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CfP special issue of 'Cognitive Systems' on Computational Models of Mindreading, Deadline: 1 Sep 2012

Special issue of Cognitive Systems Research on Computational Models of 
Mindreading

Deadline Extended Till September 1st 2012

Mindreading, or the ability to represent and reason about the mental 
states of other agents and oneself, is a pervasive part of cognition that 
has yet to be deeply explored from a computational perspective. As a 
fundamental enabler for language understanding, plan recognition, 
cooperation, competition and moral cognition, it follows that detailed 
models of mental state attributions are a prerequisite for the development 
of a more complete theory of the human mind. This special issue seeks to 
promote interdisciplinary dialogue between computational cognitive 
modelers, philosophers, and psychologists studying the nature and 
operation of the human capacity to mindread. The emphasis of the issue 
will be placed on computational models and how they both inform and are 
informed by work in other disciplines. Papers on mindreading are invited 
from AI, cognitive, social and developmental psychology, cognitive 
neuroscience, linguistics, philosophy of psychology and other related 
disciplines.

Submissions should be sent to either paul.bello@navy.mil or 
mguarini@uwindsor.ca by September 1st 2012.  Links to information for 
authors are contained in the PDF version of the call, which can be found 
at:

http://www.pbello.com/CFP%20Special%20Issue%20of%20CogSysRes%20on%20Mindreading.pdf