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The 28th CogSci 2006
Cognitive Science Society
The 23th JCCS2006(in Japanese)
Japanese Cognitive Science Society

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Conference Schedule


opening 08:45-09:00

Naomi Miyake & Wayne Gray

Symposium/workshop I:
Culture and Cognition _ Session 1
09:00-10:30

Cultural and Cognitive Structures of Human Languages
Organizers:
Jeong-Hwa Lee, Korea Digital University
Presenters:
Misook Kim (Sangji University)
Sunyoung Lee (University of Maryland)
Jeong-Hwa Lee (Korea Digital University)

Symposium/workshop II:
Culture and Language _ Session 1
09:00-10:30

Cognitive correlates of reading and spelling in Korean Hangul, English and Chinese Hanja among Korean children
Organizers:
Jeung-Ryeul Cho & Jee-Young Lee (Kyungnam University)
Presenters:
Jeung-Ryeul Cho (Kyungnam University)
Jee-Young Lee (Kyungnam University)
Ping Li (Kyungnam University)

Symposium/workshop III:
Culture and Cognition _ Session 2
10:45-12:15

How the mind and culture are shaped interactively: Bridging social and cognitive views
Organizer:
Hiroshi Yama (Kobe College)
Presenters:
Jean-Baptiste Van der Henst (CNRS University of Lyon)
"How is inconsistency resolved on belief? : French and Japanese cases"
Kakahiko Masuda (University of Alberta)
"Cultural variation in intentional regulation between the Japanese and Westerners: An eye-tracking study"
Takeshi Hatamura (University of British Colombia)
"Culture and regulatory focus: Cognitive and motivational implication"

Symposium/workshop IV:
Culture and Language _ Session 2
10:45-12:15

Language-specific semantics and categorization
Organizer:
Soonja Choi (San Diego State University)
Presenters:
Soonja Choi (San Diego State University)
"Influence of language-specific input on spatial categorization: Categories of containment"
Marianella Casasola (Cornell University)
"How linguistic input shapes spatial categorization in infants and toddlers"
Twila Tardif, Nina Simms, Chao Liu (University of Michigan)
"Removing the "basic" and "typical" in noun categories: ERP and behavioral studies with English and Chinese speakers"
Discussant:
Laraine McDonough (Brooklyn College and Graduate Center of CUNY)
Lunch Break

Symposium/workshop V, VI, VII:
13:15-18:15

Toward social mechanisms of android science
Organizers:
Karl MacDorman & Hiroshi Ishiguro (Osaka University)
Presenters:
Hiroshi Ishiguro (Osaka University)
"Research issues in android science"
Chen Yu, Hui Zhang & Linda B. Smith
"Using virtual humans to study embodied social interaction"
Ben Goertzel, Ari Heljakka, Stephan Vladimir Bugaj, Cassio Pennachin, & Moshe Looks
"Exploring android developmental psychology in a simulation world"
Masahiro Hirai & Kazuo Hiraki
"Disappearance of inversion effect for walking animation with robotic appearance"
Shoji Itakura, Takayuki Kanda, & Hiroshi Ishiguro
"Mentalizing to non-human agents by children"
Morana Alac & Ayse Saygin
Christopher Rame
David Hanson
"Exploring the aesthetic range of humanoid robots"
Karl MacDorman
"Emotional appraisals of humanlike forms: An exploration of the uncanny valley"

Symposium/workshop VIII:
13:15-14:45

Influence of culture and language on concepts and cognitive functions
Organizers:
Mutsumi Imai (Keio University) & Barbara Malt (Lehigh University)
Presenters:
Sandra Waxman (Northwestern University)
"Core knowledge, naming and the acquisition of the fundamental (folk) biologic concept 'ALIVE'"
Norbert Ross (Vanderbilt University)
"Cultural Aspects in the Development of Children's Understanding of Folkbiology"
Mutsumi Imai (Keio U) & Henrik Saalbach (Max Planck Institute for Human Development)
"Influence of language, culture, and universal cognitive constraints on the everyday object concepts"
Barbara Malt (Lehigh University)
"Language, culture, and cognition: Commentary"

Symposium/workshop IX:
15:00-16:30
Internal observation as a method for constructive science
Organizer:
Hideyuki Nakashima (Future University - Hakodate)
Presenters:
Hideyuki Nakashima (Future University - Hakodate)
Masaki Suwa (Chukyo University)
Haruyuki Fujii (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

Symposium/workshop X:
16:45-18:15
Remembering Giyoo Hatano-Going beyond one Japanese cognitive scientist's work
Organizer:
Naomi Miyake (Chukyo University)
Presenters:
Yoshio Miyake (Chukyo University)
"Giyoo Hatano's studies on mental abacus and beyond"
Hajime Shirouzu (Chukyo University)
"Giyoo Hatano's studies on hypothesis-experiment classrooms and beyond"
Naomi Miyake (Chukyo University)
"Giyoo Hatano's studies on how people learn and beyond"
Video commentary:
Michael Cole (on Video) "Giyoo Hatano, a genuinely international cognitive scientist"
Poster Session
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