Neurobiology of Language Conference (NLC) - Abstract submissions OPEN!

NLC 2012 will be held in San Sebastian, Spain, Oct 25-27.

Abstract submissions are now open.  Visit the Society for the Neurobiology of Language webpage and click the 'conference' tab for information.  Keynotes and debate sessions have been scheduled:

Keynote Sessions

Barbara K. Finlay

Beyond columns and areas: developmental gradients and regionalization of the neocortex and their likely consequences for functional organization.

Barb Finlay is a Professor of Psychology, Cornell University. Professor Finlay holds the William R. Kenan Chair of Psychology and is co-Editor of Brain and Behavioral Sciences. Finlay is an expert on the evolution and development of sensory systems and the cerebral cortex.

Nikos K. Logothetis

In vivo Connectivity: Paramagnetic Tracers, Electrical Stimulation &   Neural-Event Triggered fMRI

Nikos Logothetis is the Director of the Department of Cognitive Processes at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tubingen, Germany. Logothetis is well known for his studies of the physiological mechanisms underlying visual perception and object recognition as well as his more recent work on measurements of how the functional magnetic resonance imaging signal relate to neural activity. Logothetis will talk to us on:

Panel Discussions

Nina F. Dronkers vs Julius Fridriksson

What is the role of the insula in speech and language?

Nina Dronkers is the Director of the Center for Aphasia and Related Disorders, and Adjunct Professor of Neurology and Language, U.C. Davis, California. Dronkers is an expert in the Aphasia and more generally the cerebral localization of language.

Julius Fridriksson is a Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina, and Director of the Aphasia Laboratory, UNC. Fridriksson is well known for his work in aphasia – neuroimaging and treatment.

Matthew Lambon Ralph vs Jeffrey R. Binder

Role of Angular Gyrus in Semantic Processing

Matt Lambon Ralph is a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Associate Vice-President Research, University of Manchester, U.K. His lab uses neuropsychology, computational modeling, TMS, and functional neuroimaging to investigage semantic memory, language, recovery, rehabilitation, and neuroplasticity.

Jeffrey Binder, M.D. is a Professor of Neurology at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Director of the Language Imaging Laboratory. Professor Binder has made important contributions on the neural basis of language (esp. speech and word recognition) and is the incoming president of SNL.

New Journal: "Language and Cognition"

From David Kemmerer:

New Journal:  "Language and Cognition"

I would like to bring to everyone's attention the existence of a relatively new journal called "Language and Cognition":

http://www.languageandcognition.net/Language_and_Cognition/Language_and_Cognition.html

As stated on the website, this is the journal of the UK Cognitive Linguistics Association.  It is a venue for the publication of high-quality peer-reviewed research of a theoretical and/or empirical/experimental nature, focusing on the interface between language and cognition.  It is open to research from the full range of subject disciplines, theoretical backgrounds, and analytical frameworks that populate the language and cognitive sciences, on a wide range of topics.  Research published in the journal adopts an interdisciplinary, comparative, multi-methodological approach to the study of language and cognition and their intersection.

To fulfill this mission, the journal is managed by a team of five general editors with expertise in different aspects of the language-cognition interface:

            •  Daniel Casasanto, The New School for Social Research

            •  Seana Coulson, University of California, San Diego

            •  Vyvyan Evans, Bangor University

            •  David Kemmerer, Purdue University

            •  Laura Michaelis, University of Colorado, Boulder

            •  Chris Sinha, University of Portsmouth

Now, the main reason I'm posting this announcement on "Talking Brains" is because the editors would like to solicit more papers that address neurobiological aspects of the language-cognition interface.  We have already published a few papers by well-known cognitive neuroscientists, including Anjan Chatterjee, Uta Noppeney, and Gabriella Vigliocco.  But we would very much like to expand our coverage of brain-related topics, especially in ways that connect with current thinking in cognitively, functionally, and typologically oriented linguistic theories.  As an added incentive, the journal now publishes full color figures both in print and online.  So if you have any projects in the works that seem to fit the bill, please consider submitting a paper to "Language and Cognition"!

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON IMITATION AND CONVERGENCE IN SPEECH (ISICS 2012) Aix-en-Provence, France, 3-5 September 2012

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON IMITATION AND CONVERGENCE IN SPEECH (ISICS 2012) Aix-en-Provence, France, 3-5 September 2012

 

First call for communications

mail: isics2012@lpl-aix.fr

website: spim.risc.cnrs.fr/ISICS.htm

 

OVERVIEW

In the course of a conversational interaction, the behavior of each talker often tends to become more similar to that of the conversational partner. Such convergence effects have been shown to manifest themselves under many different forms, which include posture, body movements, facial expressions, and speech. Imitative speech behavior is a phenomenon that may be actively exploited by talkers to facilitate their conversational exchange. It occurs, by definition, within a social interaction, but has consequences for language that extend much beyond the temporal limits of that interaction. It has been suggested that imitation plays an important role in speech development and may also form one of the key mechanisms that underlie the emergence and evolution of human languages. The behavioral tendency shown by humans to imitate others may be connected at the brain level with the presence of mirror neurons, whose discovery has raised important issues about the role that these neurons may fulfill in many different domains, from sensorimotor integration to the understanding of others' behaviour.

 

The focus of this international symposium will be the fast-growing body of research on convergence phenomena between speakers in speech. The symposium will also aim to assess current research on the brain and cognitive underpinnings of imitative behavior. Our main goal will be to bring together researchers with a large variety of scientific backgrounds (linguistics, speech sciences, psycholinguistics, experimental sociolinguistics, neurosciences, cognitive sciences) with a view to improving our understanding of the role of imitation in the production, comprehension and acquisition of spoken language.

 

The symposium is organized by the laboratoire Parole et Langage, CNRS and Aix-Marseille Université, Aix-en-Provence, France (www.lpl.univ-aix.fr). It will be chaired by Noël Nguyen (LPL) and Marc Sato (GIPSA-Lab, Grenoble), and will be held in the Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences Humaines.

 

INVITED SPEAKERS

Luciano Fadiga, University of Ferrara, Italy

Maëva Garnier, GIPSA-Lab, Grenoble, France

Simon Garrod, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

Beatrice Szczepek Reed, University of York, United Kingdom

 

CALL FOR PAPERS

Papers are invited on the topics covered by the symposium. Abstracts not exceeding 2 pages must be submitted electronically and in pdf format by 15 April 2012. They will be selected by the Scientific Committee on the basis of their scientific merit and relevance to the symposium. Notifications of acceptance/rejection will be sent to the authors by 31 May 2012.

 

IMPORTANT DATES

- 15 April 2012: Abstract submission deadline

- 31 May 2012: Notification of acceptance / rejection

- 30 June 2012: Early registration deadline

 

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

. Patti Adank, University of Manchester, UK

. Martine Adda-Decker, laboratoire de Phonétique et Phonologie, Paris, France

. Gérard Bailly, GIPSA-Lab, Grenoble, France

. Roxane Bertrand, laboratoire Parole et Langage, Aix-en-Provence, France

. Ann Bradlow, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA

. Jennifer Cole, Department of Linguistics, Urbana-Champaign, USA

. Mariapaola D’Imperio, laboratoire Parole et Langage, Aix-en-Provence, France

. Laura Dilley, Department of Psychology and Linguistics, Michigan State University, USA

. Sophie Dufour, laboratoire Parole et Langage, Aix-en-Provence, France

. Carol Fowler, Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, USA

. Jonathan Harrington, University of Munich, Germany

. Jennifer Hay, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

. Julia Hirschberg, Columbia University, New York, USA

. Holger Mitterer, Max Plank Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

. Lorenza Mondada, laboratoire ICAR, Lyon, France

. Kuniko Nielsen, Oakland University, Rochester, USA

. Noël Nguyen, laboratoire Parole et Langage, Aix-en-Provence, France

. Martin Pickering, University of Edinburgh, UK

. Marc Sato, GIPSA-Lab, Grenoble, France

. Jean-Luc Schwartz, GIPSA-Lab, Grenoble, France

. Véronique Traverso, laboratoire ICAR, Lyon, France

. Sophie Wauquier, Université Paris 8, Saint-Denis, France

International conference: NeuroPsychoLinguistic Perspectives on Aphasia

Call for papers (CALL_EN) : International conference NPL-Aphasia
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NeuroPsychoLinguistic Perspectives on Aphasia
International conference
21-22-23 June 2012, Toulouse, France
Languages of the conference: English and French

Website: http://npl-aphasia-2012.com/
E-Mail: npl.aphasia.2012@gmail.com
Abstract submission:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nplaphasia2012

Guest speakers:

Marie-Pierre De Partz, Université Catholique de Louvain
Marina Laganaro, University of Geneva
Jean-Luc Nespoulous, University of Toulouse 2-Le Mirail
Michel Paradis, McGill University & UQÀM

Call for abstracts:

The study of acquired language disorders, and specifically the study of aphasia in adult patients, brings together various research perspectives around language and cognitive sciences, such as:
. Linguistics (involving different representational levels and their
interfaces: phonetics, phonology, prosody, morphology, semantics,
lexicon, syntax, discourse, pragmatics, …);
. Psycholinguistics (regarding the different levels of decoding and
encoding processes) ;
. Neurolinguistics (investigating the neurobiological grounding of
language and cognition).

The meeting is dedicated to illustrate different approaches to aphasia research, including qualitative and quantitative studies of language disorders in patients with left hemisphere and / or right hemisphere lesions (stroke, traumatic injury, dementia) — both case and group studies — relating to one or a combination of several of the research areas mentioned above.

The conference particularly invites papers investigating theoretical aspects of language disorders (underlying impairments, functional reorganisation, development of compensation strategies, etc.) or
exploring practical aspects (treatment outcomes, novel proposals for therapy, etc.), based on one or several of the following perspectives (but not restricted to them):
. Modelisation of language and cognitive structures and functions;
. Remediation programs for therapy (development of treatment and
assessment methods based on clinical research) ;
. Across-thematic perspectives:
- Disorders and normality;
- Bilingualism and crosslinguistic approaches;
- Empirical and experimental research methodologies;
- Variability and stability of performance;
- Aphasia therapy and recovery, language assessment, treatment programs,
- Spontaneous and elicited strategies and their clinical implications.

We encourage papers exploring dissociations, that are relevant or not, and papers with consideration to language structure, processing and use in pathological contexts and in “normality” with original empirical and experimental methods (computational, formal, corpus analysis, eye-tracking, study of intra- and inter-task, -individual, -language variability, dissociations between modalities : production -
comprehension / speech - writing - non verbal, fMRI, PET, awake surgery, …).

The contributions will be presented and discussed during oral (20 minutes + questions) and poster sessions. Additionally, workshops intended to stimulate discussions will be organised, with special focus on:
1- Crosslinguistic and typological approaches;
2- Empirical and experimental methods;
3- Clinical applications: elaboration of treatment programs;
4- Social readaptation of aphasic persons: improving communication to
live better.

Abstracts (maximum of 600 words including references, see the submission guidelines: http://www.npl-aphasia-2012.com/submission/) should indicate which type of presentation (talk, poster or talk/poster for a workshop) is preferred.


Important dates:

Sept. 2011> Call for abstracts
31 Dec. 2011> Deadline for abstract submission
Feb. - March 2012 > Notification of acceptance and confirmation for
attendance
March - June 2012 > Registration (early bird: before 15/04, late: after
15/04)
May 2012 > Program
21-22-23 June 2012 > Conference

Neurobiology of Language Conference (NLC 2011) -- Scientific Program

The scientific program for the 2011 NLC meeting in Annapolis, Maryland has just been posted online. It looks like a fantastic slate of keynotes, debates, and platform sessions. As an SNL board member, I was involved in selecting the keynote and debate speakers, but the platform session speakers are chosen based on a blind ranking of abstracts done by an army of volunteer reviewers. The result is a very nice mix of topics and speakers. I just had my first look at the program and I don't think there is a single session that I can bug out on! This may be the very first meeting of any conference where I attend all the sessions...

Check out the program here: http://www.neurolang.org/Scientific_Program.php

Don't forget to register and see you in Annapolis!

Society for the Neurobiology of Language - Award announcement

Society for the Neurobiology of Language Merit and Travel Awards 2011 The Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL) announces several awards funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Communication Disorders (NIDCD) to help cover travel and registration costs for the 2011 Neurobiology of Language Conference (NLC) in Annapolis, Maryland. SNL particularly encourages and aims to foster the participation of junior scientists who are members of underrepresented groups as defined by the National Institutes of Health (http://grants.nih.gov/training/faq_diversity.htm).

 Graduate Student Abstract Merit Awards (2)

 Graduate students who submit top ranked abstracts will receive the SNL Graduate Student Abstract Merit Award to pay conference registration. All graduate students who are the first author on a submitted abstract will be automatically considered. No application is required. Two awards will be given. Post Doctoral Abstract Merit Awards (2) Post docs who submit top ranked abstracts will receive the SNL Post Doctoral Abstract Merit Award to pay conference registration. All post docs who are the first author on a submitted abstract will be automatically considered. No application is required. Two awards will be given.

 Travel Awards (12)

 Graduate and post-doctoral students who are not first authors on an abstract or who did not submit an abstract to the meeting are eligible for a travel award to attend the 3rd Annual Neurobiology of Language Conference. The awards will cover the cost of registration as well as provide $550 toward the cost of travel to the meeting. Application required. To apply, submit the following materials: your CV, a brief personal statement that outlines why you deserve the award, and whether or not you fall into one of the underrepresented groups as defined by the National Institutes of Health (http://grants.nih.gov/training/faq_diversity.htm) to: awards@neurolang.org.

 Deadline to submit an application for a Travel Award is October 1, 2011.

NLC 2011 - Abstract submission deadline extended and other news

Due to some problems people have had with the abstract submission system, we have decided to extend the NLC abstract submission deadline to *June 25th*. Spread the word!

The debate throwdown and keynote speakers have been set! (titles tentative)

Debate #1: Bilateral or left dominant? Anterior or Posterior? What is the cortical organization of speech perception?
David Poeppel (NYU) vs. Sophie Scott (UCL)

Debate #2: Are conceptual systems "embodied" in motor and sensory system?
Alfonso Caramazza (Harvard) vs. Friedemann Pulvermuller (MRC Cambridge)

Keynote #1: The primary auditory system
Troy Hackett, Vanderbilt University

Keynote #2: The structure and function of Broca's area
Katrin Amunts, RWTH Aachen University and Institute of Medicine, Research Center Juelich

Three days left to submit for NLC 2011!

We would hereby like to remind you that abstract submission for the Neurobiology of Language Conference closes on *June 15th 2011*. You can still submit your abstract here:
http://www.neurolang.org/abstracts/SubmitAbstract.php

Also, if you haven't yet done so, please register as a reviewer in order to help the conference maintain its high quality standard. Please register here:
http://www.neurolang.org/abstracts/RegisterReviewer.php

Finally, be sure to book your room at the Westin! You can now book your room here:
http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/res?id=1105264348&key=3CBFE (if clicking doesn't work, please copy and paste the link). We secured a special group rate of $139, which is also valid three days pre- and postconference. Room sharing is also possible.

See you in Annapolis!

On behalf of the board of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language,

Laura Menenti

Neurobiology of Language Conference 2011 -- Abstract submission open

We’re happy to announce that abstract submission for the Neurobiology of Language Conference 2011 is now open. Submit your abstract here: http://www.neurolang.org/abstracts/SubmitAbstract.php

We apologize again for the delay, and remind you that submission now closes on June 15th.

If you haven’t yet done so, please take the opportunity to register as a reviewer (http://www.neurolang.org/abstracts/RegisterReviewer.php) to help ensure the conference maintains its high quality standard.

We look forward to your contribution to NLC 2011!

Society for the Neurobiology of Language -- Logo design contest

As announced, the Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL) is launching its first Logo design competition! The objective of the competition is to provide the SNL with a contemporary, recognizable and meaningful visual identity. Creativity, originality, suitability, aesthetics, use of space and color will all be used to measure the logo's merit. Logos should include the phrase "Society for the Neurobiology of Language" somewhere in the design. Beyond that, it's all you.

The competition is open to anyone involved directly or indirectly with the SNL. The winner will receive free registration for the 2011 (USA) and 2012 (Spain) annual Neurobiology of Language meetings (NLC 2011 and NLC 2012).

For more information, visit our website or send us an email.

*** Mark you calanders : the competition opens April 15th and closes July 1st 2011! ***

May the best design win!

Society for the Neurobiology of Language Membership

Growing out of the success of the Neurobiology of Language Conference (NLC) we founded the Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL) in 2010. The goal of the Society is to foster progress in understanding the neurobiological basis for language via the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas, and organizing the annual meeting is a major part of this effort.

We are happy to announce that we have now established the mechanism for becoming a member of the Society and we would like to invite you to join. The benefits of membership include free access to post to the Society newsletter (coming soon), reduced annual meeting (NLC) registration fees, the ability to sponsor an abstract to NLC, Society nomination and voting rights, the ability to apply for travel awards (watch for future announcements), and of course the prestige of being an official SNL member.

We have established a membership dues structure, which will help pay for the costs of the annual meeting (registration doesn't cover the entire cost): Regular member, $100; Post-docs, $50; Students, $25. However, you will be able to sign up now, and for the next week or two, without having to pay your dues. We will ask you to pay your dues later if you plan to submit an abstract to the meeting. Membership will be renewable annually.

To register follow this link: http://www.neurolang.org/membership.php

If you visit the SNL website (www.neurolang.org) you will note that we have no logo. We would like one. So, we are holding a LOGO CONTEST. The winner will receive free registration for the 2011 annual meeting, so start thinking about your designs! More details on how and when to submit will be provided soon.

-Greg Hickok on behalf of the SNL Board:

Chair: Gregory Hickok, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, USA
Treasurer: Cynthia Thompson, Ph.D, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA
Secretary: Murray Grossman, M.D., Ed.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Meeting Liaison: Laura Menenti, Ph.D., University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

Chair-Elect: Marta Kutas, Ph.D., The University of California, San Diego, USA
Treasurer-Elect: Vincent L. Gracco, Ph.D., McGill University, Montréal, Canada
Secretary-Elect: Stefan Heim, Ph.D, Institute of Medicine Research Center Juelich, Jülich, GermanyMeeting Liaison-Elect: Manuel Carreiras, Ph.D, Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language, San Sebastian, Spain

Past Chair: Steven L. Small, Ph.D, M.D., University of California, Irvine, USA
Past Treasurer: Jeffrey Binder, M.D., Medical College of Wisconsin, USA
Past Secretary: Howard Nusbaum, Ph.D., The University of Chicago, USA
Past Meeting Liaison: Pascale Tremblay, Ph.D., University of Trento, Trento, Italy

First International Conference on Cognitive Hearing Science for Communication

First International Conference on
Cognitive Hearing Science for Communication
June 19-22, 2011
Linköping, Sweden


Researchers in all fields, basic and applied, who are interested in the interplay between cognitive and hearing factors in communication are welcome. The conference will include invited speakers and open poster sessions.

For further information, including the list of confirmed speakers, see:
http://eventus.trippus.se/head2011attendees

The abstract submission deadline is 28th of February, 2011.

The conference is organized through the Linnaeus Centre for Hearing and Deafness (Linnaeus HEAD), funded by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet).

Looking forward to seeing you in Linköping!

On behalf of the Organizing Committee
Ingrid Johnsrude, Jerker Rönnberg


Ingrid Johnsrude, PhD
Department of Psychology, Queen's University, Canada
&
Linnaeus Centre for Hearing and Deafness (HEAD)
Linköping University, Sweden

ingrid.johnsrude@queensu.ca

CALL: EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

Call for SYMPOSIA,

17th meeting of the EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
25TH ANNIVERSARY

Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language.
Donostia-San Sebastián
Spain

September 29th – October 2nd 2011
http://www.bcbl.eu/events/escop2011


INVITED SPEAKERS

Cathy Price. University College London, UK
Robert Zatorre. McGill University, Quebec, Canada
The Broadbent lecture: Randi Martin. Rice University. USA
The Bertelson award: Antonino Vallesi. SISSA. Italy

SPECIAL EVENT
"Pintxos on my mind: When gastronomy meets cognitive psychology"

Invited speaker: Dana Small. Yale University, USA.
Invited chefs: Andoni Aduriz, Eneko Atxa and Juan Mari Arzak


Submissions:

At this point we welcome submissions of symposia on topics related with Cognitive Psychology and neighbor areas.


Symposia can now be submitted electronically, and must be submitted by the
deadline of March 1st, 2011. They will be reviewed anonymously by expert reviewers, and authors will be notified with decisions by March 15th, 2011.

Center for Language Science Visiting Professor/ Sabbatical Fellowship in the Neuroscience of Language

The Penn State Center for Language Science (CLS; http://cls.psu.edu/) is seeking a visiting scholar with a distinguished record of research in the neuroscience of language, particularly researchers who use fMRI methods, to spend 2-3 months in residence during the academic year. A stipend of up to $45,000 will be provided, depending on the duration of the visit. The visiting professor will be expected to interact with CLS faculty and students and the larger Penn State neuroscience community (see http://www.imaging.psu.edu/people and http://www.huck.psu.edu/people) and to play a key role in developing fMRI expertise among students and faculty and creating potential collaborative projects. We anticipate making a visiting scholar appointment for each of the next five years. For the academic year 2010-2011, the visiting scholar may be in residence any time between January-August 2011. Interested applicants should send their inquiries and applications to languageneuro@gmail.com. The application should include a current CV, a set of representative and recent papers, the period of availability, and a statement indicating interest in contributing to the development of language neuroscience community at Penn State. Consideration of applications will begin on November 15, 2010 and applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Women and members of under-represented groups are especially encouraged to apply. Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity and the diversity of its workforce.



The Center for Language Science has just been awarded a PIRE (Partnerships for International Research and Education) grant from NSF and the visiting scholar position is an institutional match to increase the presence of neuroscience on campus (http://live.psu.edu/story/48469).

2010 Neurobiology of Language Conference -- Scientific Program available online

The program for NLC 2010 is now available here. The meeting will be held on November 11-12. Conference website: www.neurolang.org

SoCal Hearing Meeting -- UC Irvine

For those of you in the So. Cal. area, this should be a fun meeting...

The Center for Hearing Research at UC Irvine will host an informal one-day conference intended to enhance communication among Southern California scientists interested in hearing. The date is Friday, September 17, 2010. All levels of researchers are welcome, students and staff through faculty, but we particularly would like to encourage presentations from senior students and post-docs. The event will consist of 15-min talks (plus 5 minutes for questions), no more than one from each lab, as well as posters from anyone who would like to offer one. We hope that each speaker will take the first few minutes to briefly introduce the overall scope of research in his or her lab followed by a presentation of a specific research result. If it happens that we receive more volunteers for talks than we can accommodate, we will be back in touch with you to try to trim things down to one or two talks per institution. The posters can be new, but repeats from recent ARO or other meetings also are welcome. We will provide lunch and coffee and snacks throughout the day. We also will organize an optional dinner at a local restaurant, the cost of dinner to be covered by each diner. Aside from the $8.00 parking fee and the cost of the optional dinner, there will be no fee. We do, however, request that you RSVP through the website so that we know how many participants to expect.

Information and registration is at: http://hss.bio.uci.edu/socal_conf.htm

Tentative schedule:

8:30 Welcome, with coffee and bagels
9 to 10:20 4 talks
10:20 to 10:50 break, poster viewing, coffee and snacks
10:50 to 12:10 4 talks
12:10-2 lunch and poster viewing
2-3:20 4 talks
3:20-3:50 break, poster viewing, coffee and snacks
3:50-5:10 4 talks
5:10 Adjourn; optional dinner at a local restaurant

We hope that you can attend.

John Middlebrooks and Virginia Richards
Conference co-organizers

Endowed Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience; MRI -- University of Missouri, Columbia

Title: Miller Family Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience
Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia
Location: Columbia, Missouri, US

The DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES at the UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA seeks applications for the MILLER FAMILY CHAIR IN COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE. We expect this endowed position to be filled by a tenured faculty member to provide intellectual leadership for a research-dedicated brain imaging center that has been in operation for about a year. The substantive area is open and includes such topics as understanding the neural basis of cognition, development, aging, social behavior, psychopathology, and addiction. The department has an excellent faculty, including several neuroimaging researchers (see the departmental web site, http://psychology.missouri.edu/), who value collaborative, cross-disciplinary work. We have recently hired an MR physicist and have plans for several more neuroimaging hires. Priority for the Miller Chair will be given to individuals whose research programs are both well-established and synergistic with those of current faculty. The brain imaging center houses a research-dedicated, 3T Siemens MRI scanner well-equipped for research, supplementing other Siemens scanners in the medical school, and a mock scanner equipped with head movement apparatus. Send a vita, a brief introductory letter, and two reprints to the search committee chair, Nelson Cowan, preferably electronically (Email); or call with inquiries (573-882-4232) or send mail to Search Committee Chair, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, McAlester Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia MO 65211, USA. We will begin screening applications immediately and will continue until the position has been filled. The University of Missouri does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, and disability, status as a disabled veteran or veteran of Vietnam era and is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/ADA employer.

Preliminary Program for the second annual Neurobiology of Language Conference (NLC 2010)

Dear colleague,

We are delighted to announce that the Preliminary Program for the second annual Neurobiology of Language Conference (NLC 2010) is now available online! Visit our website to download a copy.

This year the Conference will feature poster and slide presentations as well as keynote presentations by Daniel Margoliash (The University of Chicago, US) and Karl Deisseroth (Stanford University, US). The conference will also include two panel discussions on controversial topics in the field of language neurobiology. The first panel will focus on the issue of the organization of semantic memory and feature talks by Alex Martin (National Institute of Mental Health, US) and Karalyn Patterson (University of Cambridge, UK). The other panel discussion will focus on the role of the visual word form area and feature talks by Cathy Price (Wellcome Trust Department of NeuroImaging, University College London, UK) and Stanislas Dehaene (Collège de France, INSERM-CEA Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit, France).

A reminder that early Registration will be closing on July 30! For more information, visit website at www.neurolang.org


Sincerely,

Pascale Tremblay, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar, The University of Chicago
Steven L. Small, Ph.D., M.D., Professor, The University of Chicago


The Neurobiology of Language Planning Group:
Michael Arbib, Ph.D., University of Southern California, USA
Jeffrey Binder, M.D., Medical College of Wisconsin, USA
Vincent L. Gracco, Ph.D., McGill University, Canada
Yosef Grodzinsky, Ph.D., McGill University, Canada
Murray Grossman, M.D., Ed.D., University of Pennsylvania, USA
Peter Hagoort, Ph.D., Max Planck Institute, Netherlands
Gregory Hickok, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, USA
Marta Kutas, Ph.D., The University of California, San Diego, USA
Alec Marantz, Ph.D., New York University, USA
Howard Nusbaum, Ph.D., The University of Chicago, USA
Cathy Price, Ph.D., University College London, UK
David Poeppel, Ph.D., New York University, USA
Riitta Salmelin, Ph.D., Aalto University, Finland
Kunioshi Sakai, Ph.D., Tokyo University, Japan
Steven L. Small, Ph.D, M.D., The University of Chicago, USA
Sharon Thompson-Schill, Ph.D.University of Pennsylvania, USA
Pascale Tremblay, Ph.D., The University of Chicago, USA
Richard Wise, M.D., Ph.D, Imperial College, London, UK
Kate Watkins, Ph.D., University of Oxford, UK

Donostia Workshop on Neurobilingualism

We are pleased to announce that the ON-LINE REGISTRATION for the Donostia Workshop on Neurobilingualism, to be held in Donostia – San Sebastián (Spain), is NOW OPEN.

Attendants are invited to register by the following web: www.bcbl.eu/events/neurobilingualism

Important dates to remember:

- ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: June 15th, 2010
- NOTIFICATION OF ABSTRACT ACCEPTANCE: June 30th, 2010
- EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: July 15th, 2010
- CONFERENCE DATES: Sept. 30th - Oct. 2nd 2010

INVITED SPEAKERS

* Laura-Ann Petitto. University of Toronto, Canada
* Agnes Kovacs. Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary.
* Michael Dorman. Arizona State University, USA.
* Jonathan Grainger. CNRS and University of Provence, France.
* Douglas Davidson. BCBL, Spain.
* Nuria Sebastian. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain.

DISCUSSANTS

* Guillaume Thierry. Bangor University. UK.
* Nuria Sebastian. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain


It would be very much appreciated if you could circulate this info to anyone you consider would be interested.

NLC2010: Conference site announced, extended abstract submission deadline

Please note that abstract submissions for the Second Annual Neurobiology of Language Conference will be accepted until Friday, June 4th, at midnight CST (extended deadline!). For guidelines about abstract submission, or to submit an abstract, visit our website!

We are glad to announce that the Second Annual Neurobiology of Language Conference (NLC 2010) will be held at the beautiful southern California style Rancho Bernardo Inn Golf Resort & Spa. As a guest at the Rancho Bernardo Inn you will enjoy a complete Resort-Style experience: luxury accommodations, award-winning dining, championship golf, resort spa, etc. In addition, Rancho Bernardo Inn is located just minutes away from many of San Diego’s Top Attractions: Wild Animal Park, Legoland, SeaWorld, San Diego Zoo and Southern California Beaches.

In order to make your NLC 2010 experience a memorable one, we are delighted to offer an unbeatable room rate for single or double occupancy of US $170, complimentary kids Club for all attendees staying at the Rancho, free transportation back to downtown San Diego on Saturday, November 13, 30% discount on published golf prices (good for individual or tournament play and includes rental cart), a 10% discount on spa services, and complimentary self parking.

The group rate is available throughout the conference, (i.e. November 10-12), and can be extended 3 days prior and after the conference. To reserve a room online, visit the Rancho's website at and use the following code: 1011ANNUA. Please note that the online reservation system will only accept reservations that are within the Conference dates. To reserve additional dates at the group rate, call the Rancho’s reservation's team Monday-Friday from 7am-9pm, and Saturday and Sunday from 7am-7pm at 800-542-6096.

We strongly encourage you to reserve your room at the Rancho as soon as possible because space is limited!