Pleh Csaba egyetemi tanar Professor Csaba Pleh
Megismerestudomanyi Csoport Cognitive Science Group
Pszichologia Tanszek Department of Psychology
Szegedi Tudomanyegyetem University of Szeged
Magyar Pszichologiai Szemle Hungarian Review of Psychology
foszerkeszto editor
Szeged
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Hungary
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info-psyling-digest Monday, August 14 2000 Volume 01 : Number 031
This digest covers the subjects listed below
(indicating also the originator):
POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN SYDNEY
(Sally Andrews <s.andrews(a)unsw.edu.au>)
Re: InfoPsyling
(Charles Perfetti <perfetti+(a)pitt.edu>)
U of R working papers
(Joyce McDonough <joyce(a)ling.rochester.edu>)
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Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 17:21:43 +1000 (EST)
From: Sally Andrews <s.andrews(a)unsw.edu.au>
Subject: POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN SYDNEY
POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
I am seeking a post-doctoral fellow to join me in researching issues
related to lexical processing of visual word forms. My current research
grants have three main foci:
1. Investigating the "perceptual unit" underlying processing of visual word
forms
2. Using reaction distribution analyses and mathematical modeling to
explore the common and task-specific processes contributing to performance
in different word identification tasks.
3. Evaluating how orthographic processing is modulated by the different
mapping relationships that characterise different alphabetic languages.
Applicants with interests in these or related areas, and particularly those
with skills in computational or mathematical modeling, are encouraged to
apply.
I am based at the University of New South Wales which is close to both the
centre of Sydney and to magnificant exemplars of Australian beaches.
Although at the "bottom of the world", Sydney has a relatively large group
of psycholinguistic researchers with interests in lexical access both here
and at Macquarie University where Max Coltheart and others have established
the Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science.
The position is initially available for 1 year but may be able to be
renewed contingent on further funding.
Salary range: $A41,257-$45,580
Please email CV specifying your educational and research background and
experience and your particular research interests to: s.andrews(a)unsw.edu.au
Sally Andrews
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Associate Professor Sally Andrews
Head of School, School of Psychology
University of New South Wales
Sydney, 2052
Australia
Phone: 61-2-93853034
Fax: 61-2-93851193
Email: S.Andrews(a)unsw.edu.au
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Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 12:10:23 -0400
From: Charles Perfetti <perfetti+(a)pitt.edu>
Subject: Re: InfoPsyling
1. Post-doctoral fellowship: Montreal
2. Research Assistant/Postdoctoral position: MIT
3. Research Fellow: Edinburgh
4. Postdoctoral fellowship in fMRI: Groningen
5. Research assistant: Cambridge
6. Third Annual Undergraduate
Workshop in Cognitive Science and Cognitive Neuroscience
7. Conference: On the Consequences of Meaning Selection: UT Austin
8. Two brief queries
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1. Post-doctoral fellowship in Montreal
From: Helene Kaufman <kaufmanh(a)magellan.umontreal.ca>
JOB OPENING
The international research group on the Mental Lexicon, funded by
the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
(Director and Co-principal investigator: Dr. Gonia Jarema, at
Universite de Montreal; Co-principal investigator: Dr. Eva
Kehayia, at McGill University and Co-prinicipal investigator, Dr.
Gary Libben, at University of Alberta) has a position open for a
Post-Doctoral fellow in Montreal at the Research Centre of the
Institut universitaire de geriatrie de Montreal.
Candidates must have a Ph.D. with a specialization in psycho
and/or neurolinguistics. Preference will be given to candidates
with research experience on the mental lexicon. The fellowship is
a one-year position, starting on April 3, 2000. Salary: in
accordance with the norms in force at the Universite de Montreal.
Applicants should be interested in conducting cross-language
research on the mental lexicon as part of an international
collaborative research initiative. The candidate will also be
expected to mentor graduate students working on the project.
Interested candidates should forward their curriculum vitae, a
summary of their doctoral dissertation, a 1- to 2-page research
proposal, and two letters of reference to Dr. Gonia Jarema,
Project Director, by January 14, 2000.
Mailing address:
Centre de recherche Institut universitaire de geriatrie de
Montreal 4565 Queen Mary Road Montreal, Quebec H3W 1W5
fax: 514-340-3548 e-mail: jarema(a)ere.umontreal.ca NB: Attachments
in Word 6.0 or equivalent please
PLEASE POST IN YOUR DEPARTMENTS AND CIRCULATE
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2. Research Assistant/Postdoctoral position, MIT
From: "Mary C. Potter" <molly(a)psyche.mit.edu>
RESEARCH ASSISTANT or POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN COGNITION AT MIT
Mary C. Potter is seeking a research assistant (Technical
Assistant) and/or a postdoctoral fellow/associate, starting as
soon as possible.
My current research is on conceptual short-term attention and
memory, including the attentional blink, competition between
words in visual attention, the influence of sentence context on
visual word perception and selection, picture encoding and
memory, and crossmodal processing.
The Technical Assistant or postdoc will have primary
responsibility for running the lab, including supervising
undergraduate research assistants, preparing and running
experiments (with undergraduates as subjects), and analyzing
data. A postdoc would collaborate on projects and would have some
freedom to initiate projects within the domain of my grant. The
research community in our building provides a good work
environment, with opportunities to become acquainted with the
work of students and faculty in the cognitive science section.
Requirements for the research position include a B.A. or B.S
degree, some experience in experimental research (preferably in
cognition, language, or perception), and experience with
programming Macintosh computers (not just word-processing). Other
programming experience is a plus. A postdoctoral candidate would
need, in addition, a Ph.D in experimental psychology,
psycholinguistics, or a related field.
To apply, please email, fax, or write me, enclosing a resume and
the names and telephone numbers of at least two people as
references. I'll be happy to answer any questions about the
position. MIT is an affirmative action/equal opportunity
employer, and minority and women applicants are encouraged to
apply.
Mary C. Potter (Molly) Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences
NE20-453 MIT Cambridge MA 02139
molly(a)psyche.mit.edu (617)253-5526 or 868-1436 FAX 617-258-8654
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3. Research Fellow: Edinburgh
From: "Martin Pickering" <martin(a)psy.gla.ac.uk>
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
RESEARCH FELLOW
Required for a fixed term of three years in psycholinguistics.
You will join a large research team working on varied aspects of
human language processing and will conduct original research
within this area. Applicants should have relevant postdoctoral
research experience and a good publication record.
Salary range : UK 21,597 to 30,065 p.a.
Please quote ref : 776924
Informal enquiries to : Martin Pickering (martin(a)psy.gla.ac.uk).
Further particulars including details of the application
procedure should be obtained from the Personnel Department, 1
Roxburgh Street, Edinburgh EH8 9TB or Tel: 0131-650-2511 (24
hour answering service).
http://www.personnel.ed.ac.uk/recruit.htm
Closing date: 14 January 2000
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4. Postdoctoral fellowship in fMRI: Groningen
from: L.A.Stowe(a)let.rug.nl (Laurie Stowe)
Functional MRI Postdoctoral Position School of Behavioral and
Cognitive Neuroscience University of Groningen, The Netherlands
A two-year post-doctoral fellowship to start as soon as possible.
The candidate should have some experience with neuroimaging,
preferably using functional magnetic resonance imaging applied to
an area of neurology/neuropsychology/neurolinguistics. Expertise
in either the methodology itself or in the statistical analysis
of such data is desired or equivalent experience which can
readily be extended for use with this methodology.
The focus of the project is the use of the neuro-imaging
technique of functional MRI to investigate the processing of
language by normal adults and by groups with various language
processing problems. The postdoctoral fellow will function as
part of a tema with responsibility for developing the methodology
to be applied in such studies and analyzing experimental data.
The experiments will be coordinated with other research within
the project, with the goal of developing a set of paradigms which
can be applied across a variety of neurological conditions to
extend our knowledge of the variation within within the
neuroanatomy of language processing.
To apply, send a cv and letters of recommendation, and references
to articles available viainternet to L.A.Stowe(a)let.rug.nl. The
letters of recommendation may also be electronic. If you wish to
apply by mail, use the address below.
Forfurther information, please contact Dr. Laurie A. Stowe at:
Dept. of Linguistics +31 50 6366627 Faculty of Letters RuG
Postbus 716 9700 AS Groningen, Netherlands or:
L.A.Stowe(a)let.rug.nl
Laurie A. Stowe Postbus 716 Dept. of Linguistics 9700 AS Goningen
Faculty of Letters RuG The Netherlands tel: +31 50 363 6627 fax:
+31 50 363 6855 email: L.A.Stowe(a)let.rug.nl
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5. Research assistant: Cambridge
From: lktyler(a)csl.psychol.cam.ac.uk (L.K. Tyler)
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE CENTRE FOR SPEECH AND LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT
OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
Research Assistant (full or part-time)
Applications are invited for a Research Assistant to work as part
of a multi-disciplinary team, led by Professor L K. Tyler,
working on language processing in healthy subjects and
brain-damaged patients. The post will involve designing, running
and analysing experimental studies with adult subjects.
Candidates should have an appropriate background in
psycholinguistics or experimental psychology, and have experience
in using experimental software and in data analysis. Good
computing skills would be an advantage.
Salary will be on the RA1B scale within the 16286 - 18185 range
(according to age and experience) for the full-time post, and pro
rated accordingly for a part-time post. The position is funded
from January 1 1999 August 31 2000. Applications in the form of
a covering letter, full c.v. and the names and addresses of two
referees should be sent to Professor L. K. Tyler, Department of
Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street,
Cambridge CB2 3EB, or by email [lktyler(a)csl.psychol.cam.ac.uk]
to arrive no later than 22 December 1999.
The University of Cambridge is an equal opportunities employer.
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6. Third Annual Undergraduate Workshop in Cognitive Science and
Cognitive Neuroscience
From: trueswel(a)cattell.psych.upenn.edu (John Trueswell)
Friends and colleagues,
This email is to let you know about the Third Annual
Undergraduate Workshop in Cognitive Science and Cognitive
Neuroscience, to be held at Penn's Institute for Research in
Cognitive Science, June 5-23, 2000.
I'm writing to ask if you could help spread the news of the
workshop to your undergrads and faculty colleagues. If you
could, please forward this announcement to undergraduates and
colleagues via email.
Last year's workshop was a big success. The students were
excellent, and they provided very positive reviews of the
seminars, labs, and panel discussions. Next year's workshop
should be a lot of fun, and we think your undergraduates might be
interested in applying.
Also, if you are currently teaching a cognitive science-related
course, please consider distributing this information to your
class.
Thanks for your help!
John Trueswell Co-Coordinator of the IRCS Summer Workshop
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Third Annual Undergraduate Summer Workshop in Cognitive Science
and Cognitive Neuroscience
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA June 5 - 23, 2000
To apply for the workshop, please see our on-line application
form at:
http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~ircs/events/ugradsumwork.html
The deadline for receipt of applications is March 1, 2000.
Each year, the cognitive science community at the University of
Pennsylvania brings together the best and brightest undergraduate
students from around the world who are interested in the growing
fields of cognitive science and cognitive neuroscience.
The workshop is held on Penn's campus, at the Institute for
Research in Cognitive Science, site of the National Science
Foundation's Science and Technology Center for Research in
Cognitive Science with the cooperation of the Center for
Cognitive Neuroscience.
As a workshop participant, you can:
* Hear lectures from distinguished researchers in the fields of
cognitive science and cognitive neuroscience
* Participate in labs and lab tours involving some of the latest
technologies and research methods
* Present your own work through our Student Poster Session
* Participate in panel discussions on the future of cognitive
science and cognitive neuroscience
Labs and Tours:
* Free-Head Eye Tracking Lab in Language Processing
* Language Development Lab
* Graphics, Animation, and Human Modeling Lab
* Language Corpus Analysis Lab
* Event-Related Potential (ERP) Lab
* Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) Lab
* Cognitive Neurology Stroke Lab
Lecture Topics:
* Primate Communication
* Real-time Language Processing
* Language Development
* Learning, Memory and Attention
* Working Memory and Executive Function
* Human and Machine Vision
* Computational Modeling of Language and Cognition
* Statistical Natural Language Processing
Participating IRCS faculty include:
Norman Badler, Steven Bird, Anjan Chatterjee, Dorothy Cheney,
Robin Clark, Martha Farah, Leif Finkel, Lila Gleitman, Aravind
Joshi, John Kounios, Mark Liberman, Mitch Marcus, Dimitris
Metaxas, Martha Palmer, Ellen Prince, Maribel Romero, Robert
Seyfarth, Mark Steedman, C. J. Taylor, Sharon Thompson-Schill,
John Trueswell and Bonnie Webber.
To apply, please complete our on-line application form at
http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~ircs/events/ugradsumwork.html
*** Course experience with cognitive science is desired, but not
required. ***
Admitted participants will be provided with a travel stipend,
accommodations at the Penn dormitories and a food plan through
the dining services. There are no tuition costs for
participants.
Questions? Please see our web page or send email to
summer_workshop(a)central.cis.upenn.edu
Mailing Address for Workshop Correspondence: Institute for
Research in Cognitive Science Attn: Summer Workshop Suite 400A,
3401 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228
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7. Conference: On the Consequences of Meaning Selection: UT
Austin
From: David Gorfein <gorfein(a)exchange.uta.edu>
On the Consequences of Meaning Selection A conference sponsored
by the American Psychological Association & The University of
Texas at Arlington Psychology Department
March 10-11, 2000
For a number of years researchers of reading and language have
studied lexically ambiguous words (homographs and homophones).
Much of the interest focussed on the form of lexical
representation of these words and how they were accessed. In the
late 1980's a few investigators began to go beyond the topic of
access in an attempt to characterize the immediate effects of the
disambiguation process. Meaning selection for one meaning was
shown to make it difficult to select an alternative meaning of
the homograph and at the same time there appeared to be enhanced
ability to process materials related to the meaning selected. In
short, those investigator's have argued that the effects of
disambiguating have important consequences for discourse
processes including the reading and comprehension of text.
A conference addressed to address the theoretical issues raised
by this research is scheduled for Arlington, Texas in March. The
presenters (in alphabetic order) are: Michael C. Anderson,
University of Oregon; David A. Balota, Washington University;
Curt Burgess, University of California, Riverside; James R.
Erickson, University of Texas, Arlington; Morton Ann Gernsbacher,
University of Wisconsin; David S. Gorfein, University of Texas,
Arlington; Walter Kintsch, University of Colorado; Thomas K.
Landauer, University of Colorado; Robin Morris, University of
South Carolina; Charles A. Perfetti, University of Pittsburgh;
Greg B. Simpson, University of Kansas; and Patrizia Tabossi,
University of Trieste.
For conference details including abstracts, registration
materials, housing, etc. see
http://www.uta.edu/psychology/apa_conference.
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8. Two brief queries
From: hamideh marefat <marefat(a)chamran.ut.ac.ir>
Dear Members,
1. Do you know Inagaki's email? She wrote an
article in Language Learning 1997. The mail Shunji Inagaki wrote
at the end of the article seems to have changed.
2. I would
appreciate your comments about the following question: If a
person shows mastery over the syntactic structure of a verb,
he/she knows the meaning of that verb, bothe the broad range and
the narrow range constraints, as Pinker (1989) calls them. Thank
you in advance
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
hamideh marefat
* * The university of Tehran
* * The Faculty of Foreign Languages
* * English Department
* * Iran Tehran P.O.Box: 11495 - 136
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Charles A. Perfetti
Professor of Psychology & Linguistics
Senior Scientist & Associate Director
Learning Research and Development Center
University of Pittsburgh
412-624-7071
Perfetti+(a)Pitt.edu
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Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 11:13:04 -0400
From: Joyce McDonough <joyce(a)ling.rochester.edu>
Subject: U of R working papers
** N E W ONLINE **
THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
WORKING PAPERS IN THE LANGUAGE SCIENCES (WPLS:UR)
The University of Rochester Working Papers in the Language Sciences
(WPLS:UR) is pleased to announce the release of an online issue,
containing recent work by linguists and language scientists working at
the University of Rochester: "WPLS:UR Vol. Spring/Summer 2000, no. 1.
The contents are drawn from a wide range of subfields, and are available
at
http://www.ling.rochester.edu/wpls/. The Table of Contents follows:
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University of Rochester Working Papers in the Language Sciences
(WPLS:UR) Vol. Spring/Summer 2000, no. 1
Editors: Katherine Crosswhite & Joyce McDonough
175pp.
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JOYCE M. McDONOUGH & MARY ANN WILLIE
Allowable variability: A preliminary investigation of word recognition
in Navajo
KATRINA SCHACK
Comparison of intonation patterns in Mandarin and English for a
particular speaker
JAMES S. MAGNUSON, MICHAEL K. TANENHAUS & RICHARD N. ASLIN
Simple Recurrent Networks and Competition Effects in Spoken Word
Recognition
BOB McMURRAY
Connectionism for . . .er. . . linguists
GREG CARLSON
"Mismatches" of Form and Interpretation
KATHERINE M. CROSSWHITE
Vowel Reduction in Russian
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For more information about the WPLS:UR, please see our website at:
http://www.ling.rochester.edu/wpls/
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Joyce McDonough
Department of Linguistics
University of Rochester
Rochester, New York 14627
(716) 275-2895
(716) 273-1088 (fax)
http://ling.rochester.edu/
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