LINGUIST List 17.870

Wed Mar 22 2006

FYI: Mind and Brain Prize - 2006 Edition

Editor for this issue: Svetlana Aksenova <svetlanalinguistlist.org>

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Directory         1.    Valeria Manera, Mind and Brain Prize - 2006 Edition

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Message 1: Mind and Brain Prize - 2006 Edition
Date: 22-Mar-2006
From: Valeria Manera <valeria.maneraunito.it>
Subject: Mind and Brain Prize - 2006 Edition


Mind and Brain Prize - 2006 edition Torino, Italy 24-25, May 2006

The Center for Cognitive Science - University and Polytechnic of Turin - will award the 2006 Mind and Brain Prize to John Searle, Giovanni Liotti and Andrea Comba. On May 25 John Searle will held a public conference at Torino Incontra Conference Centre - Torino.

For more information please see the following website: http://www.psych.unito.it/csc/mindbrain/default.html

The Center for Cognitive Science of Torino will award the 2006 M&B Prize to: - John R. Searle, University of Berkeley: for the significant insights and the remarkable theoretical and technical advancements in the study of the mind and of the nature and structure of language in its social reality. - Giovanni Liotti, president of the Italian Society for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy (SITCC): for the outstanding theoretical advancements in the field of Attachment Theory, and for the clinical implications of his studies on the aetiopathogenesis and treatment of dissociative and borderline states. - Andrea Comba, president of the CRT Foundation: for the active involvement in supporting and sponsoring scientific research in cognitive sciences.

The award ceremony will be held in Turin on May 24, 2006. The Mind & Brain Prize was established in 2003 and aims at honoring the most relevant researchers in the field of Cognitive Science, as well as persons whose generous support and sponsorship has contributed to the growth and development of the discipline.

In previous editions the Center for Cognitive Science awarded the prize to Jerry A. Fodor, James L. McClelland, Philip Johnson-Laird, Domenico Parisi, Giacomo Rizzolatti and Carlo Umiltà.

Every useful information about the present and the past editions of the Mind & Brain Prize can be found at the following web site:

http://www.psych.unito.it/csc/mindbrain/default.html

On May 25 John Searle will held a public conference at Torino Incontra Cenference Centre.

For more information please contact Valeria Manera: valeria.maneraunito.it



Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science