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EPOS Expert Workshop on Working Memory

We are pleased to announce the EPOS Expert Workshop on Working Memory, held 11 & 12 December 2014 in Amsterdam.

The workshop broad range of experts from within the EPOS network and from abroad (in no particular order):

Prof. Dr. Andrew Conway (Princeton University) Individual differences in working memory

Prof. Dr. Torkel Klingberg (Karolinska Institute) Training and plasticity of working memory

Prof. Dr. Klaus Oberauer (University of Zurich) Cognitive models of working memory

Dr. Nancy Carlisle (University of Leicester) EEG markers of visual memory

Dr. Lorenza Colzato (Leiden University) Pharmacological underpinnings of working memory and cognitive control

Prof. Dr. Pieter Roelfsema (Netherlands Institute of Neuroscience) Neurocomputational modelling of visual memory

Dr. Mariette Huizinga (VU University of Amsterdam) Development of working memory and executive control in children and young adults

Prof. Dr. Steve Majerus ( University of Liège) Working memory interactions with language and attention

Dr. Ilja Sligte (University of Birmingham) Different stages of visual working memory

The full line-up and programme can be found here.

The goal of EPOS expert workshops is to educate PhD students of the EPOS Research School on the latest developments in the field. The workshop features a wide range of conceptual topics, from visual memory to executive functioning, from individual differences to plasticity. But the meeting is no doubt also interesting to (and therefore open to) a wider audience, from students to seniors. Registration will be limited to about 75 people in total.

Registration is free for PhD students with an EPOS membership, and they will receive 1 ECTS.

Registration will be 250 euro for non-EPOS members. This will include the two-day programme, lunch and drinks (borrel).

Inquiry – Please indicate your interest

For practical purposes, at this stage we like to count the number of people who plan to attend the workshop. By indicating your interest you are not committing, registering or paying for anything. Please indicate your interest here.

Registration will open later, on www.eposgradnet.nl.

Looking forward to seeing you at this fantastic meeting,

The organizing team,
Chris Olivers
Anouk van Loon

Workshop “Color in Concepts: Representation and Processing of Color in Language and Cognition”

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Workshop: “Color in Concepts: Representation and Processing of Color in Language and Cognition”
Date: June 2-3, 2014
Location: Düsseldorf, Germany
Workshop website: www.psycholinguistik.eu/cic2014

We invite presentations for our upcoming workshop on “Color in Concepts: Representation and Processing of Color in Language and Cognition”. The workshop will take place in Düsseldorf on June 2-3, 2014, and is supported by the DFG Collaborative Research Centre 991.

We seek to provide a platform to discuss and share ideas about, among other things, the following questions:
– Are color features involved in conceptual representations?
– What is the influence of color and color knowledge on processing in language production and comprehension?
– How does color contribute to early visual perception and object recognition?
– And how does the phenomenon of synesthesia relate to the conceptual representation of color?

We hope the workshop will provide an excellent opportunity to exchange ideas and discuss recent empirical findings in a highly interdisciplinary scientific environment.

Abstracts are welcome for 20-minute presentations (excluding discussion time) and poster presentations addressing theoretical or empirical issues connected to color representation and processing, be it from a (neuro-)psychological, linguistic, or philosophical perspective.

Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to:
– Cognitive representation of color and color features
– Processing of color features in language production and comprehension
– The contribution of color to object recognition
– Synesthetic experiences related to color
– Philosophy of color perception, epistemology and representation

Please submit anonymous abstracts of max. 500 words (including references) to cic2014@psycholinguistik.eu. All abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by at least two reviewers. The submission deadline is April 10, 2014.

We are looking forward to receiving your abstracts, and hope you will join us in Düsseldorf! Kind regards, Organising Committee Alexandra Redmann, Ian FitzPatrick, Peter Indefrey

NVP workshop on research ethics

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Cases of fraud, concerns over the prevalence of questionable research practices, and controversies about the replicability of studies have recently fuelled a debate about fundamental aspects of psychological research. To discuss these issues, their causes and possible solutions, 23 PhD. and Master students gathered in Utrecht on December 4 for a workshop on research ethics, organised for the NVP by Maarten Derksen and Richard Morey. The four speakers each discussed a different aspect of research ethics. Jelte Wicherts spoke about questionable research practices such as HARKing and p-hacking, and how sharing data can help to reduce this problem. Rolf Zwaan focussed on replication and emphasised that its primary purpose is not to check the original results, but to build on them. Richard Morey’s talk centred on intellectual honesty, making the point that you can only honestly make a claim, if you understand the statistical methods behind it. Finally, Maarten Derksen discussed how best to react when confronted with questionable research practices, and how to raise the issue with colleagues. Each talk was followed by lively discussion, which continued on the online discussion forum of the workshop. We asked the participants to fill out anonymous evaluation forms and give us their opinion about the workshop. Most were very positive and would recommend it to others. All in all, we look back on a very inspiring workshop.