30th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY July 23-26, 2008 Washington DC The Cognitive Science Society wishes it to be known that the deadline for Member Abstract submissions for CogSci 2008 is February 1, the same as all other submission categories. Unlike past practice there will not be an April/May submission opportunity this year.…
Review by Roy Sugarman of Social Neuroscience: Integrating Biological and Psychological Explanations of Social Behavior.
The Functionalist’s Dilemma George Lakoff reviews Ray Jackendorf’s Language, Consciousness, Culture: Essays on Mental Structure. Constructing Cognition Ethan Remmel reviews Katherine Nelson’s Young Minds in Social Worlds: Experience, Meaning, and Memory.
Judging from the discussion on Leiter Reports the merits of McGinn’s review is sub judice. To be fair, there is a great deal of pap out there not all coming to the attention of first order minds like McGinn. In a footnote to the review, McGinn writes: The review that appears here is not as I originally wrote…
A highly personalized and philosophical spat reaches the mainstream. I have some thoughts on the matter.
This from today’s Jerusalem Post. What’s particularly interesting is that were a biological computer a real possibility, this would vindicate the extended mind thesis. Prof. Eshel Ben-Jacob of TAU’s faculty of exact sciences and his research assistant Dr. Itay Baruchi were chosen for their innovative work in brain research and their success in creating a memory-…
I’ve recently become the Associate Reviews Editor of the Journal of Mind and Behavior (JMB). JMB is a well-regarded refereed journal, now in its 27th year, with an impressive subscription base. What I find congenial is that JMB appeals to a multidisciplinary audience, offering a healthy and ecumenical dialogue. Subject areas include: The psychology, philosophy,and sociology of experimentation and…
Some four months ago I commented on how swarm behavior is entering the public consciousness. Well there is an article in yesterday’s the science section of the New York Times that continues this trend. But if you want a really good recent article on swarm intelligence, I would refer you to the paper “The biological principles…
Robert Stickgold from the Center for Sleep and Cognition at the Harvard Medical School here lecturing on sleep, memory consolidation, sleep deprivation, and other relevant disorders from the perspective of cognitive neuroscience (80 minutes). To view click here.
A copy of my review of Andy Clark’s Natural-Born Cyborgs is now available through MindPapers.
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