Subject: Conference: The Lure of the New From: Lucy Davies <lucy.davies4@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 07:38:53 -0500 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>Call for abstracts: The annual conference of the Cognition Institute, Plymouth University, will be held March 20-22, 2013. The conference will be structured around seven themed oral symposia and poster sessions. In addition evening events include a reception and CogTalk debate to mark the official launch of the Cognition Institute, and a SciScreen film event. The Keynote addresses will be given by the Head of Programs at the INCF, Linda Lanyon: Toward globally collaborative science: the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility and Prof Guy Orban: Finding a home for the mirror neurons in human premotor cortex. http://cognition.plymouth.ac.uk/annual-conference-lure-new/ Symposia • Sounds for Communication • Embodied Cognition and Mental Simulation • Developments in infant speech perception • Engineering Creativity - can the arts help scientific research more directly? • Computational Modelling of Brain Processes • Current trends in deception research • Imagery, Dance and Creativity The programme can be found here: http://cognition.plymouth.ac.uk/annual-conference-lure-new/programme/ Registration is now open and details of how to apply as well as how to submit an abstract proposal can be found here: http://cognition.plymouth.ac.uk/annual-conference-lure-new/registration/ For all conference enquiries please contact Martin Coath at: outreach.cognition@xxxxxxxx Apologies for any cross-posting! All the best Lucy Davies