LINGUIST List 18.832

Mon Mar 19 2007

Calls: Applied Ling,Neuroling,Psycholing/Italy

Editor for this issue: Ania Kubisz <anialinguistlist.org>


Directory         1.    Frank Burchert, 8th Science of Aphasia Conference


Message 1: 8th Science of Aphasia Conference
Date: 14-Mar-2007
From: Frank Burchert <burchertling.uni-potsdam.de>
Subject: 8th Science of Aphasia Conference


Full Title: 8th Science of Aphasia Conference Short Title: SoA8

Date: 14-Sep-2007 - 19-Sep-2007 Location: Monopoli (Bari), Italy Contact Person: Frank Burchert Meeting Email: burchertling.uni-potsdam.de Web Site: http://www.soa-online.com

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Neurolinguistics; Psycholinguistics

Call Deadline: 15-Apr-2007

Meeting Description: The SoA conferences are intended to bring together senior and junior scientists working in the multidisciplinary field of neurocognition of language and dealing with normal function as well as disorders. The size of the conference with a maximum of 100 participants ensures direct interaction between the participants.

SoA8 invites abstract submissions with either a focus on one of the following four topics or a more general focus on neurocognition of language:

-Neuroanatomy/Neurophysiology (Organization: Prof. Dr. Riitta Salmelin, Dr. Jubin Abutalebi) -Neurolinguistic theory: representation and/versus processing (Organization: Prof. Dr. Roelien Bastiaanse, PD Dr. Frank Burchert) -Neurolinguistic intervention (Organization: Prof. Dr. David Howard, Dr. Wendy Best) -Convergences and divergences between different approaches (Organization: Prof. Dr. David Poeppel, N.N.)

Contributed papers are planned in the form of short oral presentations and poster sessions. Poster sessions start with brief oral presentations of the highlights of each poster (3-5 min) and with ample time for discussion.

Guidelines for submission: -Abstracts for poster presentation must be in English. Abstracts should not exceed 1000 words and should contain information about the research question, the design of the study, the results including the data and a discussion of the results. All abstracts will be refereed by members of the scientific organizing committee.-The deadline for submission is April 15, 2007. Decisions on the submissions will be communicated by May 15, 2007. Format of posters should be portrait, ca. 118 x 84 cm.