CogNews: A news digest service from MIT CogNet (fwd)

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 16:54:06 GMT From: CogNet Newsletter <CogNews(a)cognet.mit.edu> To: racsmany(a)edpsy.u-szeged.hu Subject: CogNews: A news digest service from MIT CogNet You are receiving this email because you registered as a member of MIT CogNet (http://cognet.mit.edu/). We are writing to let you know about new developments and upgrades to the site. The formal launch of the CogNet fee based service will take place at the Inaugural Harry Bradford Stanton Memorial Lecture Series on Thursday September 28th, 2000, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. All CogNet members are invited to attend. Sponsored by The MIT Press, this first lecture will be delivered by Prof. Lila Gleitman and is entitled, 'Does Our Language Affect the Way We Think?' See http://mitpress.mit.edu/bradford/ for details. Check the latest Hot Science article where William Uttal discusses 'The limits of localization of cognitive processes in the brain' a topic which has generated a variety of responses from the community. Read the full article and commentaries at http://cognet.mit.edu/hotscience If you haven't visited CogNet in the last few weeks there are lots of new things to see! *** We've added a new reference work to the Digital Library -- you can now find an electronic version of The New Cognitive Neurosciences by Michael S. Gazzaniga (http://cognet.mit.edu/Gazzaniga/), in addition to The MIT Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science, Robert A. Wilson, and Frank Keil, editors, (http://cognet.mit.edu/MITECS/) and our continually growing collection of links to books and journals, including *** Links to searchable full-text for Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience and Neural Computation at HighWire Press (see http://cognet.mit.edu/library/) *** Profiles for Cognitive Science programs worldwide (see http://cognet.mit.edu/almanac/) *** Up to date Job listings (see http://cognet.mit.edu/jobs/) *** CV and bibliography utilities *** A growing collection of searchable abstracts from major professional conferences and workshops (see http://cognet.mit.edu/posters/index.tcl?type=proceeding) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CogNet is free service for now. As of October 1st, 2000, we begin offering an enhanced, fee-based service, details of which can be found online at http://cognet.mit.edu/Cover/member_terms.html Remember, you can take advantage of Charter Membership if you make 4 contributions to the site. See http://cognet.mit.edu/Cover/benefits.html for details You can also check to see if your Library has an Institutional Site License (see http://cognet.mit.edu/sitelicenses/). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This message has been sent to you as part of CogNews, the news service of MIT CogNet. No response is necessary. We hope that you find this service of value - and if you do, please tell your colleagues and forward this e-mail to others. IF YOU WOULD RATHER NOT RECEIVE FUTURE NEWS DIGESTS FROM MIT CogNet, please select the appropriate setting at http://cognet.mit.edu/pvt/privacy-change.tcl For further information or technical assistance, please contact: CognetAdmin(a)cognet.mit.edu