British Academy: The UK's National Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences
Conceptual Knowledge: Developmental, Biological, Functional And Computational Accounts
Organised by Professor Lorraine Tyler FBA
The British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH
24 June - 25 June
This conference is now fully booked.
Outline:
The nature of conceptual knowledge is an important topic in cognitive neuroscience. Key issues such as - how conceptual knowledge is mentally represented within and across species, how it is acquired, what are its biological and social foundations ? tend to be investigated as separate topics. In this symposium we will bring together leading researchers to discuss these issues in an interdisciplinary symposium.
Programme
24 June 2002 | |
| Acquisition and the adult state: within and across species |
| 9.30-10.15 | Professor Susan Carey, Department of Psychology (Harvard University) |
10.15-11.00 | Professor Jean Mandler, Professor of Cognitive Science (University of California) |
11.00-11.30 | Coffee |
11.30-12.15 | Professor Marc Hauser, Department of Psychology (Harvard University) |
12.15-1.00 | Professor Herb Terrace, Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry (Columbia University) |
1.00-2.15 | Lunch |
| Chairperson: Professor Tim Shallice, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience (University College, London) |
2.15-3.00 | Professor Gregory Murphy, Professor of Psychology (New York University) |
3.00-3.45 | Professor Lawrence Barsalou, Department of Psychology (Emory University) |
3.45-4.15 | Tea |
4.15-5.00 | Professor Scott Atran, (CRNS) |
5.00-5.30 | Discussion |
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25 June 2002 | |
| Brain & behaviour |
| 9.30-10.15 | Professor James L. McClelland, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh |
10.15-11.00 | Professor Lorraine Tyler, FBA Department of Experimental Psychology (University of Cambridge) |
11.00-11.30 | Coffee |
11.30-12.15 | Professor Tim Shallice, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience (University College, London) |
12.15-1.00 | Professor Alfonso Caramazza, Cognitive Neuroscience Sector (Harvard University) |
1.00-2.15 | Lunch |
| Chairperson: Professor Susan Carey, Department of Psychology (New York University) |
2.15-3.00 | Professor Daniel Amit, Istituto di Fisica, La Sapienza, Roma |
3.00-3.45 | Professor Alex Martin, Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, NIMH Bethesda, USA |
3.45-4.15 | Tea |
4.15-5.00 | General Discussion & Close |