LINGUIST List 21.3901 Mon Oct 04 2010 Confs: Cognitive Science/Germany Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.    Michela Tacca, Modularity of Mind: Revisions and Prospects Message 1: Modularity of Mind: Revisions and Prospects Date: 02-Oct-2010 From: Michela Tacca <michela.taccagmail.com> Subject: Modularity of Mind: Revisions and Prospects E-mail this message to a friend Modularity of Mind: Revisions and Prospects Date: 29-Oct-2010 - 30-Oct-2010 Location: Duesseldorf, Germany Contact: Michela Tacca Contact Email: < click here to access email > Meeting URL: http://www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/index.php?id=12274 Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science Meeting Description: The Modularity of Mind: Revisions and Prospects Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, 29-30 October 2010 Organization: Markus Werning (Bochum), Jürgen Zielasek (Düsseldorf), Michela Tacca (Düsseldorf) For further information please see: http://www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/index.php?id=12274 The aim of the conference is to explore new answers to the following vital questions: Is the mind modular and to which extent? Which properties do cognitive systems exhibit in virtue of their modularity? To what extent is a modular approach in the neurosciences useful and based on experimental evidence? How can such findings be used to elucidate the pathophysiology of mental or neurological disorders and help to develop innovative diagnostic and therapeutic methods? Speakers: Clark Barrett (UCLA) - Modularity: The View from Evolutionary Psychology Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky (Marburg) - Modularity and Language: Cross-Linguistic Considerations Werner Callebaut (KLI) - The Modularity of Mind Revisited: Lessons from the Modularity of Matter Willem de Haan (Amsterdam) - Functional Brain Modularity in Alzheimer's Disease Peter Hagoort (Nijmegen) - The Modular Ghost in the Recurrent Connection Machine: Where is the Modular Mind in a Brain full of Recurrent Connectivity? Gerhard Schurz (Düsseldorf) - Modular and Universal Components in Human Reasoning Luca Surian (Trento) - The Modularity of Mind-Reading Michela Tacca (Düsseldorf) - The Modularity of Perceptual Systems Markus Werning (Bochum) - The Meanings in the Head: Compositional, Non-Symbolic, and Non- Modular? Wolfgang Wölwer (Düsseldorf) - Are there any Module-Specific Treatments yet? The Case of Cognitive Rehabilitation in Schizophrenia Jürgen Zielasek (Düsseldorf) - Introduction: Modularity in Psychiatry and Neurology Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 04-Oct-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.