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1. Stefan Werner, Neurolinguistics Conference

FIFTH FINNISH CONFERENCE OF NEUROLINGUISTICS
August 18-19, 1994
Helsinki, Finland

SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR POSTERS

Dear colleague,

We have the pleasure to invite you to participate in the Fifth
Finnish Conference on Neurolinguistics to be held in Helsinki on
August 18-19, 1994. The programme committee hopes to provide all
the participants with interesting sessions about current
neurolinguistic research in Finland, other Scandinavia, and
adjoining areas.

ORGANIZERS
University of Helsinki, Department of Phonetics
University of Turku, Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience
University of Joensuu, General Linguistics

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
Matti Lehtihalmes, Chair (University of Helsinki)
Anu Klippi (University of Helsinki)
Anna-Maija Korpijaakko-Huuhka (University of Helsinki)
Matti Laine (University of Turku)
Jussi Niemi (University of Joensuu)
Jyrki Tuomainen (Turku University Central Hospital)
Stefan Werner (University of Joensuu)

CONGRESS SITE
University of Helsinki, Department of Biochemistry, Unioninkatu 35

LANGUAGE
The official language of the meeting will be English.

REGISTRATION AND CONFERENCE FEE
The final registration can be made by paying the conference fee by
money transfer including your name by the end of July. The
conference fee will be 150 Finnish marks (FIM). Payments can be
made by money transfer (in FIM) directly to the account of:
University of Helsinki, Department of Phonetics
Bank: Suomen Yhdyspankki (SYP, Kruununhaka), Helsinki, Finland
Account no. 212618-9196
Remember: The money transfer MUST include your name and the
note Fifth Finnish Conference on Neurolinguistics

HOTEL ACCOMMODATION
The participants are asked to make hotel reservations by
themselves. Conference Team suggests e.g. following hotels located
near the conference site.

Hotels Room rates (FIM) per night
 single double

Hotel Arthur 290 370
Vuorikatu 17B
00100 Helsinki
tel: 358-0-173441, fax: 358-0-626880

Hotel Helsinki 490 490
Hallituskatu 12
00100 Helsinki
tel: 358-0-131401, fax: 358-0-176014

Hostel Academica 200 250
Hietaniemenkatu 14
00100 Helsinki
tel: 358-0-4020206

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
The scientific programme will consist of invited plenary lectures,
invited symposia, and free poster sessions.

PROGRAM

THURSDAY AUGUST 18, 1994
- Registration
- Opening of the Conference
- Invited Lecture. Eleanor Saffran (Temple University, USA):
 Neuropsychological approaches to semantic memory
- Symposium I. Semantic Memory: Development And Degeneration
 Chair: Raija Portin (Department of Neurology, University of Turku)
 Revonsuo, Antti: N400 and semantic memory in Alzheimer's disease
 and global aphasia
 Juottonen, Kirsi and Revonsuo, Antti: N400 and semantic memory in
 children
 Koskinen, Sari and Portin, Raija: Semantic knowledge of concepts
 in Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease
 Pekkala, Seija: Generating category-related nouns and verbs in
 Alzheimer's disease

- Lunch break
- Poster Session I
- Coffee break

- Symposium II. Child Language Acquisition
 Chair: Antti Iivonen (Department of Phonetics, University of Helsinki)
 Iivonen, Antti: Vocal development: Universal versus individual,
 biological versus acquired
 Korpilahti, Pirjo: Mismatch negativity (MMN) in children: Findings
 in normal and language impaired groups
 Launonen, Kaisa: Alternative way to spoken language. Some
 observations from children with Down's syndrome
 Maenpaa, Merja: Subtypes of dyspraxias
 Toivainen, Jorma: Self-organization and associative memory as an
 explanation for the early acquisition of Finnish morphemes
 Overlund, Johanna: Mother's communication ability as a recourse for
 a neurologically impaired child

- Evening Programme

FRIDAY AUGUST 19, 1994
- Invited Lecture. Hans-Juergen Eikmeyer (University of Bielefeld, Germany):
 topic to be announced
- Poster Session II
- Lunch break
- Invited Lecture. Nadine Martin (Temple University, USA):
 The relationship between auditory-verbal short-term memory and language
 processing
- Symposium III. Cognitive Morphology
 Chair: Jussi Niemi (General Linguistics, University of Joensuu)
 Niemi, Jussi: Morphology: A long-neglected area of research
 (Opening of workshop)
 Kukkonen, Pirkko: External evidence and Finnish morphology
 Niemi, Jussi and Laine, Matti: Noun morphology in Finnish:
 Constructing a cognitive model
 Hokkanen, Tapio: Slips of the tongue and Finnish case-markers
 Ahlsen, Elisabeth: Cognitive morphology in Swedish
 Tesak, Juergen: Variability of grammatical morphology in Broca's
 and Wernicke's aphasia
 Hellwig, Frauke: Semantic transparency and morphological parsing:
 Some findings from Dutch
 General Discussion

CALL FOR POSTERS
The deadline for poster submissions is the end of June. The
one-page abstract (in English) should include the title of the
paper, the name and address (email address if applicable) of the
author, the nature and purpose of the study, the subjects and
methods used, and the conclusions reached. Please use a good quality
typewriter or printer. You should leave margins of about 2.5 cm on
all sides. To save space, do not leave blank lines between
paragraphs, but rather use about 1-cm indentations at the beginning
of new paragraphs.

Dimensions of the display panels are 90 cm (width) x 110 cm (height).

All poster abstracts should be sent by the end of June to:

Matti Lehtihalmes
Fifth Finnish Conference on Neurolinguistics
Department of Phonetics
P.O. Box 35
FIN-00014 University of Helsinki
Finland

E-mail: lehtihalmescc.helsinki.fi
FAX: 358-0-1918671