ELTE TTK Tudomanytortenet es Tudomanyfilozofia Tanszek
Budapest, Pazmany P. setany 1/A
TUDOMANYFILOZOFIA SZEMINARIUM
(http://hps.elte.hu/seminar)
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1999. oktober 25. (hetfo)
12:30
6. em. 661.
K o v a c s G y u l a
SZOTE, Elettani Intezet
OUR BRAIN AND OUR MIND
The neuronal bases of consciousness
(Az eloadas magyarul lesz!)
1. Introduction
1.1. Definition of awareness & consciousness for the non-philosopher
1.2. "Components" of consciousness
1.3. Levels of human consciousness, coma, sleep, awake states
1.4. "Prerequisites" of consciousness
2. Recent results on the brain and mind problem
2.1. Visual consciousness
2.2. Blindsight
2.3. Perception vs. action
2.4. Bistable percepts
2.4.1. Ambiguous figures
2.4.2. Binocular rivalry
2.5. Electrical brain stimulation and conscious behavior
2.6. Subliminal and supraliminal stimulus processing
2.7. Time scale of consciousness
Humans & Monkeys:
2.8. NCC - Neural Correlate of Consciousness
Theories & models
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Laszlo E. Szabo
Department of Theoretical Physics
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos University, Budapest
H-1518 Budapest, Pf. 32.
Phone: (36-1)2090-555/6671
Fax: (36-1)372-2509
Home: (36-1)200-7318
http://hps.elte.hu/~leszabo
Kedves Kollegak !
A Magyar Tudomany Napja alkalmabol a kovetkezo, kognitiv erdeklodesuek
szamara talan relevans eloadasok lesznek Szegeden.
1999. november 2 kedden a SZAB Szekhazban, 14h45-15h15
Pleh Csaba: A termeszeti es kulturalis magyarazatok vitaja az emberkepben
1999. november 5-en penteken, a JATE Taacstermeben, a Dugonics teren,
10.00 es 11.30 kozott:
Kampis Gyorgy: A tudas az uj technologiak vilagaban
Kovacs Gyula: A kognitiv funkciok idegrendszeri alapjai
Keri Szabolcs: A pszichiatriai betegsegek, mint kognitiv zavarok
Minden erdeklodot szeretettel varunk.
Pleh Csaba
Csaba Pleh
Cognitive Science Group
Department of Psychology
Attila Jozsef University, Szeged
Petofi sgt 30-34, 6722 Hungary
Phone: (36)(62) 454000, extension 3273
Home: Budakeszi Zichy P. u. 4 2092 Hungary, (36)(23) 453932 or 933
Editor, Hungarian Review of Psychology
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PSYCOLOQUY ISSN 1055-0143 Wednesday, 13th October 1999, Newsletter Section
(1) Conference: Int.Conf. on Cognitive and Neural Systems.
(2) Conference: Society for Philosophy and Psychology.
(3) Conference: Theoretical and Experimental Neuropsychology.
(4) Conference: International Symposium on Robotics.
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From: Cynthia Bradford (cindy(a)cns.bu.edu)
Subject: International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems.
Fourth International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems.
Tutorials: May 24, 2000, Meeting: May 25-27, 2000
Boston University
677 Beacon Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
http://cns-web.bu.edu/meetings/
Sponsored by Boston University's
Center for Adaptive Systems
and
Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems
This interdisciplinary conference has drawn about 300 people from around
the world each time that it has been offered. Last year's conference was
attended by scientists from 30 countries. The conference is structured to
facilitate intense communication between its participants, both in the
formal sessions and during its other activities. As during previous years,
the millennium conference will focus on solutions to the fundamental
questions:
How Does the Brain Control Behavior?
How Can Technology Emulate Biological Intelligence?
The conference will include invited tutorials and lectures, and
contributed lectures and posters by experts on the biology and
technology of how the brain and other intelligent systems adapt to a
changing world. The conference is aimed at researchers and students of
computational neuroscience, connectionist cognitive science,
artificial neural networks, neuromorphic engineering, and artificial
intelligence.
A single oral or poster session enables all presented work to be
highly visible.
Abstract submissions encourage submissions of the latest results.
Session Topics:
* vision * spatial mapping and navigation
* object recognition * neural circuit models
* image understanding * neural system models
* audition * mathematics of neural systems
* speech and language * robotics
* unsupervised learning * hybrid systems (fuzzy, evolutionary, digital)
* supervised learning * neuromorphic VLSI
* reinforcement and emotion * industrial applications
* sensory-motor control * cognition, planning, and attention
* other
Contributed abstracts must be received, in English, by January 28,
2000. Notification of acceptance will be provided by email by February
29, 2000. A meeting registration fee of $50 for regular attendees and
$35 for students must accompany each Abstract.
Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems
Boston University
677 Beacon Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
FAX: (617) 353-7755
http://cns-web.bu.edu/meetings/
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From: Randall Dipert (cr2559(a)usma.edu)
Subject: Society for Philosophy and Psychology.
The Metaphysics of Consciousness: David Chalmers' THE CONSCIOUS MIND in
Historical and Contemporary Perspective.
A two-day interdisciplinary conference at the University at Buffalo (SUNY).
November 5-6, 1999.
All sessions are at The Center for Inquiry, 1310 Sweet Home Road, Amherst NY.
There is no charge for attending all or part of the conference, nor is
advance registration necessary; there is, however a charge for the
conference meals (lunch, dinner), for which advance registration is
necessary. See below for information about Registration.
The conference is open to the public. There is no registration fee.
There is a separate Graduate Student Conference that is taking place
Thursday, November 4th with the general theme of the philosophy of mind
and consciousness. For information, contact: eglittle(a)acsu.buffalo.edu
(Eric G Little)
The website for the conference, with updated and more extensive information,
as well as a registration form, is:
http://paa.11net.com/chalmers.htm
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From: Paul Eling (eling(a)nici.kun.nl)
Subject: Theoretical and Experimental Neuropsychology.
The 11th annual conference on Theoretical & Experimental
Neuropsychology, TENNET XI, will be on 17 June 2000, in Montreal,
Quebec, Canada, at the Universite du Quebec, Montreal, Judith-Jasmin
Bldg., Marie-Gerin-Lajoie Hall.
The basic conference structure is (a) two thematic symposia of 3 hours
duration, followed by (b) refereed poster papers. The poster papers are
discussed after the second symposium, each afternoon. This is the first
North American neuropsychology conference that is specifically focussed
on theoretical and experimental issues.
The Tennet conference traditionally has one symposium devoted to
'history'. The theme of the symposium in the 2000-meeting (on June 17)
will be: '20th century in retrospect'
The symposium will deal with different periods of the 20th century,
concentrating on issues that seemed most prominent for these periods.
Potential Topics are:
- cytoarchitectonics (i.e. relations with specific intellectual abilities?)
- holism - Goldstein
- Zangwill and the development of neuropsychology (John Marshall)
- neurochemistry and psychopathology
- development of imaging (Anne Beaulieu?)
Who is interested in participating in this symposium and presenting a
paper on one of the topics mentioned above or perhaps one that fits
with the theme?
Reactions to:
Paul Eling
eling(a)nici.kun.nl
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From: Monique Trottier (trottier(a)goldenplanners.com)
Subject: International Symposium on Robotics.
31st International Symposium on Robotics May 14- 17, 2000
Palais des congrs, Montral, Qubec, Canada
The ISR 2000 Technical Program Committee Co-Chairs, Professors Gregory
Dudek and Vincent Hayward, are pleased to announce that the following
Special Thematic Sessions have been accepted. Each session is being organized
individually and will combine presentations from specifically invited
presenters as well as presentations submitted through this Call for Papers.
Paper submissions for Special Thematic Sessions must follow the same
guidelines as indicated in the initial Call for Papers and the deadline for
submissions is also the same: November 15, 1999. However, please note that
when submitting a paper intended for a Special Thematic Session, it is
important to note this clearly on the title page.
Flexible Fixtureless Assembly
This session is dedicated to the development of a robust intelligent
autonomous flexible fixtureless assembly robotic workcell aimed at advancing
automated assembly processes in the manufacturing sector.
Organized by: Gabriele D^REleuterio, University of Toronto, Canada
(Email: gde(a)utias.utoronto.ca)
Virtualized Reality
Pierre Boulanger (Pierre.Boulanger(a)iit.nrc.ca)
Virtualized reality is a generalization of the standard visual simulation
paradigm where the model and the actions used in the simulated world are
extracted from various sensors and information retrieval systems. The
resulting visual simulation aims at an exact representation of the real world
allowing for photo realistic rendering, telepresence, remote control, and
intuitive information queries. In this seminar, we will present the state
of the art in this new field and how to use this technology for real life
applications.
Robot-Mounted Range Sensor Systems: Applications and Advances
Michael Greenspan (Michael.Greenspan(a)nrc.ca)
The combination of a range sensor mounted on a robotic positioning
device (manipulator or mobile) provides a powerful tool. This session
will explore new application areas and advances in known applications
of robot-mounted range sensor systems, with particular emphasis placed
on the processing methods that impart upon such systems an advanced
degree of flexibility and autonomy.
Applications to Operations in Harsh Terrestrial Environments
Paul Cohen (cohen(a)ai.polymtl.ca)
This session will be devoted to applications of autonomous or
telerobotic systems to operations in harsh natural environments such as
underground and surface mines, arctic regions, forestry and dump sites.
Submissions are invited on specific issues related to sensing, control,
human/machine interaction and overall system integration.
Space Robotics
Canadian Space Agency (see ISR website)
This session will include papers on robotics issues related to the
International Space Station program and mobile planetary rovers.
If you are interested in submitting a paper for any one of the
above-mentioned Special Thematic Sessions and require more information
about the scope and objectives of the session, please feel free to
communicate directly with the Organizer by Email.
For information about ISR 2000, please view our web site at
http://www.precarn.ca/isr2000
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Subject: women in Afghanistan
The government of Afghanistan is waging a war upon women. Since the
Taliban took power in 1996, women have had to wear burqua and have been
beaten and stoned in public for not having the proper attire, even if
this means simply not having the mesh covering in front of their
eyes. One woman was beaten to DEATH by an angry mob of fundamentalists
for accidentally exposing her arm while she was driving. Another was
stoned to death for trying to leave the country with a man that was not
a relative. Women are not allowed to work or even go out in public
without a male relative; professional women such as professors,
translators, doctors, lawyers, artists and writers have been forced from
their jobs and stuffed into their homes, so that depression is becoming
so widespread that it has reached emergency levels. There no way in such
an extreme Islamic society to know the suicide rate with certainty, but
relief workers are estimating that the suicide rate among women, who
cannot find proper medication and treatment for severe depression and
would rather take their lives than live in such conditions, has
increased significantly. Homes where a woman is present must have their
windows painted so that she can never be seen by outsiders. They must
wear silent shoes so that they are never heard. Women live in fear of
their lives for the slightest misbehavior. Because they cannot work,
those without male relatives or husbands are either starving to death or
begging on the street, even if they hold Ph.D.'s. There are almost no
medical facilities available for women,and relief workers, in protest,
have mostly left the country, taking medicine and psychologists and
other things necessary to treat the sky-rocketing level of depression
among women. At one of the rare hospitals for women, a reporter found
still, nearly lifeless bodies lying motionless on beds, wrapped in their
burqua, unwilling to speak, eat, or do anything, but slowly wasting
way.Others have gone mad and were seen crouched in corners, perpetually
rocking or crying, most of them in fear. One doctor is considering, when
what little medication that is left finally runs out, leaving these
women in front of the president's residence as a form of peaceful
protest. It is at the point where the term 'human rights violations'
has become an understatement. Husbands have the power of life and death
over their female relatives,especially their wives,but an angry mob has
often just as much right to stone or beat a woman, to death, for
exposing an inch of flesh or offending them in the slightest way. Women
enjoyed relative freedom, to work, dress generally as they wanted, and
drive and appear in public alone until 1996. The rapidity of this
transition is the main reason for the depression and suicide; women who
were once educators, doctors or simply used to basic human freedoms are
now severely restricted and treated as SUB-HUMAN in the name of
right-wing fundamentalist Islam. It is not their tradition or
'culture', but is alien to them, and it is extreme even for those
cultures where fundamentalism is the rule. Everyone has a right to a
tolerable human existence, even if they are women in a Muslim
country. If we can threaten military force in Kosovo in the name of
human rights for the sake of ethnic Albanians, citizens of the world can
certainly express peaceful outrage at the oppression, murder and
injustice committed against women by the Taliban. STATEMENT: In signing
this, we agree that the current treatment of women in Afghanistan is
completely UNACCEPTABLE and deserves support and action by the United
Nations and that the current situation overseas will not be tolerated.
Women's Rights is not a small issue anywhere and it is UNACCEPTABLE for
women in 1999 to be treated as sub-human and so much as property.
Equality and human decency is a RIGHT not a freedom, whether one lives
in Afghanistan or elsewhere.
1) Suzanne Dathe, Grenoble, France
2) Laurence COMPARAT, Grenoble,France
3) Philippe MOTTE, Grenoble, France
4) Jok FERRAND, Mont St Martin, France
5) Emmanuelle PIGNOL, St Martin d'Heres, FRANCE
6) Marie GAUTHIER, Grenoble, FRANCE
7) Laurent VESCALO, Grenoble,FRANCE
8) Mathieu MOY, St Egreve, FRANCE
9) Bernard BLANCHET, Mont St Martin, FRANCE
10) Tassadite FAVRIE, Grenoble, FRANCE
11) Loic GODARD, St Ismier, FRANCE
12) Benedicte PASCAL, Grenoble, FRANCE
13) Khedaidja BENATIA, Grenoble, FRANCE
14) Marie-Therese LLORET, Grenoble,FRANCE
15) Benoit THEAU, Poitiers, FRANCE
16) Bruno CONSTANTIN, Poitiers, FRANCE
17) Christian COGNARD, Poitiers, FRANCE
18) Robert GARDETTE, Paris, FRANCE
19) Claude CHEVILLARD, Montpellier, FRANCE
20) gilles FREISS, Montpellier, FRANCE
21) Patrick AUGEREAU, Montpellier, FRANCE.
22) Jean IMBERT, Marseille, FRANCE
23) Jean-Claude MURAT, Toulouse, France
24) Anna BASSOLS, Barcelona, Spain
25) Mireia DUNACH, Barcelona, Spain
26) Michel VILLAZ, Grenoble, France
27) Pages Frederique, Dijon, France
28) Rodolphe FISCHMEISTER, Chatenay-Malabry, France
29) Francois BOUTEAU, Paris, France
30) Patrick PETER, Paris, France
31) Lorenza RADICI, Paris, France
32) Monika Siegenthaler, Bern, Switzerland
33) Mark Philp, Glasgow, Scotland
34) Tomas Andersson, Stockholm, Sweden
35) Jonas Eriksson, Stockholm, Sweden
36) Karin Eriksson, Stockholm, Sweden
37) Ake Ljung, Stockholm, Sweden
38) Carina Sedlmayer, Stockholm, Sweden
39) Rebecca Uddman, Stockholm, Sweden
40) Lena Skog, Stockholm, Sweden
41) Micael Folke, Stockholm, Sweden
42) Britt-Marie Folke, Stockholm, Sweden
43) Birgitta Schuberth, Stockholm, Sweden
44) Lena Dahl, Stockholm, Sweden
45) Ebba Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden
46) Jessica Carlsson, Vaxjo, Sweden
47) Sara Blomquist, Vaxjo, Sweden
48) Magdalena Fosseus, Vaxjo, Sweden
49) Charlotta Langner, Goteborg, Sweden
50) Andrea Egedal, Goteborg, Sweden
51) Lena Persson, Stockholm, Sweden
52) Magnus Linder, Umea, Sweden
53) Petra Olofsson, Umea, Sweden
54) Caroline Evenbom, Vaxjo, Sweden
55) Asa Pettersson, Grimsas, Sweden
56) Jessica Bjork, Grimsas, Sweden
57) Linda Ahlbom Goteborg, Sweden
58) Jenny Forsman, Boras, Sweden
59) Nina Gunnarson, Kinna, Sweden
60) Andrew Harrison, New Zealand
61) Bryre Murphy, New Zealand
62) Claire Lugton, New Zealand
63) Sarah Thornton, New Zealand
64) Rachel Eade, New Zealand
65) Magnus Hjert, London, UK
67) Madeleine Stamvik, Hurley, UK
68) Susanne Nowlan, Vermont, USA
69) Lotta Svenby, Malmoe, Sweden
70) Adina Giselsson, Malmoe, Sweden
71) Anders Kullman, Stockholm, Sweden
72) Rebecka Swane, Stockholm,Sweden
73) Jens Venge, Stockholm, Sweden
74) Catharina Ekdahl, Stockholm, Sweden
75) Nina Fylkegard, Stockholm, Sweden
76) Therese Stedman, Malmoe, Sweden
77) Jannica Lund, Stockholm, Sweden
78) Douglas Bratt
79) Mats Lofstrom, Stockholm, Sweden
80) Li Lindstrom, Sweden
81) Ursula Mueller, Sweden
82) Marianne Komstadius, Stockholm, Sweden
83) Peter Thyselius, Stockholm, Sweden
84) Gonzalo Oviedo, Quito, Ecuador
85) Amalia Romeo, Gland, Switzerland
86) Margarita Restrepo, Gland, Switzerland
87) Eliane Ruster, Crans p.C., Switzerland
88) Jennifer Bischoff-Elder, Hong Kong
89) Azita Lashgari, Beirut, Lebanon
90) Khashayar Ostovany, New York, USA
91) Lisa L Miller, Reno NV
92) Danielle Avazian, Los Angeles, CA
93) Sara Risher, Los Angeles, Ca.
94) Melanie London, New York, NY
95) Susan Brownstein , Los Angeles, CA
96) Steven Raspa, San Francisco, CA
97) Margot Duane, Ross, CA
98) Natasha Darnall, Los Angeles, CA
99) Candace Brower, Evanston,IL
100) James Kjelland, Evanston, IL
101) Michael Jampole, Beach Park, IL, USA
102) Diane Willis, Wilmette, IL, USA
103) Sharri Russell, Roanoke, VA, USA
104) Faye Cooley, Roanoke, VA, USA
105) Natalie Edwards, Charlottesville VA USA
106) Cyndy Williams, Charlottesville, VA USA
107) Donna Hall, Lynchburg, Va USA
108) Robin Hinkle, Lynchburg, VA USA
109) George Vass Venice, FL USA
110) Martha Ferris, Moncks Corner, SC USA
111) Teresa Smith, Charleston, SC, USA
112) Terry Longo, Orlando, FL, USA
113) Charlotte Downs, Orlando, FL, USA
114) Laura M. Connaughton, Orlando, FL USA
115) Ronit Doran, Tel Aviv, Israel
116) Eran Hazoum, Tel Aviv, Israel
117) Ze'ev Ben-Tsvi, Givaatim, Israel
118) Esther Spanjer, Netherlands
119) Pascal Moser, Bern, Switzerland
120) Lucien Moser, Bern, Switzerland
121) Josepha Oostvogels, Bern, Switzerland
122) Germany
123) Sierd de Bruin, Bern,Switzerland
124) Tina Eslick, Rossdorf, Germany
125) Daniela Bergsch, Cologne, Germany
126) Brigitte Molsich, Pulheim, Germany
127) Beate Molsich, Bochum, Germany
128) Claudine Ip, Mauritius
129) Max Li ,Mauritius
130) Laval Liong, Mauritius
131) Jrme BOURGEOIS, FRANCE
132) Patricia Labeye, France
133) Nicolas Gilbert, FRANCE
134) Cline BONNAIRE, France
135) Claudio Banegas Bruzzone, BELGIUM
136) Stephane Wajskop, BELGIUM
137) Nannette RIPMEESTER, The Netherlands
138) Marja Exalto Sijbrands
139) Bep Jungschlager, Delft, The Netherlands
140) Mandy Jungschlager, Schiedam, The Netherlands
141) Shirly van den Boogert, Delft, The Netherlands
142) Robert de Vette, Schiedam, The Netherlands
143) Margt van den Oever, Delft, The Netherlands
144) Vivian Engels, Delft, The Netherlands
145) Bart Sosef, Honselersdijk, The Netherlands
146) Matthijs Withaar, Naaldwijk, The Netherlands
147) Joost Den Haag, the Netherlands
148) Marco Van Belle, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
149) Leon van Rijnsbergen, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
150) Walco van Loon, Hilversum, The Netherlands
151) Noor van de Beek, Batam, Indonesia
152) Lucie Kompier, Utrecht, The Netherlands
153) Canavesi Manuela, Milano Italia
154) Sabina Langer, Milano, Italia
155) Giorgio Amsicora Onnis, Treviglio (Bg), Italia
156) Matteo Boni, Milano, Italia
157) Camillo Boni, Milano, Italia
158) Barattieri Silvana, Milano, Italia
159) Cavaliere Sara, Milano, Italia
160) Flocchini Anna, Milano, Italia
161) Lucia GASPERINI, Milano, Italia
162) Bruno Mansoux, Paris, France
163) Giovanni Losurdo, Pisa, Italia
164) Reza Ansari, Paris, France
165) Jean Kaplan, Paris, France
166) Giovanni Gallavotti, Italia
167) Michael Keane, The Hague, The Netherlands
168) Hans Maassen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
169) Dennis Dieks, Hilversum, The Netherlands
170) Laszlo E. Szabo, Budapest, Hungary
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200 names.) Even if you decide not to sign, please be considerate and do
not kill the petition. Thank you. It is best to copy rather than
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Laszlo E. Szabo
Department of Theoretical Physics
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos University, Budapest
H-1518 Budapest, Pf. 32.
Phone: (36-1)2090-555/6671
Fax: (36-1)372-2509
Home: (36-1)200-7318
http://hps.elte.hu/~leszabo
Borthwick & Crossley: LANGUAGE AND RETARDATION
The target article below was today published in PSYCOLOQUY, a
refereed journal of Open Peer Commentary sponsored by the American
Psychological Association. Qualified professional biobehavioral,
neural or cognitive scientists are hereby invited to submit Open
Peer Commentary on it. Please email or consult the websites below
for Instructions if you are not familiar with format or acceptance
criteria for PSYCOLOQUY commentaries (all submissions are
refereed).
To submit articles and commentaries or to seek information:
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psyc.99.10.038.language-retardation.1.borthwick Sun Oct 17 1999
ISSN 1055-0143 (40 paragraphs, 44 references, 1 note, 762 lines)
PSYCOLOQUY is sponsored by the American Psychological Association (APA)
Copyright 1999 Chris Borthwick & Rosemary Crossley
LANGUAGE AND RETARDATION
Target Article on Language-Retardation
Chris Borthwick
Health Promotion Journal of Australia
333 Drummond St
Carlton Vic 3053
AUSTRALIA
cborthwick(a)vichealth.vic.gov.au
http://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au
Rosemary Crossley
Victorian Health Promotion Foundation
DEAL Communication Centre
538 Dandenong Road
Caulfield, Victoria 3162
AUSTRALIA
dealcc(a)vicnet.net.au
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~dealccinc/
ABSTRACT: The diagnostic link between lack of speech (in the
absence of deafness or obvious structural impairment) and mental
retardation depends on the premise that behaviour is in general an
accurate reflection of internal mental processes, and that nothing
is inhibiting the overt production of communication and "masking"
more sophisticated language. This premise is not always valid, and
the methods for determining whether it is valid may not be the ones
now practised in the field of mental retardation psychology. This
target article reviews several cases in which people with deafness,
physical handicap, and learning disabilities were reclassified out
of the category of mental retardation. The recent debate over
"facilitated communication" suggests that the burden of proof may
lie with those who hold that the actual expressive communication of
people diagnosed as mentally retarded does adequately represent
their internal language.
KEYWORDS: alternative and augmentative communication (AAC), autism,
facilitated communication, language, speech, retardation
PSYCOLOQUY CALL FOR BOOK REVIEWERS
Below is the Asbtract of "Wayfinding Behavior: Cognitive mapping and
other spatial processes" (685 lines). This book has been selected
for multiple review in PSYCOLOQUY. If you wish to submit a formal
book review please write to psyc(a)pucc.princeton.edu indicating what
expertise you would bring to bear on reviewing the book if you were
selected to review it.
(If you have never reviewed for PSYCOLOQUY or Behavioral & Brain
Sciences before, it would be helpful if you could also append a
copy of your CV to your inquiry.) If you are selected as one of the
reviewers and do not have a copy of the book, you will be sent a
copy of the book directly by the publisher (please let us know if
you have a copy already). Reviews may also be submitted without
invitation, but all reviews will be refereed. The author will reply
to all accepted reviews.
Full Psycoloquy book review instructions at:
http://www.princeton.edu/~harnad/psyc.htmlhttp://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/psycoloquy/
Relevant excerpts:
Psycoloquy reviews are of the book not the Precis. Length should be
about 200 lines [c. 1800 words], with a short abstract (about 50
words), an indexable title, and reviewer's full name and
institutional address, email and Home Page URL. All references that
are electronically accessible should also have URLs.
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psyc.99.10.036.cognitive-mapping.1.golledge Sun Oct 17 1999
ISSN 1055-0143 (32 paragraphs, 14 references, 685 lines)
PSYCOLOQUY is sponsored by the American Psychological Association (APA)
Copyright 1999 Reginald Golledge
WAYFINDING BEHAVIOR: COGNITIVE MAPPING AND OTHER SPATIAL PROCESSES.
[John Hopkins University Press, 1999 xviii, 428pp, ISBN: 0-8018-5993-X]
Precis of Golledge on Cognitive-Mapping
Reginald G. Golledge
Department of Geography
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara CA 93106-4060
U.S.A.
golledge(a)geog.ucsb.edu
ABSTRACT: This is an edited volume of essays by psychologists,
biologists, cognitive scientists, computer scientists, and
geographers on wayfinding by humans and other species. It addresses
the extent to which cognitive maps may be universal, and produces
evidence that humans, apes, some birds and some small mammals
appear to behave as if they have internal representations that
guide wayfinding processes in a map-like manner. Evidence also
shows that insects, some mammals, and perhaps some birds may not
evince such guided behavior, but rely more on spatial updating by
dead-reckoning or pilotage. The multiple disciplinary views of
wayfinding and navigation by humans and other animals gives the
volume a distinctly different content from other available books.
KEYWORDS: cognitive map; internal representation; navigation;
navigation; path integration; place cells; wayfinding.
PSYCOLOQUY CALL FOR BOOK REVIEWERS
Below is the Abstract of "The Paradox of Self-Consciousness" by Jose
Luis Bermudez (799 lines). This book has been selected for multiple
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AUTHOR'S RATIONALE FOR SOLICITING MULTIPLE BOOK REVIEW:
The book offers a novel approach to the study of self-consciousness,
integrating philosophical argument with detailed study of empirical
work from a range of disciplines. It provides a framework for
linking together distinct areas of cognitive science which are
rarely discussed together and discusses some fundamental problems
in the foundations of psychology (such as the nature of concepts
and the possibility of thought without language). I am continuing
to work on some of the central themes of the book and would greatly
benefit from feedback from the biobehavioral and cognitive science
community.
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psycoloquy.99.10.035.self-consciousness.1.bermudez Sun Oct 17 1999
ISSN 1055-0143 (47 paragraphs, 30 references, 799 lines)
PSYCOLOQUY is sponsored by the American Psychological Association (APA)
Copyright 1999 Jose Luis Bermudez
THE PARADOX OF SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS (REPRESENTATION AND MIND)
Precis of Bermudez on Self-Consciousness
[MIT/Bradford, 1998 xiv, 236 pp. ISBN: 0-262-02441-1]
Jose Luis Bermudez
Department of Philosophy
University of Stirling
Stirling FK9 4LA
Scotland
CREA Ecole Polytechnique
1 Rue Descartes
75005 Paris France
jose.bermudez(a)stir.ac.uk
ABSTRACT: This book addresses two fundamental questions in the
philosophy and psychology of self-consciousness: (1) Can we provide
a noncircular account of full-fledged self-conscious thought and
language in terms of more fundamental capacities? (2) Can we
explain how full-fledged self-conscious thought and language can
arise in the normal course of human development? I argue that a
paradox (the paradox of self-consciousness) arises from the
apparent strict interdependence between self-conscious thought and
linguistic self-reference. Responding to the paradox, I draw on
recent work in empirical psychology and philosophy to cut the tie
between self-conscious thought and linguistic self-reference. The
book studies primitive forms of nonconceptual self-consciousness
manifested in visual perception, somatic proprioception, spatial
reasoning and interpersonal psychological interactions.
KEYWORDS: cognitive maps; concepts; content; ecological self;
navigation; proprioception; self-consciousness; self-reference;
visual perception;
(1) THE COGNITIVE PREREQUISITES FOR LANGUAGE (Burling)
http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/psyc-bin/newpsy?10.032
(2) LANGUAGE EVOLUTION AND THE COMPLEXITY CRITERION (Bichakjian)
http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/psyc-bin/newpsy?10.033
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(1) THE COGNITIVE PREREQUISITES FOR LANGUAGE
Target Article on Language-Prerequisites
Robbins Burling
Department of Anthropology
1020 LSA Building
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor MI 48109 USA
rburling(a)umich.edu
ABSTRACT: The first use of words by our early ancestors probably
depended on four cognitive capacities: A rich conceptual
understanding of the world around us; the ability to use and
understand motivated signs, both icons and indices; the ability to
imitate; the ability to infer the referential intentions of others.
The latter three capacities are rare or absent in nonprimate
mammals, but incipient in apes and well developed in modern humans.
Before early humans could have begun to use words these capacities
would have needed further development than is found in modern apes.
It is not clear why selection favoured these skills more strongly
in our ancestors than in the ancestors of apes.
KEYWORDS: cognition; evolution; iconicity; imitation; language;
names; theory-of-mind; words.
Access full text at:
http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/psyc-bin/newpsy?10.032
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(2) LANGUAGE EVOLUTION AND THE COMPLEXITY CRITERION
Target Article on Language-Complexity
Bernard H. Bichakjian
Department of French
University of Nijmegen,
The Netherlands
Bichakjian(a)let.kun.nl
http://welcome.to/bichakjian
ABSTRACT: Though it is increasingly accepted in the behavioral
sciences, the evolutionary approach is still meeting resistance in
linguistics. Linguists generally cling to the idea that alternative
linguistic features are simply gratuitous variants of one another,
while the advocates of innate grammars, who make room for evolution
as a biological process, exclude the evolution of languages. The
rationale given is that today's languages are all complex systems.
This argument is based on the failure to distinguish between
complexities of form and function. The proper analysis reveals
instead that linguistic features have consistently decreased their
material complexity, while increasing their functionality. A
systematic historical survey will show instead that languages have
evolved and linguistic features have developed along a Darwinian
line.
KEYWORDS: complexity, Indo-European, language evolution,
lateralization, neoteny, word order.
Access full text at:
http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/psyc-bin/newpsy?10.033
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Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 21:34:20 +0200
From: Daniel Ruhe <annimab(a)www.phil.gu.se>
To: annimab(a)www.phil.gu.se
Subject: ANNIMAB-1 conference - Erratum
ANNIMAB-1 conference - Erratum:
The previous message about the ANNIMAB-1 conference (Artificial Neural
Networks in Medicine and Biology; Goteborg, Sweden, May 13-16, 2000)
contained outdated information in the section CALL FOR PAPERS. The first
part of this section should read as follows:
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Papers for oral or poster presentation should be written in English and
submitted either in four printed copies, or electronically in postscript or
pdf format. Papers must be received by November 1st, 1999, to be included
in the reviewing process. Detailed author's instructions are available at
the conference website,
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Send the paper to:
ANNIMAB-S
Dept. of Philosophy
Goteborg University
Box 200
SE-405 30 Goteborg
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E-mail: annimab(a)www.phil.gu.se
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