Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!njin!princeton!pucc!PSYCH@TCSVM From: harnad@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Stevan Harnad) Newsgroups: sci.psychology.digest Subject: PSYCOLOQUY V1 #9 (announcements: 404 lines) Message-ID: <9007191825.AA01823@reason.Princeton.EDU> Date: 18 Jul 90 20:43:01 GMT Sender: VMNNPOST@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Listserv to Netnews Gateway) Organization: Listserv to Netnews Gateway at pucc.Princeton.EDU Lines: 399 Approved: PSYCH@TCSVM PSYCOLOQUY Wed, 18 Jul 90 Volume 1 : Issue 9 New Electronic Newsletter Call for Papers: MINDS AND MACHINES Test Anxiety Research Virtual Space for Psychology An Historical Conference on Brain Functions ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BOGAARD%UTWENTE.NL@pucc Subject: New Electronic Newsletter Please announce that a new electronic newsletter is being organized. This is the 'Multidisciplinary letter on Property, Ownership, and Possession' edited by two social psychologists Floyd Rudmin (Queens University Canada) and Joop van den Bogaard (University of Twente, the Netherlands). This will be a quarterly newsletter, circulated via BITNET. The purpose of the newsletter is to facilitate interdisciplinary communication on the topics of property, ownership and possession. Each issue will contain references, brief reviews, calls for papers, personal announcements of working drafts, requests for collaborations, and whatever else users find useful. Those interested in subscribing to the newsletter or in submitting materials should contact Floyd Rudmin (RUDMINF@QUCDN) or Joop van den Bogaard (BOGAARD@HENUT5) ------------------------------ From: rapaport@cs.Buffalo.EDU (William J. Rapaport) Subject: Call for Papers: MINDS AND MACHINES CALL FOR PAPERS---CALL FOR PAPERS---CALL FOR PAPERS---CALL FOR PAPERS Kluwer Academic Publishers announces MINDS AND MACHINES Journal for Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy, and Cognitive Science ISSN 0924-6495 EDITORIAL FOCUS: Machines and Mentality Knowledge and its Representation Epistemic Aspects of Computer Programming Connectionist Conceptions Artificial Intelligence and Epistemology Computer Methodology Computational Approaches to Philosophical Issues Philosophy of Computer Science Simulation and Modeling Ethical Aspects of Artificial Intelligence EDITOR: James H. Fetzer, Philosophy, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN, USA BOOK REVIEW EDITOR: William J. Rapaport, Computer Science, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA EDITORIAL BOARD (as of 7 May 1990) Jon Barwise Philosophy and Mathematics, Indiana University, USA Andy Clark Cognitive Studies, University of Sussex, UK Robert Cummins Philosophy, University of Arizona, USA Fred Dretske Philosophy, University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA Jerry Fodor Philosophy, Rutgers University, USA Clark Glymour Philosophy, Carnegie-Mellon University, USA Stevan Harnad Psychology, Princeton University, USA John Haugeland Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh, USA Jaakko Hintikka Philosophy, Boston University, USA David Israel SRI International, USA Philip Johnson-Laird Psychology, Princeton University, USA Frank Keil Psychology, Cornell University, USA Henry Kyburg Philosophy, University of Rochester, USA John McCarthy Computer Science, Stanford University, USA Donald Nute Philosophy, University of Georgia, USA Zenon Pylyshyn Psychology, University of Western Ontario, Canada Barry Richards Computing, Imperial College, London, UK David Rumelhart Psychology, Stanford University, USA Roger C. Schank Learning Sciences, Northwestern University, USA John Searle Philosophy, University of California at Berkeley, USA Brian Cantwell Smith Artificial Intelligence, Xerox PARC, USA Paul Smolensky Computer Science, University of Colorado, USA Stephen Stich Philosophy, Rutgers University, USA Terry Winograd Computer Science, Stanford University, USA MINDS AND MACHINES affords an international forum for discussion and debate of important and controversial issues concerning significant developments within its areas of editorial focus. Well-reasoned contributions from diverse theoretical perspectives are welcome, and every effort will be made to insure their prompt publication. Among the features that are intended to make this journal distinctive within the field are these: o Strong stands on controversial issues are specifically encouraged; o Important articles exceeding normal journal length may appear; o Special issues devoted to specific topics will be a regular feature; o Review essays discussing current problem situations will appear; o Critical responses to previously published pieces are also invited. This journal is intended to foster a tradition of criticism within the AI and philosophical communities on problems and issues of common concern. Its scope explicitly encompasses philosophical aspects of computer science. All submissions will be subject to review. Publication will begin with a single volume of four issues per year. The first issue will appear in January 1991. Contributors should send 4 copies of their manuscript to: James H. Fetzer, Editor MINDS AND MACHINES Department of Philosophy University of Minnesota Duluth, MN 55812 USA jfetzer@ub.d.umn.edu AI_and_PHIL@ub.d.umn.edu Correspondence concerning books for review should be sent to: William J. Rapaport, Book Review Editor MINDS AND MACHINES Center for Cognitive Science Department of Computer Science SUNY Buffalo Buffalo, NY 14260 USA rapaport@cs.buffalo.edu rapaport@sunybcs.bitnet Subscription information and sample copies will be available from: Kluwer Academic Publishers Group P.O. Box 322 3300 AH Dordrecht The Netherlands or Kluwer Academic Publishers 101 Philip Drive Norwell, MA 02061 USA ------------------------------ From: Howard Everson Subject: Test Anxiety Research Those of us interested in Test Anxiety research here in the US and abroad are interested in forming a Special Interest Group under the auspices of AERA. We are interested in telling APA and APS members of the SIG. I would be grateful if you would circluate the information via the electronic networks. Those researchers interested in joining the Test Anxiety Research Group should contact: Howard Everson via BITNET at HTEBH@CUNYVM or by conventional mail at City University of New York Office of Academic Affairs 535 E. 80th St. NYC NY 10021 ------------------------------ From: Wendell Joost Subject: Virtual Space for Psychology I have developed a crude virtual space for psychology. It was developed along parallel lines as the one used by T. Yamamoto, Japanese Journal of Psychology, 1984 (55) p.43-47, "Human Problem Solving in A Maze Using Computer Graphics Under An Imaginary Condition of "fire". It is a 50 x 25 "space" and it comes with a collection of tools in Turbo Pascal to assist in running the environment, a program which runs an environment, and an interactive editor which aids the experimenter is designing an environment. Applications are nearly limitless. I used it to create a maze for a study, it can also be used to generate semi-realistic environments and almost anything else you can dream up. It is intended for use on the IBM PC AT, PS2 or (this is pushing it) PC XT. It uses EGA graphics (not compatible with CGA, it IS compatible with VGA) and can be used in color and black and white. I will be uploading it to this system, uuencoding it and sending it to anyone who wants a copy. I do not want payment for it, however I would like a SMail letter requesting a copy and lots of feedback on the interfaces, code, documentation and program features (both documented and undocumented). ------------------------------ From: R12040@UQAM (Harry Whitaker) Subject: An Historical Conference on Brain Functions REVISED CALL FOR PAPERS and TENTATIVE LIST OF PRESENTERS COMMEMORATING F.J.GALL (1791)* and S.FREUD (1891)* An Historical Conference on Brain Functions January 2-6, 1991 Location: Ramada Inn, Ft. Myers, Florida Next year will mark the 200th anniversary of Gall's first publication and the 100th of Freud's monograph on aphasia, an occasion which seems a reasonable excuse to convene an historical conference to discuss topics on the origins of our disciplinary interests. The Ramada Inn in Ft. Myers, Florida, has offered us reasonable room rates, in the 60-dollar range (for those who may prefer luxury, there are resorts on near-by Sanibel Island and other locations in the Charlotte Harbor area on Florida's south- west coast). Mr. Richard Brisson is the travel agent for the conference; he can assist you with the conference room rates at the Ramada Inn, any other arrangements you might wish to make around this time in Florida, and, of course, your transportation needs. You may contact him by mail, phone or FAX (new address below) To register for the conference, please send a letter so indicat- ing, along with the registration fee, to me. To receive some more information, please contact me by regular mail, E-mail or FAX as noted below. The UQAM number given below is the number at the Lab de Neuroscience; it is o.k. for messages. Pre-registration for the conference would be greatly appreciated, since it is required to contract in advance for the meeting space and the discounted room rates. If necessary, a full refund of the registration fee can be made up to November 1 this year; but after that date, a handling percentage must be assessed because of expense obligations. Registering at the conference will cost slightly more because of the inconvenience caused to our advance planning. The student registration fee is set in order to encour- age student participation; if you are registering as a student, please include a note from a faculty member or other appropriate documentation, attesting to your student status. If your spouse would like to sit in on papers and join us at the coffee breaks, he or she may register at the student rate. If you are bringing young children, please let me know; if there are enough children, we'll investigate babysitting/daycare services. Please be assured that families are most welcome. Anyone interested in chartering a sail or power boat during this period may want to contact me for details; I have chartered out of Sarasota, Florida, on several previous occasions, including Febru- ary of this year, and will probably be chartering a boat around the time of the history conference. At the previous history conference organized by myself and neurol- ogist Bob Joynt, the Broca Centennial Conference, several prizes were awarded for the best papers presented at the conference. That tradition will be continued at this conference. Some early editions of books, of interest to historians, along with some other unusual prizes of related interest, will be awarded. The choice for prizes will be determined by a vote of all participants at the conference, taken at the close of the last session. PAPER SUBMISSION: As soon as convenient; we have about 20 proposals so far, and have room for +/-30. To submit a paper to be considered for presentation, please send an appropriate summary to me at the address below or by E-mail. Inquiries are welcome, too. The committee will judge each submission on its own merit. The committee views its primary task as making sure there aren't two papers on the same topic and in suggesting directions that will enhance the interest of others in a particular paper. Any member of the program committee will cheerfully respond to your inquiries as to topic suitability or interest. Pre-registration fee: $60.00 (U.S.) $70.00 (Can.) Registration at conference: $75.00 (U.S.) $88.00 (Can.) Student registration $35.00 (U.S.) $41.00 (Can.) (Please make checks payable to "History Conference") Program Local Arrangements Chair: Harry A. Whitaker, PhD Department of Psychology Laboratoire de Neurscience de la Cognition Univ of Quebec at Montreal C.P. 8888, Succ. A Montreal, Que, Canada H3C 3P8 E-mail: R12040@UQAM.BITNET FAX: (514) 987-7953 Phone messages: (514) 987-7002 Organizing/program committee: Samuel H. Greenblatt Lauren J. Harris, PhD Brown Univ Program in Neurosurgery Dept of Psychology Memorial Hospital Michigan State University Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02860 East Lansing, MI 48824 Andre Roch Lecours, MD Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier Cotes-des-Neiges 4565, Chemin de la Reine-Marie Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3W 1W5 TRAVEL AGENT: Mr. Richard Brisson (Ramada Inn reservation Uniglobe Voyages AVAT, Inc & other arrangements) 6770 Joseph Renaud Anjou (Quebec) Canada H1K 3V4 Tel: (514) 355-0505 FAX: (514) 355-1347 *Franz Joseph Gall (1791) "Philosophisch-medizinische Untersu- chungen uber Natur und Kunst im kranken und gesunden Zustande des Menschen" *S.Freud (1891) "Zur Auffassung der Aphasien: eine kritische Studie" The following represents the information I have as of mid-June; not only are we looking for some more contributions, we are looking for more details on some of the ones below!! 1) Ria De Bleser (Neurology, Rhein. Westfall Technical Hochsc hule) FREUD ON GRASHEY's APHASIA: THE LOCALIZATIONIST VERSUS FUNCTIONAL EXPLANATION OF AMNESIC APHASIA 2) Jason W. Brown (Neurology, NYU Medical Center) TWO CASES OF APHASIA DESCRIBED BY F.J.GALL IN EARLY 1800's 3) Hugh W. Buckingham (Linguistics, Louisian State University) THE ASSOCIATIONISM OF DAVID HARTLEY 4) Paul Eling (Psychology, Univ of Nijmegen) 5) Stanley Finger (Psychology, Washington University) REDUNDAN CY, VICARIATION AND RECOVERY FROM BRAIN DAMAGE IN THE 19TH CEN TURY 6) Samuel H. Greenblatt (Neurosurgery, Brown University) 7) Anne Harrington (History of Science, Harvard) HISTORICAL CONDITIONS IN FRANCE (1860-1880) AND GERMANY (1891-1929) CONDU CIVE TO THE LOCALIZATIONIST VERSUS DIFFUSIONIST APPROACH TO HIGHER HUMAN BRAIN FUNCTIONING (abstract received) 8) Lauren Julius Harris (Psychology, Michigan State Univ) ON THE ORIGINS OF HUMAN HANDEDNESS: AN ANALYSIS OF THE WORK AND VIEWS OF JOHN B. WATSON 9) Tory Hoff (Psychology, Univ of Saskatchewan) GALL'S CONCEPT OF FUNCTION: A REPLY TO DALLENBACH (1915) 10) Marianne Jackson (Neuropsychology, National Hospital Queen Square) 11) Harry Jerison (Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA) BRAIN SIZE AND INTELLIGENCE IN THE 19TH CENTURY 12) Helen J. Kahn (Neuropsychology, Cote-des-Neiges) 13) John Kershner (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education) EARLY PHRENOLOGY WRITINGS (c. 1822) DEMONSTRATING KNOWLEDGE OF LINGUISTIC LATERALIZATION IN DIAGNOSIS OF SPEECH AND READING PROBLEMS AND IN TREATMENT 14) P.J. Koehler (Neurology, DeWever-Niekenhuis, Heerlen) BROWN SEQUARD's CONTRIBUTION TO THE CONTROVERSY OF CEREBRAL LOCALIZA TION l5) Ann Laubstein (Linguistics, Carleton University) 16) Andre Roch Lecours (Neurology, Cote-des-Neiges) 17) Loraine Obler and Pamela Mathews (Linguistics, City Univer sity of New York) and Martin Albert (Neurology, Boston Univ) WERNICKE's AND ALZHEIMER's DESCRIPTIONS OF LANGUAGE DISTURBANCES IN DEMENTING ILLNESS 18) Bernard Patten (Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine) EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE DISCOVERY OF L-DOPA 19) Peter B. Rosenberger (Pediatric Neurology, Mass General Hospital) FREUD AND SKINNER: A COMMON PHILOSOPHICAL HERITAGE 20) Tracey Ryan (Psychology, Univ College at Swansea) 21) Robert Ulrich (Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine) EARLY HISTORY OF PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT OF LSD-25 22) William C. Watt (Cognitive Science, UC Irvine) NEO LAMARCKIAN EVOLUTION IN COGNITIVE SYSTEMS 23) Harry A. Whitaker (Psychology, Univ of Quebec at Montreal) STUDIES OF CEREBRAL LOCALIZATION IN THE LATE 18TH AND EARLY 19TH CENTURES 24) William Anton Wolz (Psychology, Univ of Missouri) and David Roeltgen (Neurology, Hahnemann University) COMMENTARY ON ANTON's SYNDROME DESCRIBED IN THE 1898 PAPER 25) Frank B. Wood (Neuropsychology, Bowman Gray School of Medi cine) WHY FREUDIAN NEUROPSYCHOLOGY IS ESSENTIAL FOR NEUROSCIEN TIFIC PROGRESS IN THE 21st CENTURY 26) Eran Zaidel (Psychology, Univ of California at Los Angeles) SHEPPARD IVORY FRANZ ON HEMISPSHERIC SPECIALIZATION IN THE NORMAL BRAIN ------------------------------ PSYCOLOQUY is sponsored by the Science Directorate of the American Psychological Association (202) 955-7653 Co-Editors: (scientific discussion) (professional/clinical discussion) Stevan Harnad Perry London Psychology Department Dean, Graduate School of Princeton University Applied and Professional Psychology Rutgers University Assistant Editors: Malcolm Bauer John Pizutelli Psychology Department Psychology Department Princeton University Rutgers University End of PSYCOLOQUY Digest ******************************