1. Senior position Cognitive Neuroscience: Rutgers
2. Graduate program: Rutgers
3. Assistant professor: Rutgers
4. Postdoc position: Rutgers
5. Instructor position: Brown
6. Cognitive Science: UC San Diego
7. Postoc position: Oxford
8. LOT Winterschool
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1. Senior position Cognitive Neuroscience: Rutgers
From: jose(a)tractatus.rutgers.edu (Stephen Hanson)
Subject: SENIOR POSITION-RUTGERS UNIVERSITY (Newark Campus) COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
**** NEW ANNOUNCEMENT-- SENIOR POSITION AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-(Newark Campus) ****
***COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE ***
Rutgers University-Newark Campus: The Department of Psychology
anticipates making one senior level appointment in Cognitive
Neuroscience. We seek applicants with a demonstrated program
of interdisciplinary research and teaching in areas such as
cognitive psychology, computation, imaging, or neuroscience.
Areas of research are open, however we hope to find candidates
that can expand potential connections with the nearby engineering
school (NJIT) and/or UMDNJ (with a focus on a fMRI research facility).
The position calls for candidates who are effective teachers
at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Review of applications
will begin on December 15, 1997. Rutgers University is an equal
opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified women and minority
candidates are especially encouraged to apply.
Please send current CV and three letters of recommendation to
Professor S. J. Hanson, Chair,
Department of Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience Search,
Rutgers University,
Newark, NJ 07102.
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2. Graduate program: Rutgers
From: jose(a)tractatus.rutgers.edu (Stephen Hanson)
Subject: COGNITIVE SCIENCE@RUTGERS(Newark Campus)
The Psychology Department at Rutgers University (Newark Campus) is pleased
to announce a new track in its graduate program for Cognitive Science.
Please go directly to our WEB PAGE: www-psych.rutgers.edu
for information on the program, research, faculty, stipends and applications.
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3. Assistant Professor: Rutgers
From: jose(a)tractatus.rutgers.edu (Stephen Hanson)
Subject: RUTGERS UNIVERSITY (Newark Campus) Junior Position in Cognitive Science
Announcement-- ASSISTANT PROFESSOR -- Rutgers University (Newark Campus).
Rutgers University-Newark Campus: The Department of Psychology anticipates making
one tenure-track appointment in Cognitive Science at the Assistant Professor level.Candidates should have an active research program in one or more of the following areas: action, learning, high-level vision, language. Of particular interest are candid
es who combine one or more of these research interests with cognitive neuroscience, mathematical and/or computational approaches. The position calls for candidates who are effective teachers at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Review of app
cations will begin on December 15, 1997. Rutgers University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified women and minority candidates are especially encouraged to apply.
Send CV and three letters of recommendation to Professor S. J. Hanson, Chair, Department of Psychology - Cognitive Search, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 07102.
Email inquiries can be made to cogsci(a)psychology.rutgers.edu
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4. Postdoc position: Rugters
From: Zenon Pylyshyn <zenon(a)ruccs.rutgers.edu>
Subject: Immediate Post Doc at Rutgers NB
The Center for Cognitive Science at Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ has an
opening for a two-year Post-Doctoral Fellow to start as early as this
January. Salary commensurate with experience and in line with that
recommended by federal funding agencies. Emphasis will be on
independent research in visual attention, with special focus on
multiple-object indexing and tracking. The applicant's overall interests
should match those of the lab, as described in URL:
http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/finstlab/finstsum.html
and in the reports and papers listed in URL:
http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/faculty/pylyshyn.html
The candidate is expected to have a background in visual science,
including the methods of visual psychophysics and/or computer modeling.
Familiarity with the use of MAC, SGI and PC platforms for vision
research is required.
Mail Applications with letter and CV to:
Zenon Pylyshyn,
Rutgers Center for Cognitive Sceince,
Rutgers University, Busch Campus,
Psychology Building Addition,
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
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5. Instructor position: Brown
From: Mary-Ellen Flinn <Mary-Ellen_Flinn(a)brown.edu>
Subject: Instructor Position/Brown University
Instructor for Semester II 1997-98 to Teach Cognitive Neuroscience Course
at Brown University
A temporary position is available in the Spring semester (II) of 1998 to
teach a course in the Department of Neuroscience in the area of Cognitive
Neuroscience. This course will deal with fundamental issues of Cognitive
Neuroscience at a level appropriate for advanced undergraduate neuroscience
concentrators and for graduate students. This lecture course emphasizes a
systems approach to neuroscience and covers several neural systems from
among consciousness, sleeping and waking, thinking, selection of action,
higher visual and motor processes, sensorimotor integration, learning and
memory, attention and emotion. Discussions focus on cerebral cortical
mechanisms of behavior and cognition, though subcortical neural mechanisms
are discussed. Emphasis on experimental work from functional neuroimaging
in humans, behavioral neurophysiology, and observations from human
pathology. Some degree of flexibility in course content is possible.
Job Requirements:
At least 1 year's prior teaching experience.
Ph.D. in Brain or Behavioral Sciences
The position is available as an adjunct assistant, associate or full
professor for one semester only. Appropriately trained postdoctoral
fellows will be considered for this position. Strong teaching skills are
essential. We encourage applications from women and minority candidates.
Brown University is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer.
Interested individuals should send a CV and names of 3 references by
November 20, 1997 to:
John P. Donoghue, Ph.D.
Chairman
Department of Neuroscience
Box 1953
Providence, RI 02912
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6. Cognitive Science: UC San Diego
From: elman(a)crl.ucsd.edu (Jeff Elman)
FACULTY POSITION
IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
The Department of Cognitive Science at the University of California, San
Diego invites applications for a faculty position at the assistant
professor level (tenure-track) starting July 1, 1998, the salary
commensurate with the experience of the successful applicant and based on
the UC pay scale, and subject to the availability of funds.
Applicants are sought in the area of higher cognitive function and must
have a PhD (or ABD). A broad interdisciplinary perspective and experience
with multiple methodologies will be highly valued. Postdoctoral experience
is desirable.
Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. The University of California,
San Diego is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. All
applications received by January 1, 1998 will receive thorough
consideration until position is filled. Candidates should include a vita,
reprints, a short letter describing their background and interests, and
names and addresses of at least three references to:
University of California, San Diego
Faculty Search Committee
Department of Cognitive Science 0515-JE
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0515
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7. Postdoc position: Oxford
From: Kim Plunkett <Kim.Plunkett(a)psy.ox.ac.uk>
University of Oxford
Department of Experimental Psychology
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Academic-Related Research Staff Grade 1A: Salary stlg15,159-22,785
A postdoctoral position is available to work on an MRC funded project
entitled "Phonological deficits in specifically language impaired
children". The ideal candidate should have a solid background in
developmental psycholinguistics and experience in using EEG or
neuro-imaging techniques for investigating cognitive function.
Candidates without experience in these areas, but who have the ability
to acquire these necessary skills quickly, will also be considered.
The project is initially funded for one year and will start early in
January 1998.
Applications, including details of two referees should be sent to the
Administrator, Department of Experimental Psychology, South Parks
Road, Oxford OX1 3UD by 21 November quoting ref: RA/A2/KPl.
Scientific enquiries only may be directed to Dr K R Plunkett -
kim.plunkett(a)psy.ox.ac.uk or telephone 01865-271444. Interviews are
planned for Friday 12 December.
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8. LOT Winterschool
From: "LOT (Christien Bok)" <lot(a)let.ruu.nl>
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LOT Winterschool 1998 Leiden
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Courses Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics (LOT)
>From 17 - 28 januari 1998 the LOT Graduate Courses will take place in
Leiden. You can find course descriptions, enrollment forms and more
information at http://wwwots.let.ruu.nl/LOT/ws98.html. You can also contact
the LOT-secretariat, (Christien Bok, LOT, Trans 10, 3512 JK Utrecht, The
Netherlands, +31(0)30-2536006, fax. +31(0)30-2536000,email: LOT(a)let.ruu.nl).
We will send you a booklet with course-descriptions and enrollment forms.
Enrollment for LOT affiliates are free, for others it's DFL 350,= for one
week, excl. lodging.
Deadline for enrollements: November 15 1997
You can still fill in an enrollmentform, the easiest way is
to fill in http://www-uilots.let.ruu.nl/LOT/enroll.htm.
You can also send a form to the LOT-secretariat.
BE THERE!!!
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Landelijke Onderzoekschool Taalwetenschap
Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics
Trans 10
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Phone: +31 30 2536006
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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>
To: a.chamberlain(a)sheffield.ac.uk, p.carruthers(a)sheffield.ac.uk,
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ian.pitchford(a)scientist.com
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
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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.
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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.
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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
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