Subject: FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS IMRF2011 (Deadline extension, Final) From: Makio KASHINO <kashino@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 16:40:58 +0900 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS IMRF2011: You are cordially invited to submit your paper/poster to International Multisensory Research Forum IMRF 2011 conference 4-8th June 2011 Sendai, Japan. We extend the deadline of abstract submission according to many requests: Final Abstract Deadline: 18th of March 2011 (GMT) http://www.imrf.info/2011/ About the IMRF: The International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF) fosters research in areas where more than one sensory modality play a role. Our interests include, but are not limited to, mathematical psychology, psychophysics, neurophysiology and anatomy, development, neuroimaging, and application development. The 2011 IMRF conference in Sendai will follow the structure of our successful previous meetings. We will offer a single stream of oral presentations, either in structured symposia or as conference submission presentations, and poster presentations. Authors will have the opportunity to submit their work to a special edition on multisensory processing in iPerception that is scheduled to appear in 2012. Symposia: We have scheduled six themed symposia on: 1. The adaptation of multisensory time 2. Multi-sensory integration, Sensory substitution technology and Visual rehabilitation 3. Audiovisual interaction: How early does it occur? 4. Effects of proprioceptive and vestibular processing on visual perception 5. Multisensory integration from neurons to behavior: bridging the gap via computational models 6. The influences of Multisensory Integration and Attention on Each Other Keynote: Prof. Beatrice de Gelder (Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Tilburg University, the Netherlands) Prof. Norihiro Sadato (Division of Cerebral Integration, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Japan) Prof. Mel Slater (ICREA-University of Barcelona, Spain) Abstract submission and registration: Abstracts (max length: 200 words) will be peer reviewed and made available for the conference. The submission deadline is the 18th of March, 2011. Presenters are encouraged to upload additional material, such as presentations, data, demonstration etc. to the IMRF web site. This data will be available during and after the conference. Abstract submission and registration details are here: http://www.imrf.info/2011/ We look forward to hearing from you. SUZUKI, Yôiti (General Chairperson, yoh@xxxxxxxx) ANDO, Hiroshi (Science Chairperson, h-ando@xxxxxxxx) ____________________________________________________________________ IMRF 2011 Tohoku University Sendai, Japan June 4-8, 2011 http://www.imrf.info/2011/ --- Makio KASHINO, PhD NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Japan