New Cognitive Sceince Journal, call for papers

Announcement & Call for Papers Announcing a new journal in cognitive science: C S Q COGNITIVE SCIENCE QUARTERLY An International Journal of Basic and Applied Research Aims and Scope The Cognitive Science Quarterly (CSQ) will publish original work in cognitive science, including basic as well as applied research and spanning the whole field of - empirical analysis (for example, experiments in psychology and neurobiology), - formal theory and analysis (as used in logic, linguistics, philosophy, etc.), - computational synthesis (mechanisms and implemented models, employing symbol structures, neural networks, or other means of modelling), and - applications of cognitive science (in industry, education, and other domains). Special emphasis will be given, however, to articles that attempt an integration of methodologies and disciplines. Articles from the traditional disciplines are also welcome if they are relevant to cognitive science in general, or have implications that t ranscend disciplinary boundaries. The bottom line is that CSQ wants to publish original work of relevance to cognitive science as a whole. CSQ recognises the full scope of cognitive science, comprising parts of psychology and neuroscience, linguistics and philosophy, computer science (AI), and real-world applications. Analysis and synthesis of cognitive systems is another way to describe the aim and scope of CSQ: - Analysis of cognition in people and animals, including cognitive neuroscience - Synthesis of cognition in agents and robots, as well as - Analysis and synthesis of cognition in workgroups and human-computer systems. Articles may address any topic in cognitive science, e.g., - learning and adaptation, - perception and action control, - knowledge representation and acquisition, - thinking, reasoning, and problem solving, - language and communication, - cognitive ergonomics, and many others. Articles may focus on any level of analysis, be it individual agents (or subsystems of these), groups, or even cultural or evolutionary units, or be it cognitive tools, natural language and other media of communication. We welcome work that is crossing le vels of abstraction (e.g., symbolic-subsymbolic, individual-group, functional level-implementation, theory-application). CSQ recognises that the success of cognitive science as a scientific endeavour is complemented by successful applications of our theories to real-world problems. Applications to real problems also generate important data, and requirements, for theoretical development. Therefore, CSQ will also address applied research in all fields: - training and instruction, - knowledge management and decision support, - work organisation and human-computer interaction, groupware, etc., - and especially encourage reports on innovative applications. CSQ will accept submissions from all over the world and hopes to find its readers everywhere. Being based in Europe, it also attempts to bring European research together and integrate it into the international cognitive science community. CSQ will be published by Hermes Science Publications, Paris and Oxford, starting in January, 2000, comprising four issues per year. All texts will be in English language. Electronic versions of abstracts will be publicly available as soon as articles have been accepted; the articles of the first issue will be made freely accessible to everyone. Editorial Structure Editor: Gerhard Strube, Universität Freiburg, Germany Editorial Board Joost Breuker, Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands Cristiano Castelfranchi, Italian National Research Council, Rome, Italy Daniel Kayser, Université de Paris XIII, France Walter Kintsch, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA Christoph von der Malsburg, Ruhr-Univ. Bochum, Germany / USC, Los Angeles, USA Keith Stenning, Human Communication Research Centre, Edinburgh, UK Advisory board Agnar Aamodt, Norwegian University of Science and Technology,Trondheim, Norway Christian Balkenius, Lund University, Sweden Johan van Benthem, Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands Alain Berthoz, Collčge de France, Paris, France Margaret Boden, University of Sussex, Brighton, Great Britain Ruth Byrne, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland Andy Clark, Washington University, St. Louis, USA Michel Denis, LIMSI, Paris, France Georg Dorffner, Universität Wien, Austria Jeff Elman, University of California at San Diego, USA Angela Friederici, Max Planck Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Leipzig, Germany Cathérine Fuchs, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France Dov Gabbay, Imperial College, London, Great Britain Peter Gärdenfors, Lund University, Sweden Jean-Michel Hoc, Université de Valenciennes, France Erik Hollnagel, Linköping University, Sweden Bonnie John, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh USA Philip N. Johnson-Laird, Princeton University, USA Hans Kamp, Universität Stuttgart, Germany Yasuhiro Katagiri, ATR Research Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan Mark Keane, University College, Dublin, Ireland Gerard Kempen, Universiteit Leiden, The Netherlands Boicho Kokinov, New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria Janet Kolodner, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA Jesus M. E. Larrazabal, Universidad de País Vasco, San Sebastian, Spain William Marslen-Wilson, MRC Cognition & Brain Unit, Cambridge, Great Britain Stellan Ohlsson, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Klaus Opwis, Universität Basel, Switzerland Csaba Pleh, University of Budapest, Hungary Tim Shallice, University College, London, Great Britain Robert S. Siegler, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA Hans Spada, Universität Freiburg, Germany Luc Steels, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium, and Sony, Paris, France Oliveiro Stock, ITC-IRST, Trento, Italy Paul Thagard, University of Waterloo, Canada Michael Tomasello, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany André Vandierendonck, Universiteit Ghent , Belgium Stella Vosniadou, University of Athens, Greece Wolfgang Wahlster, Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany Richard Young, University of Hertfordshire, Great Britain Information for Authors CSQ is dedicated to publish original work from all fields of cognitive science, including applied research, in English language. The work submitted to CSQ must not have been published elsewhere, nor should it currently be under consideration for another j ournal, book, or conference publishing full papers. Note that distribution of a prepublication draft in electronic or paper form is not considered as prior publication, provided that the distributed work is clearly identified as a prepublication draft. Fo llowing publication in CSQ, authors may use, with proper citation, all or part of their article for their own classroom teaching, for internal distribution within their institution, and in a collection of their own work (e.g., on their homepage). Review Process Each manuscript will be thoroughly reviewed for originality and for relevance to cognitive science, for soundness and significance, and presentation (the copy editor at the editor's office will, however, help you with language problems if necessary).All m anuscripts submitted to CSQ will be reviewed by at least two reviewers. The authors may suggest possible reviewers from the editorial board of CSQ, but the editor is free to decide who will review the manuscript. We will attempt to make as much use of ele ctronic communication as possible in order to speed up the review process. If you would like to have your work reviewed anonymously, please state this wish clearly and unmistakably in your message accompanying the submitted manuscript. Reviewers will then receive your manuscript purged of authors' names, affiliations and address es. Format of Articles The usual article published in CSQ will have a length of 20 to 25 printed pages (in the same format as used here), including figures, tables, references, and the like. This amounts to around 8,000 to 10,000 words per article. There may be exceptions, whic h should discussed with the editor before submission. CSQ will occasionally publish short articles (up to 3,000 words) as well, if the need arises (e.g., a significant comment, or rejoinder, or a book review). Generally, CSQ observes the spelling rules either of British English according to the Oxford English Dictionary or of American English according to Webster. CSQ favours submission in electronic formats (Word, Postscript, or PDF), and the final manuscript prepared with MS Word, using the Guidelines for Authors (CSQformat.DOC) and the style sheet (CSQ.DOT) available at the web address: http://www.iig.uni-freiburg.de/cognition/csq or at the Publisher's web site: http://www.hermes-science.com How to Submit Send your manuscript to the editor's office either on disk or CD-ROM (PC compatible formats: MS Word 6 or later, Postscript, or PDF; the final manuscript must be in Word format; do not use any compression except ZIP), or you may send it as an e-mail attac hment if it is less than 3 MB. The title of the article and the abstract must also be contained in the email which accompanies the article (this email is always necessary, even if the article is not sent as an attachment). Please do not forget to complete the Copyright Transfer Form from Hermes Science Publications (also available at the web address given above) and send it to the editor's office either by mail, or by fax. E-mail address of the editor's office: csq(a)cognition.iig.uni-freiburg.de The fax number of the editorial office is (+49 761) 203-4938. Editor's postal address: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Strube IIG, Abt.3 (CSQ) Friedrichstr. 50 D-79098 Freiburg, Germany. Csaba Pleh 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