Call for papers: APCAM 2014

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APCAM 2014 Call for Papers

The 13th Annual Auditory Perception, Cognition and Action Meeting (APCAM 
2014) will be held on Thursday, November 20 (at the Hyatt Regency Long 
Beach Hotel) in Long Beach, California. APCAM is a one-day satellite 
meeting affiliated with the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society. 
The goal of APCAM is to bring together researchers from various 
theoretical perspectives to present focused research on auditory 
cognition, perception, and aurally guided action. APCAM is a unique 
meeting in its exclusive focus on the perceptual, cognitive, and 
behavioral aspects of audition. Another unique aspect of APCAM is that 
it recently has become a FREE EVENT FOR ALL ATTENDEES.

The Organizing Committee welcomes not only empirical, but also general 
theoretical and methodological submissions on a variety of auditory 
topics, including (but not limited to) the following areas:

Localization, motion perception, and spatial cognition
Object, event, and pattern perception
Aurally guided action and navigation
Auditory scene analysis
Timing and attention
Pitch, loudness, and timbre perception
Music perception, cognition, and performance
Comparative auditory processing
Behavioral neuroscience
Speech
Memory and source identification

Submissions should include an abstract of 300 words or less, the title 
of the proposed presentation, names and institutional affiliation 
information for all contributing authors as they should appear in the 
conference program, as well as e-mail contact information for the 
primary/submitting author. Abstracts should be submitted online by 
following the Submit link on the APCAM website (www.apcam.us); this 
submission portal is expected to become active prior to the end of June. 
Authors also can communicate directly about submissions with the Chair 
of the Organizing Committee at hallmd@xxxxxxx.

Each submission also should indicate whether there is a preference for 
an oral or poster presentation. The committee will make every effort to 
accommodate presentation preferences, though it may not be possible to 
honor all requests. Given the limited number of oral presentations, 
authors traditionally have only been permitted a single oral 
presentation. If there are more accepted abstracts with an oral 
presentation preference than there are available presentation slots, 
preference will be given to papers judged to represent the strongest 
contributions, as well as to participants who did not deliver an oral 
presentation at the immediately preceding APCAM.

Additionally, the Organizing Committee welcomes proposals representing 
either a cluster of 3-4 related abstracts or a possible (45- to 
60-minute) panel discussion on a unified topic. Related abstracts can be 
submitted separately, along with a separate abstract (still 300 words or 
less) from the coordinating author. Proposals for panel discussions will 
only require this latter type of abstract. The abstract from the 
coordinating author should indicate the motivation for, and the nature 
of, the proposed session, including a brief overview of the fundamental 
issue(s) that it hopes to address. A listing of contributing authors for 
the session also should be provided, along with a brief statement about 
what each author will discuss. Such abstracts are expected to be 
included in the printed program if a proposal is accepted. Preference 
will be given to proposed sessions that cut across research domains and 
that have important theoretical implications and/or practical 
applications. Additionally, panelists for proposed sessions should be 
selected based upon their areas of expertise, and thus their ability to 
actively contribute to the discussion. Panel discussions should be 
designed to allow for at least 10-15 minutes of questions/participation 
from the audience either at the end of the session or interspersed 
throughout the panel discussion.

The deadline for submission of abstracts and all program proposals is 
October 1. While this traditional deadline is very close to the 
conference date, all authors are expected to be notified about the 
status of their submission very rapidly after the submission deadline. 
Travel and reservation information can be located through the APCAM 
website (www.apcam.us), which includes a link to details found on the 
Psychonomic Society site 
(http://www.psychonomic.org/general-information).

If you are interested in attending APCAM, but do not anticipate being a 
contributing author, then you can register simply by sending a brief 
e-mail that includes your name and affiliation to hallmd@xxxxxxx. 
Contributing authors will be registered automatically, but are asked to 
indicate at the time of submission which authors are expected to attend 
the meeting. We look forward to receiving your submissions, and to 
seeing you in Long Beach.

Sincerely,
Michael Hall
Chair, Organizing Committee, APCAM 2014
Director, Psychological Sciences M.A. Program
Department of Psychology
MSC 7704
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
office: (540) 568-7877




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