From: Patrick Wilken (patrickw@cs.monash.edu.au)
Date: Tue Jan 14 1997 - 02:24:09 MST
THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF CONSCIOUSNESS
CALL FOR PAPER PRESENTERS FOR A CONFERENCE ON:
WHAT DOES IMPLICIT COGNITION TELL US ABOUT CONSCIOUSNESS?
CLAREMONT COLLEGES & CLAREMONT GRADUATE SCHOOL
JUNE 14-16, 1997: CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA
The first conference of the Association for the Scientific Study of
Consciousness will be held at the Claremont Colleges, about an hour's
drive from Los Angeles, over three days between the 14th and 16th of
June 1997. The organising committee for the conference consists of:
William Banks (Pomona College)
Thomas Metzinger (Universitat des Saarlandes)
Patrick Wilken (Monash University)
Currently scheduled speakers include Bernard Baars, David Chalmers,
Patricia Churchland, Owen Flanagan, John Gabrieli, Melvyn Goodale,
Anthony Greenwald, Valerie Hardcastle, Larry Jacoby, Christof Koch,
Philip Merikle, David Milner and Daniel Schacter.
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THEME
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The phenomena of implicit cognition -- implicit memory, implicit
learning, unconscious perception, blindsight, and so on -- have
attracted widespread attention in recent years. This is partly because
of their intrinsic interest, and partly because the study of these
processes holds great promise as an empirical method for investigating
consciousness. But although research in these areas has proliferated,
the connections between this research and issues about consciousness
have not yet been fully articulated. What have we learned about the
conscious mind from the study of implicit cognition?
This conference is intended to address this question, drawing systematic
connections between implicit cognition and consciousness. We welcome both
empirical contributions, using experimental research to help understand the
nature of conscious and unconscious processes, and theoretical
contributions
that analyze or integrate existing work.
A non-exclusive list of the issues that will be explored include:
implicit memory in normals and amnesics and its relation to
consciousness; perception without awareness; blindsight; perception of
unattended material; non-conscious thought; neural correlates of
conscious and unconscious processes; criteria for the ascription of
consciousness; the function of consciousness; and the capacities and
limitations of unconscious processing. It is intended that these topics
will be covered in an interdisciplinary manner and towards this end
speakers are invited to discuss these issues from philosophical,
psychological and/or physiological perspectives.
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SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
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EXTENDED DEADLINE:
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS MUST BE RECEIVED BY APRIL 15TH 1997.
Papers will be accepted on the basis of their quality and suitability
and not according to the author's affiliation with the association. Any
person may present only one paper, but may be the co-author of others.
Presentation time will be limited to 30 minutes, which includes a five
minute discussion period. Sessions will be strictly timed. In addition
to spoken papers there will be an opportunity to present posters during
the conference.
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COSTS
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Early Late
Members $110 $160
Non-Members $140 $190
Students $50 $50
Student Members $30 $30
The cutoff date for early registration is the 15th of April 1997.
Forms for submitting papers and posters, registering at the conference, and
application for membership in the society are all available from the ASSC
website <http://www.phil.vt.edu/ASSC/>. If you have trouble accessing the
site or require further assistance please contact Patrick Wilken
<patrickw@cs.monash.edu.au>.
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Patrick Wilken http://www.cs.monash.edu.au/~patrickw/
Editor: PSYCHE: An International Journal of Research on Consciousness
Secretary: The Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/ http://www.phil.vt.edu/ASSC/
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