12-13 Sep 2014
Riga, Latvia
10th International Symposium of Cognition, Logic and Communication PERSPECTIVES ON SPATIAL COGNITION September 12-13, 2014, ?University of Latvia, Raina boulevard 19 RIGA, LATVIA Final Program: http://cognition.lu.lv/symp/10-call.html Registration and fees: http://www.lu.lv/eng/research/conferences/2014/cognition-reg/ PLENARY SESSIONS Public Opening Keynote Lecture ?Dedre Gentner (Northwestern University, USA) Comparison and relational language in the development of relational categories. Barbara Landau (Johns Hopkins University, USA) Origins and development of spatial language: Some complexities Nora Newcombe (Temple University, USA) Space, Development, Spatial Development Timothy McNamara (Vanderbilt University, USA) Integration of Environmental and Self-motion Cues During Navigation Peter Gärdenfors (University of Lund, Sweden) (joint work with Joost Zwarts) Conceptual spaces and the semantics of prepositions Marcus Kracht (University of Bielefeld, Germany) Aspects of Space Jessica Rett (University of California at Los Angeles, USA) Antonymy in space and other strictly ordered domains" Karel Jezek (Charles University, Czech Republic and Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway) Neural Representation of Space: Hippocampal memory states and their fine kinetics David H. Uttal and David Miller (Northwestern University, USA) Why does spatial thinking matter for success in STEM fields? PARALLEL SESSIONS Katherine Dunlop (University of Texas at Austin, USA) Language, Perception, and Non-Conceptual Spatial Content In Recent Discussions of Molyneux?s Question Katia Deiana, L?va Raita, Baingio Pinna, Jur?is Š?ilters, (Sassari University, Italy / University of Latvia, Latvia ) The principles and the syntax organization of space, shape and color in vision Irina Starikova, (University of San Paolo, Brazil) The visual impact of spatial cognition Inesa Šeškauskien?, Egl? Žilinskait?-Šink?nien?, (Vilnius University, Lithuania) On the polysemy of Lithuanian už: a cognitive perspective Vera Stolyarova, (Moscow State University, Russia) Russian Spatial Adverbs: Semantics, Functionality, Frames of Reference Maria Privizentseva, Alexey Kozlov, (Moscow State University) Dimensional adjectives and language topology Alexander Klippel (Pennsylvania State University, USA) The CatFramework for Spatial Semantics Shi Hui, Tao Wang (Universität Bremen, Germany) Describing Image Layouts using a Qualitative Region Interaction Model Girts Burgmanis, Baingio Pinna, Katia Deiana, Jur?is Š?ilters (University of Latvia, Latvia / University of Sassari, Italy) Functional prominence in generation of cognitive maps: Anchors and figure-ground relationship Winter, Yoad (Utrecht University, The Netherlands) The vector-based semantics of distal PP modification John Galebach (University of California, Irvine, USA) Two paths from Tarski: Spatial logics and o-minimality Ekaterina Rakhilina & Maria Shapiro (Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia) Topology of motion: oscillation Maria Kyuseva, Ryzhova Daria (Higher School of Economics: National Research University, Russia) Posture verbs as locative predicates: evidence from Kabardian Alexey Leontyev, Maria Petrova , (ABBYY, Russia) The Description of Space Relations in the ABBYY Compreno Model Norbert Ross , Werner Hertzog, Jeffrey T. Shenton & Michael R. Kohut ?(Vanderbilt University, USA) Seeing and Being in the World: Ontologies, Spatial Representation and Cultural Change. Conference organizers: Peter Svenonius (University of Tromsø, Norway) Michael Glanzberg (Northwestern University, USA) Jurgis Skilters (University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia) The symposium is co-hosted by the Center for Cognitive Sciences and Semantics of the University of Latvia in collaboration with the Department of Philosophy, Northwestern University, IL, USA. Registration and fees: http://www.lu.lv/eng/research/conferences/2014/cognition-reg/ Tuition fee (covering all conference materials, coffee breaks and lunches during the conference): ? EUR 150,- ? EUR 100,- (students) Tuition fee has to be paid (in cash) upon arrival during the registration. Jurgis Skilters jurgis.skilters@lu.lv jurgisskilters@gmail.com