The 2007 - 2008 academic year includes both
fall '07 and spring '08
CRAM meetings. The fall '07 meeting was an afternoon devoted to two
outstanding keynote talks (Sue Corkin and Betsy Murray) and a poster
session.
The spring '08 meeting was a special full-day meeting on vision and
memory, part of a larger 3 day conference hosted by Tufts
University on vision and knowledge.
This was the "memory day" of a 3 day vision and memory conference being hosted by Tufts University and co-sponsored by Tufts, the APA, and CRAM. Thanks to Haline Schendan and the program committee for organizing this outstanding conference and working with CRAM on co-sponsorship.
COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE OF VISUAL KNOWLEDGE: WHERE VISION MEETS MEMORY
Second Annual Tufts University Conference on Emerging Trends in Behavioral, Affective, Social, and Cognitive (BASC) Neurosciences
Sponsored by Tufts University, the American Psychological Association, and the Charles River Association for Memory
Dates: Thurs, May 29 - Sat, May 31, 2008
Location: Tufts University in Medford, MA
How can people interact appropriately with and understand the world they see around them? Research suggests that prior knowledge about the world influences visual perception and cognition at both conscious and non-conscious levels. Emerging research on the neural basis of visual knowledge has begun to synthesize ideas from vision and learning and memory fields. A group of distinguished speakers has been carefully selected from the fields of cognitive neuroscience, cognitive psychology, neurobiology, and computational modeling to discuss vision and memory, two important fields of psychology that have proceeded largely in parallel. The goal of the conference is to enable interactions among cognitive psychologists, cognitive neuroscientists, and computational modelers who study vision, memory, and visual knowledge in humans and animals. This conference will serve to facilitate not only the cross-pollination of ideas among scientists in each field but also to promote the emergence of a new field of study focused on the brain basis of visual knowledge. Cognitive neuroscience of visual knowledge incorporates key ideas from the established research domains of vision and memory, and, in turn, will provide new insights motivating the further development of theories of vision and memory, as well as theories of human knowledge.
For more information about this conference, including speaker list and other schedule elements, please go to the conference website.
Fall 2007 CRAM Meeting
Wed, Nov 14, 2007
1 - 5 p.m.
MIT: 46-3189, 43 Vassar St., Cambridge, MA
1:00pm-1:40pm Plenary 1: Sue Corkin on H.M.'s legacy to cognitive neuroscience
1:45pm-2:25pm Plenary 2: Betsy Murray: What, if anything, is the MTL, and is it a declarative memory module?
2:30pm-3:00pm Discussion
3:10pm-5:00pm Poster session--informal, browse and discuss
Map of the MIT building 46 area