June 13, 2007

TSC 2007 — registration

conferences — thomasr @ 9:02 am

The “Toward a Science of Consciousness 2007″ international conference will be arranged in Budapest, Hungary, July 23-26, 2007.

Plenary talks by: Walter Freeman, Stuart Hameroff, Ivan Havel, Ilona Kovács, David Papineau, Karl Pribram, Petra Stoerig.

Workshops and concurrent sessions: Philosophy, Language and Consciousness, Machine Consciousness I-II, First Person Methods, Phenomenological Concepts, Neuroscience I-III, Psychophysiology, Concept of Consciousness I-II, Cognitive Science and Psychology I-III, Qualia, Ontology of Consciousness, Altered States of Consciousness, Materialism and Dualism, Physical and Biological Sciences, Ethic and Free Will.

For detailed program and registration, see: http://www.tsc2007.org/

!!! Early registration ends on June 15 !!!

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June 5, 2007

CSBBCS 17th Annual Meeting

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brainbw.jpgThe Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science (CSBBCS) is a non-profit organization whose primary function is to advance Canadian research in experimental psychology and behavioral neuroscience. The 17th annual meeting for the CSBBCS will be held at the University of Victoria, British Columbia from June 15-17, 2007. Online registration is available until June 15, 2007.

For more information, please check out the conference website.

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June 2, 2007

The 13th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping

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hbm.gifThe 13th annual meeting for the Organization of Human Brain Mapping will be held in Chicago, Illinois at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers from June 10-14.

The purpose of the Organization is to advance the understanding of the anatomical and functional organization of the human brain and to bring together scientists of various backgrounds who are engaged in investigations relevant to human brain organization.

For more information, please visit the conference website.

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2007 Annual Meeting for the Society for Philosophy and Psychology

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The 2007 annual meeting for the Society for Philosophy and Psychology will take place from June 14-17. It will be held on the Keele campus of York University in Toronto, Canada.

The stated purpose of the SPP is to promote interaction between philosophers, psychologists and other cognitive scientists on issues of common concern.

For more information please visit the conference website.

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March 24, 2007

ASSC — call for abstracts

conferences — thomasr @ 7:36 pm

assc-logo1.gifASSC promotes interdisciplinary dialogue in the scientific study of consciousness. This year’s conference will not disappoint, with numerous exciting events and symposia that will bring you up-to-date with the cutting-edge discoveries in the field!

The 11th annual meeting will be held from June 22nd to June 25th, 2007 in LAS VEGAS, Nevada (Imperial Palace Hotel).

DO NOT MISS the first scientific event to bring in WORLD CLASS magical performers to share their deep intuitions and insights into the covert manipulation of attention and awareness! This event promises to astound, to delight, and to make you take magic seriously as an important experimental tool in the study of consciousness.

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January 21, 2007

Philosophy of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Biology

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bristol.jpgFollowing the success of PPNB 2005 in Oxford, the CONTACT project is hosting PPNB 2007 in Bristol and PPNB 2008 in Edinburgh.

We aim to bring together young researchers interested in mind-world relations, to address philosophical issues raised by empirical work in psychology, neuroscience, biology, and other life sciences. Relevant topics include: consciousness, perception, emotion, covert processing and related dissociations, ecological or embodied approaches to the mind, representation in neural networks, social cognition, motor control and voluntary action, simulation theory, evolutionary psychology, issues of group selection, the relation of thought to language, mental disorders, the evolution of language, animal minds, modularity, rationality, cognitive and biological issues concerning complexity or emergence, dynamic versus computational views of cognition, and so on.

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December 4, 2006

Consciousness: The WebCourse — Jan 22 to April 9 2007

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October 14, 2006

Society for Neuroscience 2006

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2006logo.gifNeuroscience 2006, the Society’s 36th annual meeting, will be held at the Georgia World Congress Center, in Atlanta, Ga., from October 14-18 , 2006. Every year the Society for Neuroscience provides the premier venue for neuroscientists around the world to share their research findings. By attending lectures, symposia, and workshops, meeting attendees can experience the most exciting and cutting-edge research that neuroscience has to offer.

SfN 2006

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October 6, 2006

ASSC: first call for symposia proposals

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assc-logo1.gifFIRST CALL FOR SYMPOSIA PROPOSALS

ASSOCIATION FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF CONSCIOUSNESS 11TH ANNUAL MEETING.
Imperial Palace Hotel, Las Vegas June 22 – June 25, 2007
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The 11th annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness will be held from June 22nd to June 25th, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada (Imperial Palace Hotel). This is a first call for symposia proposals. The calls for tutorial proposals, abstract submissions and registration will be circulated at a later date.

ASSC11 is intended to promote interdisciplinary dialogue in the scientific study of consciousness. The overall goal of the conference is to promote the scientific study of consciousness in all of its forms. Following last year’s successful symposia, ASSC members (or non-members who are planning to join ASSC) are again invited to submit proposals for symposia relevant to the overall goal of the conference. Non-members can also submit proposals for tutorials.

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March 16, 2006

Reminder: Budapest Semester in Cognitive Science

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This is a reminder about the Budapest Semester in Cognitive Science (BSCS) and its Call for Undergraduate Students for 2006.

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March 15, 2006

Genes, brain/mind and behaviour

conferences — thomasr @ 2:24 pm

A conference in November 2006 seeks to combine the understanding og genes, brain, mind and behaviour. In addition, aspects of neuroethics will also be covered.

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February 21, 2006

Architecture of Brain and Mind

conferences — thomasr @ 8:49 am

The EC-funded euCognition network has agreed to support a two-day symposium which is part of the AISB’06 convention to be held in Bristol, UK on 3-6th April.

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February 4, 2006

Plenary Schedule for TSC 2006

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The plenary program for the 2006 Tucson consciousness conference is now complete. The four keynote speakers will be Temple Grandin, Douglas Hofstadter, John Searle, and Giulio Tononi. The complete plenary program, 21 concurrent talk sessions (5 talks in each) and 18 pre-conference workshops are posted on the website. The poster program (two poster sessions of approximately 110 posters each, evenings of Wednesday April 5 and Friday April 7) will be online soon. Early registration has ended, but abstract submissions for poster presentation will still be considered for another week or so.

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February 2, 2006

Call for papers and poster proposals — ASSC 10

conferences — thomasr @ 8:45 pm

The tenth annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness will be held from June 23rd to June 26th, 2006 in Oxford. The meeting will be notable as the tenth anniversary of the first ASSC meeting. It will also take place in the pleasant surroundings of St. Anne’s College, Oxford. Accommodation in college will be available and the meeting promises to be both intellectually stimulating and very enjoyable!

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January 30, 2006

Exploring the boundaries of experience and self

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Where are the boundaries of conscious experience and self, and why do these boundaries exist? How do they develop in interaction with parents, carers and others? A September conference at St. Anne’s College, Oxford, focuses on this and related questions

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January 27, 2006

Perspectives on memory and cognition

conferences — thomasr @ 1:34 pm

We are pleased to invite you to Aarhus, Denmark, to participate in a conference on Perspectives on Memory and Cognition. Six internationally recognized scholars have accepted our invitation to give an invited address on a topic of their particular interest within the overall framework of memory and cognition. In addition, the conference will include shorter presentations from researchers in cognitive psychology and related fields.

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January 25, 2006

Cognitive science and neuro-psycho-pathologies?

conferences — thomasr @ 8:40 pm

What cognitive science can learn from neuro- psycho-pathologies? This is the theme for a forthcoming conference at the University of Central Florida. This conference will explore various approaches to understanding both neuropathologies and psychopathologies, with interdisciplinary contributions from philosophy, psychology, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and other cognitive sciences. Special emphasis will be given to questions about delusions and pathologies of embodiment, agency, self-consciousness, and practical reasoning.

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January 19, 2006

Call for tutorial proposals, ASSC10

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CALL FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS

ASSOCIATION FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF CONSCIOUSNESS 10TH ANNUAL MEETING

St. Anne’s College, Oxford

June 23 – June 26, 2006

The tenth annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness will be held from June 23rd to June 26th, 2006 in Oxford. The meeting will be notable as the tenth anniversary of the first ASSC meeting. It will also take place in the pleasant surroundings of St. Anne’s College, Oxford. Accommodation in college will be available and the meeting promises to be both intellectually stimulating and very enjoyable!

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December 7, 2005

Empirical evidence and common sense of the mind

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How does empirical evidence in psychology and psychiatry impact on common-sense and philosophical accounts of the mind?

A new conference in Birmingham.

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November 22, 2005

ABSTRACT DEADLINE: Toward a Science of Consciousness 2006

conferences — thomasr @ 8:41 am

The deadline for abstract submission for talks and/or posters for

Toward a Science of Consciousness 2006

April 4-8, 2006

Tucson, Arizona

see Tucson 2006

has been extended till November 15, 2005. Submissions for poster only will be accepted through end January. Submitters will be notified on about January 1, 2006 of their status. Registration by end January required for inclusion in the final program and abstract book.

We currently have well over 300 abstract submissions and 600 pre-registrants.

Hope to see you there!

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