Call for Abstracts for the first Conference on Cognition Research of the Israeli Society for Cognitive Psychology (2014)
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Our aim is to bring together the large and diverse Israeli cognitive community of researchers and students in a single venue to share their research and perspectives on this rapidly advancing field. In order to enroll for the conference, please send your abstracts to israel.cognition@gmail.com.
For further information please contact Dominique Lamy at domi@post.tau.ac.il (a website will be available in the near future).
Deadlines:
Abstract submission for talks and posters: September 22th, 2013
Notification of abstract acceptance: October 15th, 2013
Registration: October 31st, 2013
Payment for accommodation at the Knights Youth Hostel and Guest House: November 30th, 2013
Accommodation and rates:
Registration fees:
Researchers 200 NIS, Students 100 NIS.
Full board accommodation at the Knights Youth Hostel and Guest House: double occupancy - 320 NIS per night per person; triple occupancy - 300 NIS per person; quadruple occupancy - 280 NIS per person.
Lunch and dinner options will be available at the guesthouse for attendees who are staying elsewhere.
The rooms at the conference venue are best suited for multiple occupancy (2 to 4 persons). The number of rooms is limited, so additional rooms (including single occupancy) are available for conference attendees at the nearby Akkotel (www.akkotel.com), Efendi Hotel (www.efendi-hotel.com) and Hotel Hof Hatmarim (www.palmbeach.co.il). Full details will be available within a few weeks on our website.
Program:
The conference will include short oral presentations by students and faculty (15 minutes in length, followed by a 5-minute discussion period) as well as poster sessions.
Abstract submission:
Abstracts should be submitted in ENGLISH via email to: israel.cognition@gmail.com. The maximum length for abstracts is 150 words. Each abstract should include: a title; the authors' names; the name of the presenter (if not the first author); the institution(s), email address and telephone number of the first author; and preference of presentation mode (oral presentation /poster).Note that if the number of requests for oral presentations is greater than time and space allow, selection will be performed by the conference committee. Abstracts are invited from all fields of cognitive sciences.
In order to help us build the program, please identify the topics that best represent your submission from the following list:
Animal Cognition; Artificial intelligence; Attention; Audition; Automatic Processing; Body; Categories and Concepts; CBT; Cognitive Control; Computers; Consciousness; Emotion; Face Processing; Judgment / Decision Making; Language; Learning; Memory; Metacognition; Methods; Models; Motor Processing / Control; Multisensory Integration; Music Cognition; Neural Networks; Neuropsychiatry; Numerical Cognition; Perceptual Organization; Philosophy of Mind; Psycholinguistics; Reasoning & Problem Solving; Spatial Cognition; Vision; Other (please specify).
We hope to see you all soon,
The organizing committee
Shahar Arzy (Hebrew University)
Moshe Bar (Bar Ilan University)
Morre Goldsmith (University of Haifa)
Nurit Gronau (Open University)
Avishai Henik (Ben-Gurion University)
Dominique Lamy (Tel Aviv University)
