations are often marked by attitudinal complexity, with positive responses such as affection and admiration mingling with negative responses such as contempt and resentment. Simple antipathy is the exception rather than the rule. On the other hand, there is mounting evidence that nurturing bonds of affection between the advantaged and the disadvantaged sometimes entrenches rather than disrupts wider patterns of discrimination.
Notably, prejudice reduction interventions may have ironic effects on the political attitudes of the historically disadvantaged, decreasing their perceptions of injustice and willingness to engage in collective action to transform social inequalities. These developments raise a number of important questions. Has the time come to challenge the assumption that negative evaluations are inevitably the cognitive and affective hallmarks of discrimination? Is the orthodox concept of prejudice in danger of side-tracking, if not obstructing, progress towards social justice in a fuller sense? What are the prospects for reconciling a prejudice reduction model of change, designed to get people to like one another more, with a collective action model of change, designed to ignite struggles to achieve intergroup equality?
Keywords: Prejudice; intergroup relations; social change
Download Target Article Preprint:http://journals.cambridge.org/BBSJournal/Call/Dixon_preprint
COMMENTARY PROPOSALS *MUST* INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING
1. What aspect of the target article or book you would anticipate commenting on.
2. The relevant expertise you would bring to bear on the target article or book.
Please include names and affiliations of your co-authors, if applicable, in the text of your commentary proposal.
SUGGESTING COMMENTATORS AND NOMINATING BBS ASSOCIATES
Commentators must be BBS Associates, or suggested by a BBS Associate. If you are not a BBS Associate, please follow the instructions below. To suggest others as possible Commentators, or to nominate others for BBS Associateship status, please email bbsjournal(a)cambridge.org.
http://journals.cambridge.org/BBSJournal/Inst/Assoc
HOW TO SUBMIT A COMMENTARY PROPOSAL
If you would like to nominate yourself for potential commentary invitation, you must submit a Commentary Proposal via our BBS Editorial Manager site:
1. Log-in as Author
Username: CQwerty-545
Password: Qwerty875632
Log-in to your BBS Editorial Manager account as an author:
http://www.editorialmanager.com/bbs
If you do not have an account, please visit the site and register. You can also submit a request for missing username and password information if you have an existing account.
2. Submit New Manuscript
Within your author main menu please select Submit New Manuscript.
3. Select Article Type
Choose the article type of your manuscript from the pull-down menu. Commentary Proposal article types are temporarily created for each accepted target article or book. Only select the Commentary Proposal article type that you wish to submit a proposal on. For example: "Commentary Proposal (Dixon)"
4. Enter Title
Please title your proposal submission by indicating the relevant first author name of the target article or book. For example: "Commentary Proposal on Dixon"
5. Add Co-Authors
If you are proposing to write a commentary with any co-authors, the system will not allow you to enter their information here. Instead, include their names in the commentary proposal document you upload. These potential co-authors need not contribute to the Commentary Proposal itself.
6. Attach Files
The only required submission Item is your Commentary Proposal in MSWord or RTF format. In the Description field please add the first author name of the target article or book. For example: "Commentary Proposal on Dixon"
7. Approve Your Submission
Editorial Manager will process your Commentary Proposal submission and will create a PDF for your approval. On the "Submissions Waiting for Author's Approval" page, you can view your PDF, edit, approve, or remove the submission. (You might have to wait several minutes for the blue "Action" menu to appear, allowing you to approve. Once you have Approved the Submission, the PDF will be sent to the editorial office.
**It is VERY important that you check and approve your Commentary Proposal manuscript as described above. Otherwise, we cannot process your submission.**
8. Editorial Office Decision
At the conclusion of the Commentary Proposal period, the editors will review all the submitted Commentary Proposals. An undetermined number of Commentary Proposals will be approved and those author names will be added to the final commentary invitation list. At that time you will be notified of the decision. If you are formally invited to submit a commentary, you will be asked to confirm your intention to submit by the commentary deadline.
Note: Before the commentary invitations are sent, the copy-edited and revised target article will be posted for invitees. In the case of Multiple Book Review, invitees will be sent a copy of the book to be commented upon if requested. With Multiple Book Reviews, it is the book, not the précis article that is the target of commentary.
Please do not write a commentary unless you have received an official invitation!
BEING REMOVED FROM THE CALL EMAIL LIST
If you DO NOT wish to receive Call for Commentary Proposals in the future, please reply to bbsjournal(a)cambridge.org, and type "remove" in the subject line.
Regards,
Gennifer Levey
Managing Editor, BBS
Cambridge University Press
bbsjournal(a)cambridge.org
http://journals.cambridge.org/bbshttp://bbs.edmgr.com/
Kedves lista-olvasók,
Úgy látszik ez a hallási kognitív idegtudományi lehetőségek szezonja.
Ha valakit érdekelne, itt egy újabb álláshirdetés.
Üdvözlettel
Winkler István
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [cbru-all] post-doc for auditory MEG studies in Toronto
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:57:15 +0200
From: mari tervaniemi <mari.tervaniemi(a)helsinki.fi>
To: cbru-all(a)helsinki.fi
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Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:58:20 -0500
From: Takako Fujioka <tfujioka(a)ROTMAN-BAYCREST.ON.CA>
Subject: post-doc for auditory MEG studies in Toronto
Dear List,
We are seeking applicants to nominate for a post-doctoral fellowship
award by Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience (ACN) Network
(http://www.acn-create.org/admissions/), in the MEG laboratory at Rotman
Research Institute, Baycrest Centre, University of Toronto, Canada.
The post-doctoral fellow will work with Drs. Bernhard Ross and Takako
Fujioka, and participate in studies about neural oscillatory mechanisms
underlying rhythm processing and their plasticity with music training in
adults and children as well as stroke and other clinical population,
using magnetoencephalography (MEG). The studies will be part of
collaborative research with Dr. Laurel Trainor at McMaster University
and the McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind. Also the ACN provides
scientific exchange opportunities through annual summer workshop with
trainees and mentors in the other participating laboratories in Montreal
and Toronto areas.
We look for candidates with a PhD with a strong track record of
publication, communication and organization skills, and good knowledge
in auditory cognitive neuroscience, EEG/MEG and/or other neuroimaging
and behavioural methods.
Please contact$B!!(BDr. Takako Fujioka (tfujioka(a)rotman-baycrest.on.ca) or
Dr. Bernhard Ross (bross(a)rotman-baycrest.on.ca) for more details. The
deadline for ACN award application is January 20, 2012.
--
Takako FUJIOKA, Ph. D.
Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest, University of Toronto
3560 Bathurst Street
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6A 2E1
phone:416-785-2500 x3413
fax: 416-785-2862
tfujioka(a)rotman-baycrest.on.ca
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End of AUDITORY Digest - 14 Dec 2011 (#2011-295)
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----- End forwarded message -----
Prof. Mari Tervaniemi, www.cbru.helsinki.fi/music
Universities of Jyväskylä and Helsinki, Finland
Minden erdeklodot szeretettel varunk jovo hetfon!
A Szervezok
TIZENHETEDIK MAGYAR LÁTÁS SZIMPÓZIUM
2011 december 19
Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, Pedagógiai és Pszichológiai Kar,
1075 Budapest, Kazinczy u. 23–27
https://sites.google.com/site/latasszimpozium2011/
PROGRAMTERV
10:00
MEGNYITÓ
Igazi és vélt fényinger detektálás
10:15
Schanda János , Némethné Vidovszky Ágnes
A világosság észlelet látásfiziológiai alapjai
Pannon Egyetem
10:30
Sulykos István, Czigler István
Vizuális eltérési negativitás Craik- O’Brian-Cornsweet illúzióra: egy kiváltott potenciál tanulmány
MTA PKI, ELTE
10:45
SZUNET
Agyi modularitás és egy új kérgi kódolási elv
11:00
Négyessy L, Ashaber M, Pálfi E, Kántor O, Palmer C, Friedman RM, Chen LM, Roe AW
TBA
MTA – PPKE - SE Neuro-Infobionika Kutatócsoport
11:15
Orbán Gergő, Pietro Berkes, Fiser József, Lengyel Máté,
Mintavételezés a látókéregben: a neurális variabilitás és a spontán aktivitás (el)magyarázata
University of Cambridge, Brandeis University
11:30
SZUNET
Hullámzó látás
11:45
Stefanics Gábor, Czigler István
Automatikus predikciós hibajelek vizuális ingerek szabályosságai regisztrációját mutatják
University of Zurich, MTA PKI,
12:00
Rokszin Adrienn, Győri-Dani Dóra, Linnert Szilvia, Krajcsi Attila, Csifcsák Gábor, Tompa Tamás
A kategóriahatás feladatfüggőségének valamint időbeli és térbeli változásának humán elektroenkefalográfiai vizsgálata
Szegedi Tudományegyetem, Bölcsésztudományi Kar, Pszichológia Intézet
12:15
Linnert Szilvia, Győri-Dani Dóra,Rokszin Adrienn, Csifcsák Gábor, Tompa Tamás
Itt a piros, hol a madár? A feladat hatása a korai kategorizációs hullámra
ELTE-PPK, Kognitív Pszichológia Tanszék
12:30
SZUNET
EBÉD
Fejlődésben lévő funkciók
2:30
Kovács Ilona
Érés vagy tapasztalat? A binokuláris funkció megjelenése koraszülötteknél
BME- Kognitív Pszichológia Tanszék
2.45
Mikó -Baráth E., Dani T., Jandó G.
A dinamikus random pont correlogrammokra adott VEP válaszok érése érett és koraszülött csecsemőkben
PTE-ÁOK Élettani Intézet
3:00
SZUNET
Magasabb vizuális strukturák kezelése
3:15
Kovács Krisztina, Sulykos István, Czigler István
A tükörszimmetria tükre: szimmetrikus és aszimmetrikus mintázatok detektálásának pszichofiziológiai vizsgálata
MTA Pszichológiai Kutatóintézet
3:30
Fiser József, Kimberley Mackenzie, Richard Aslin
Hierarchikus vizuális formák tanulása csecsemőkben
Brandeis University, University of Rochester
3:45
SZIMPOZIUM ZÁRÁS
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Kedves Érdeklődők,
az ELTE Kognitív Pszichológia tanszéke szeretettel meghívja Önt évzáró ELTE
Kognitív Péntek rendezvényére, melyen a tanszék hallgatói mutatják be
kutatásaikat minikonferencia keretében.
Időpont: december 16. 12:00-15:00
Helyszín: Izabella u. 46. 216. terem
Részletes program: https://sites.google.com/site/eltekognitiv/home/elte
-kognitiv-pentek
Szeretettel várunk minden Kedves Érdeklődőt, egyben köszönjük minden
korábbi résztvevőnek az előadásinknak szentelt figyelmét. A korábbi
absztraktok, és a félév során készült fotók megtekinthetőek honlapunkon, a
következő félév programjával pedig hamarosan jelentkezem.
Meghitt, békés Ünnepeket kívánva maradok üdvözlettel:
Garami Linda
ELTE-PPK, Kognitív Pszichológia Tanszék