Subject: [AUDITORY] Final CfP: KOSMOS Workshop "Mind Wandering and Visual Mental Imagery in Music", May 16-19, 2018 at HU Berlin From: Mats K=?UTF-8?Q?=C3=BCssner?= <mats.kussner@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 04:14:24 -0500 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>This is a reminder of the Call for Posters. Deadline for submissions is 2= 8 Feb 2018. [Apologies for cross-posting] KOSMOS Workshop =E2=80=9CMind Wandering and Visual Mental Imagery in Music=E2=80=9D Institut f=C3=BCr Musikwissenschaft und Medienwissenschaft Humboldt-Universit=C3=A4t zu Berlin May 16-19, 2018 Confirmed speakers Prof. Rolf Inge God=C3=B8y (University of Oslo) Prof. J=C3=B6rg Fachner (Anglia Ruskin University) Dr Ruth Herbert (University of Kent) Dr Rebecca Schaefer (University of Leiden) Dr Anthony Gritten (Royal Academy of Music) Dr Daniel Margulies (MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig)= Dr Sebastian Stober (University of Potsdam) The KOSMOS Workshop will be led by Dr Mats K=C3=BCssner (HU Berlin), Dr L= iila Taruffi (FU Berlin), Dr Georgina Floridou (University of Sheffield),= and Prof. Tuomas Eerola (Durham University). Call for Posters The ability to create a life in the mind is one of the most fascinating h= uman capacities, and of interest to scholars in the cognitive sciences an= d humanities alike. Mind wandering is a very frequent mental activity tha= t is defined as a shift of our attention away from the external perceptua= l environment towards internally-oriented, self-generated thoughts. These= thoughts naturally flow over time and vary in their content dimensions (= e.g., temporal focus, valence, intentionality) and form (images, music, s= peech, words). Mental images can create vivid experiences as our minds st= art to wander, and play a major role in creative processes as well as the= perception of art. While researchers have investigated the significance = and nature of visual mental imagery in connection with literature or visu= al arts, relatively little is known about the mechanisms and functions un= derlying mind wandering and visual mental imagery in music, even though r= ecent evidence suggests that this is a common phenomenon. The central res= earch question of this KOSMOS Workshop is thus what are the cognitive, af= fective, aesthetic, neural and phenomenological dimensions of the link be= tween mind wandering, visual mental imagery and music. Proposals for posters will be welcomed from researchers in any discipline= from the sciences, social sciences or humanities that may be able to adv= ance a comprehensive understanding of mind wandering and visual mental im= agery in music. The following non-exhaustive list illustrates some of the issues to be di= scussed at the workshop: - What is the nature of the link between music listening and visual menta= l imagery? - What are the functional uses of mind wandering and visual mental imager= y in music (e.g., evocation of emotion, enhancing creativity/creative pro= blem solving)? - How do structural properties of the music relate to contents of mind wa= ndering during music listening? - To what extent does music-elicited mental visual imagery overlap with p= erceptual processes in our brain (e.g., in the primary visual cortex)? - How do mind wandering and visual mental imagery affect emotional respon= ses to music (and vice versa)? What is the nature of these mechanisms? - To what extent do inter-individual differences in personality traits pl= ay a role for mind wandering and visual mental imagery during music liste= ning? - How does basic research on mind wandering and visual mental imagery in = music inform applications of music in health and wellbeing? Submissions should be made electronically in Word or PDF format to mats.k= uessner@xxxxxxxx by 28 Feb 2018. Please provide your name, postal and= email addresses, and any institutional affiliation on the first page. St= art your abstract on the second page and write no more than 250 words. We aim to notify all applicants about the outcome of the reviewing proces= s by the end of March 2018. Travel bursaries for early-career researchers The format of the KOSMOS Workshop particularly welcomes the participation= of early-career researchers (MA/PhD students and Post-Docs). We are able= to provide a limited number of travel bursaries to help cover some of th= e costs of attending the KOSMOS Workshop. To be eligible for a travel bur= sary, you must be a full- or part-time student or an unwaged delegate who= has been accepted to participate in the KOSMOS Workshop. To apply, pleas= e provide the following information on a separate sheet of paper: name, a= ffiliation, contact address, email, status, country of residence and amou= nt of funding sought. Please explain why you are unable to obtain funding= from other sources and how attendance of this KOSMOS Workshop benefits y= our future research. Please submit your application for a travel bursary = together with your proposal for a poster by 28 Feb 2018. This KOSMOS Workshop is generously supported by -=09Future Concept resources of Humboldt-Universit=C3=A4t zu Berlin throu= gh the Excellence Initiative of the German Federal Government and its Fed= eral States -=09The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at HU Berlin -=09The Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (SEMPRE) -=09Guger technologies (g.tec)