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CogSci2000 Program and Conference Schedule
Friday,
August 11, 2000 through Tuesday, August 15, 2000
The Tutorials begin on Friday, August 11, 2000 at 1 p.m.
and run through 5 p.m. Saturday, August 12, 2000. In addition to the hardcopy
Proceedings, there will be a CogSci2000 website hosted by Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates and a CD-ROM.
Be sure to check out the Tutorials. Check here for text and pdf version of
the schedule for printing program.txt or
program.pdf
| Time |
Friday, August 11, 2000 |
| 11:00a.m.-6:00p.m. |
REGISTRATION
Prefunction Area, Woodlands Ballroom, Inn at Penn
|
Time |
Saturday, August 12, 2000 |
| 8:00a.m.-9:00p.m. |
REGISTRATION
Prefunction Area, Woodlands Ballroom, Inn at Penn
|
| 8:30 a.m.-9:00a.m. |
Continental Breakfast for
Tutorial Attendees
Prefunction Area, Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center,
37th and Walnut Streets (entrance on 37th Street) |
Time
| Sunday, August 13, 2000 |
| 7:30a.m.-6:00p.m. |
REGISTRATION
Prefunction Area, Woodlands Ballroom, Inn at Penn
|
| 7:30 a.m.-8:30a.m. |
Continental Breakfast Prefunction Area, Woodlands Ballroom, Inn at Penn |
| 8:30 a.m.-9:00a.m. |
Continental Breakfast
Prefunction Area, Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center,
37th and Walnut Streets (entrance on 37th Street) |
| 9:15a.m.-9:50a.m. |
Opening Remarks and
Announcements
Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center, 37th and Walnut
Streets (entrance on 37th) |
| 10:00a.m.-11:30a.m. |
Plenary Talk
Randy Gallistel
The Symbolic Foundations of Conditioned Behavior
Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center
|
| 11:30a.m.-12:30p.m. |
LUNCH
Journal Subcommittee Meeting |
| 12:30p.m.-2:35p.m. |
Session I:   Symposium
Regent/St. Marks
Perspectives on
Conceptual Change Organizer and Chair: David R. Kaufman
Presenters:
- Stella Vosniadou, National and Capodistrian University of Athens
- Andy diSessa, University of California, Berkeley
- Paul Thagard, University of Waterloo
|
Session II:    Styracosaurus
The Woodlands A
Session Chair: TBA
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Deep Learning in Virtual
Reality: How to Teach Children That the Earth is Round, S. Ohlsson,
T. Moher, and A. Johnson.
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Heterogeneous Reasoning
in Learning to Model, K. Stenning and M. Sommerfeld.
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Linguistic Labels and
the Development of Inductive Inference, V. Sloutsky and Y. Lo.
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A Generative Connectionist
Model of the Development of Rule Use in Children, S. Marcovitch
and P. Zelazo.
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Constituent Structure
in Mathematical Expressions, A. Jansen, K. Marriott, and G.
Yelland.
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Session III:    Allosaurus
The Woodlands B
Session Chair: Heather Bortfeld
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Committing to an Ontology:
A Connectionist Account, E. Colunga and L. Smith.
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Attentional Biases in
Artificial Noun Learning Tasks: Generalizations Across the Structure of
Already-Learned Nouns, L. Samuelson.
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Word Learning as Bayesian
Inference, J. Tenenbaum and F. Xu.
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Sex, Syntax, and Semantics,
L. Boroditsky and L. Schmidt.
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Addressing the Learnability
of Verb Subcategorizations with Bayesian Inference, M. Dowman.
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Session IV:    Ankylosaurus
The Woodlands C/D
Session Chair: Whitney Tabor
- CANCELED
Attention to Action:
Securing Task-Relevant Control in Spoken Word Production, A. Roelofs.
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Are Structural Principles
Useful for Automatic Disambiguation?, A. Kinyon.
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Learning the Use of
Discourse Markers in Tutorial Dialogue for an Intelligent Tutoring System,
J.
Kim, M. Glass, R. Freedman, and M. Evens.
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Goal Specificity and
Learning with a Multimedia Program, R. Vollmeyer, B. Burns, and
F. Rheinberg.
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Syntactic Priming in
German Sentence Production, C. Scheepers and M. Corley.
|
| 2:35p.m.-3:00p.m. |
BREAK |
| 3:00p.m.-5:05p.m. |
Session V:   Symposium
Regent/St. Marks
The Role of the
Cerebellum in Cognition and Affect Organizer and Chair: Natika
Newton
Presenters:
- Jeremy Schmahmann, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
- Carl Anderson, Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital
- Ralph D. Ellis, Clark-Atlanta University
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Session VI:    Apatosaurus
The Woodlands A
Session Chair: Paul Maglio
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Induction of Causal Chains,
W.
Ahn and M. Dennis.
-
Rational Assessments
of Covariation and Causality, G. Gredebäck, A. Winman, and P. Juslin.
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Simulating Causal Models:
The Way to Structural Sensitivity, Y. Hagmayer and M. Waldmann.
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Teacakes, Trains, Taxicabs
and Toxins: A Bayesian Account of Predicting the Future, T. Griffiths
and J. Tenenbaum.
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A Rarity Heuristic for
Hypothesis Testing, A. Feeney, J. Evans, and S. Venn.
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Session VII:    Triceratops
The Woodlands B
Session Chair: Charles Beaman
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Influences on Attribute
Selection in Redescriptions: A Corpus Study, P. Jordan.
-
Phrases as Carriers
of Coherence Relations, H. Schauer and U. Hahn.
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Seeking Coherent Explanations
- A Fusion of Structured Connectionism, Temporal Synchrony, and Evidential
Reasoning, L. Shastri and C. Wendelken.
-
Hidden Markov Models
for Coding Story Recall Data, M. Durbin, J. Earwood, and R. Golden.
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Talking through Graphics:
An Empirical Study of the Sequential Integration of Modalities, I.
Umata, A. Shimojima, and Y. Katagiri.
|
Session VIII:    Brachiosaurus
The Woodlands C/D
Session Chair: John Trueswell
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Organising Principles
in Lexical Representation: Evidence from Polish, A. Reid and W. Marslen-Wilson.
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Lexical Contact During
Speech Perception: A Connectionist Model, E. Forbell and E. Chown.
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Neighborhood and Position
Effects Interact in Naming Latency, J. Milostan, G. Cottrell, and
V. Ferreira.
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Is Lexical Retrieval in
Speech Production like Recall or Recognition? The Effects of Word Frequency and
Neighbourhood Size, S. MacAndrew, T. Harley, and
S. Colgan.
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The Advantages and Disadvantages
of Semantic Ambiguity, J. Rodd, G. Gaskell, and W. Marslen-Wilson.
|
| 5:05 p.m.-7:00p.m. |
Board of Governors Meeting |
| 7:00p.m.-9:00p.m. |
POSTER
SESSION I and Buffet Reception
Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA), 36th and Sansom Streets (entrance on
36th Street) |
Time
| Monday, August 14, 2000 |
| 8:30a.m.-10:35a.m. |
Session IX:   Symposium
Regent/St. Marks
Bayesian Approaches
to Cognitive Modeling Co-Organizers: J. Tenenbaum and M. Mozer
Presenters:
- Michael Brent, Washington University
- Bill Freeman, Mitsubishi Electronics Research Laboratory
- Evan Heit, University of Warwick
- Michael Mozer, University of Colorado
- Joshua Tenenbaum, Stanford University
|
Session X:    Tyrannosaurus Rex
The Woodlands A
Session Chair: Peter Drake
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Motivation in Insight
versus Incremental Problem Solving, M. Wieth and B. Burns.
-
From Studying Examples
to Solving Problems: Fading Worked-Out Solution Steps Helps Learning, A.
Renkl, R. Atkinson, and U. Maier.
-
Resource-Adaptive Selection
of Strategies in Learning from Worked-Out Examples, P. Gerjets,
K. Scheiter, and W. Tack.
-
Function-Follows-Form
Transformations in Scientific Problem Solving, T. Griffith,
N. Nersessian and A. Goel.
-
Memory-Based Problem
Solving and Schema Induction in Go, A. Heneveld, A. Bundy, M. Ramscar,
and J. Richardson.
|
Session XI:    Quetzalcoatlus
The Woodlands B
Session Chair: Alan Lesgold
-
Viewpoint Dependent Facial
Expression Recognition: Japanese Noh Masks and the Human Face, M.
Lyons, A Plante, M. Kamachi, S. Akamatsu, R. Campbell, and M. Coleman.
-
A Six-Unit Network is
All You Need to Discover Happiness, M. Dailey, G. Cottrell, and
R. Adolphs.
-
The Resemblance of One-Year-Old
Infants to their Fathers: Refuting Christenfeld & Hill (1995), R.
French, S. Brédart, J. Huart, and C. Labiouse.
-
ANCHOR: A Memory-Based
Model of Category Rating, A. Petrov and J. Anderson.
-
Individual Differences
in Exemplar-Based Interference During Instructed Category Learning, D.
Noelle and G. Cottrell.
|
Session XII:    Struthiomimus
The Woodlands C/D
Session Chair: Ed Kako
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Modeling Infant Learning
via Symbolic Structural Alignment, S.
Kuehne, D. Gentner, and K. Forbus.
-
Infant Familiarization
to Artificial Sentences: Rule-Like Behavior Without Explicit Rules and
Variables, T. Shultz and A. Bale.
-
Babies, Variables, and
Relational Correlations, M. Gasser and E. Colunga.
-
Connectionist Single-Mechanism
Account of Rule-Like Behavior in Infancy, M. Christiansen, C. Conway,
and S. Curtin.
-
Controlled Exploration
of Alternative Mechanisms in Cognitive Modeling, R. Kovordányi.
|
| 10:35a.m.-11:00a.m. |
BREAK |
| 11:00a.m.-1:05p.m. |
Session XIII:   Education Panel
Regent/St. Marks
Special Session on Undergraduate Education in Cogntive Science
Organizer and Chair: Mark Steedman
Presenters:
- Andrew Brook, Carleton University
- Nils Dahlbäck, Linköping University
- Randy Jones, Colby College
- Keith Stenning, University of Edinburgh
- John Trueswell, University of Pennsylvania
|
Session XIV:    Stegosaurus
The Woodlands A
Session Chair: Stellan Ohlsson
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Inducing Hybrid Models
of Task Learning from Visualmotor Data, D. Subramanian
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Transfer along a Continuum:
Differentiation or Association? I. McLaren and M. Suret.
-
Problem Representation
in Experts and Novices: Part 2. Underlying Processing Mechanisms, V.
Sloutsky and A. Yarlas.
-
The Dynamics of Simple
Prediction: Judging Reachability, I. van Rooij, R. Bongers, and
W. Haselager.
-
Simulation of Self-Affirmation
Phenomena in Cognitive Dissonance, T. Shultz and M. Lepper.
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Session XV:    Coelophysis
The Woodlands B
Session Chair: Jerry Franke
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Modeling Orientation Effects
in Symmetry Detection: The Role of Visual Structure, R. Ferguson.
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Visual Learning for a
Mid Level Pattern Discrimination Task, I. Fine and R. Jacobs.
-
The Area Activation
Model of Saccadic Selectivity in Visual Search, M. Pomplun, E. Reingold,
J. Shen, and D. Williams.
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A Sensorimotor Map of
Visual Space, B. Bridgeman.
-
A Neural Network Model
of Concept-Influenced Segmentation, R. Goldstone.
|
Session XVI:    Archaeopteryx
The Woodlands C/D
Session Chair: Laura Wagner
-
An Optimality-Theoretic
Model of Acquisition of Tense and Agreement in French, G. Legendre,
P. Hagstrom, M. Todorova, and A. Vainikka.
-
Regularity and Irregularity
in French Inflectional Morphology, F. Meunier and W. Marslen-Wilson.
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Irregularization: The
Interaction of Item Frequency and Phonological Interference in Regular
Past Tense Production, C. Long and A. Almor.
-
In Search of the Minority
Default: The Case of Arabic Plurals, S. Boudelaa and M. Gaskell.
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Mapping the Syntax/Semantics
Coastline, W. Tabor and S. Hutchins.
|
| 1:05p.m.-2:30p.m. |
LUNCH
Conference Subcommittee Meeting |
| 2:30p.m.-4:35p.m. |
Session XVII:    Deinonychus
Regent/St. Marks
Session Chair: Mike Byrne
-
Hypertext Navigation
and Conflicting Goal Intentions: Using Log Files to Study Distraction and
Volitional Protection in Learning and Problem Solving, K. Scheiter,
P. Gerjets, and E. Heise.
-
Clarifying Word Meanings
in Computer-Administered Survey Interviews, M. Schober, F. Conrad,
and J. Bloom.
-
Situating GOMS Models
Within Complex, Sociotechnical Systems, R.
West and G. Nagy.
-
Latent Semantic Analysis
Captures Causal, Goal-Oriented, and Taxonomic Structures, A. Graesser,
A. Karnavat, V. Pomeroy, and K. Wiemer-Hastings.
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Evaluating the Effectiveness
of a Cognitive Tutor for Fundamental Physics Concepts, P. Albacete
and K. VanLehn.
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Session XVIII:    Velociraptor
The Woodlands A
Session Chair: Simon Levy
-
Toward an Integrated
Account of Reflexive and Reflective Reasoning, J. Hummel and J.
Choplin.
-
Dynamic Extension of
Episode Representation in Analogy-Making in AMBR, B. Kokinov and
A. Petrov.
-
Structure-Mapping Theory
and Lexico-Semantic Information, D. Yarlett and M. Ramscar.
-
A Computational Level Theory
of Similarity, B. Love.
-
The Use of a High-Dimensional,
"Environmental" Context Space to Model Retrieval in Analogy and Similarity-Based
Transfer, M. Ramscar and D. Yarlett.
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Session XIX:    Pteranodon
The Woodlands B
Session Chair: Gary Hatfield
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Unity of Consciousness:
What it is and Where it is Found, A. Brook.
-
Vagueness in Context, S.
Gross.
-
Selective Advantages
of Syntactic Language - A Model Study, W. Zuidema and P. Hogeweg.
-
The Problem with Logic
in the Logical Problem of Language Acquisition, P. Hendriks.
-
Human Belief Revision
and the Order Effect, H. Wang, J. Zhang, and T. Johnson.
|
Session XX:    Parasaurolophus
The Woodlands C/D
Session Chair: Morten Christiansen
-
Verb Meanings, Object
Affordances, and the Incremental Restriction of Reference, E. Kako
and J. Trueswell.
-
Ungrammatical Influences:
Evidence for Dynamical Language Processing, W. Tabor and B. Galantucci.
-
Aspectual Coercion and
the Online Computation of Sentential Aspect, M. Todorova, K. Straub,
W. Badecker, and R. Frank.
-
Prosodic Choice: Effects
of Speaker Awareness and Referential Context, J. Snedeker, L. Gleitman,
M. Felberbaum, N. Placa, and J. Trueswell.
-
Eye Movements During
Comprehension of Spoken Scene Descriptions, M. Spivey, M. Tyler,
D. Richardson, and E. Young.
|
| 4:40p.m.-5:30p.m. |
Announcement of a Major Prize Commemorating the Contributions
of David E. Rumelhart
Reception to follow sponsored by the Robert J. Glushko and Pamela
Samuelson Foundation
Announcement: Woodlands A/B; Reception: Regent/St. Marks |
| 5:30p.m.-7:00p.m. |
BUSINESS MEETING
Tuttleman Room
Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA), 36th and Sansom Streets (entrance on
36th Street) |
| 7:00p.m.-9:00p.m. |
POSTER SESSION II and Buffet Reception
Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA), 36th and Sansom Streets (entrance on
36th Street) |
| Time
| Tuesday, August 15, 2000 |
|
| 9:00a.m.-10:30a.m. |
Plenary Talk
James Allen
Spoken Language Systems and Human Communication
Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center |
| 10:35a.m.-12:00p.m. |
Session XXI: Funders' Panel
Regent/St. Marks, The Inn at Penn
Session Chair: Paul Smolensky
- Paul Chapin, Program Director, Division of Social and Economic Sciences, SBE, National Science Foundation
- Susan Chipman, Program Officer, Cognitive Science Base Program, Office of Naval Research
- Howard Kurtzman, Chief Cognitive Science Program, Behavioral Science Research Branch, National Institute of Mental Health
- Herbert Weingartner, Special Consultant, Behavioral Sciences Research
Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health
|
| 12:00p.m.-1:00p.m. |
LUNCH |
| 1:00p.m.-3:05p.m. |
Session XXII:   Symposium
Regent/St. Marks
The Nature of Human
Errors: An Emerging Interdisciplinary Perspective Organizer and Chair:
Jiajie Zhang
Presenters:
- Vimla L. Patel, McGill University
- Edward H. Shortliffe, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Michael Freed, NASA Ames Research Center
- Roger Remington, NASA Ames Research Center
|
Session XXIII:    Caudipteryx
The Woodlands A
Session Chair: Wolfgang Schoppek
-
Representing Categories
in Artificial Neural Networks Using Perception-Derived Feature Networks,
R. Branstrom.
-
Making Inferences and
Classifications Using Categories that are not Linearly Separable,
T. Yamauchi and A. Markman.
-
The Determinants of Basic-Level
Performance,
F. Gosselin and P. Schyns.
-
An Exemplar Model of
Classification in Single and Combined Categories, F. Costello.
-
Algorithm, Heuristic
or Exemplar: Process and Representation in Multiple-Cue Judgment, S.
Jones, P. Juslin, H. Olsson, and A. Winman.
|
Session XXIV:    Tenontosaurus
The Woodlands B
Session Chair: Frank Ritter
-
Hemispheric Specialization
During Episodic Memory Encoding in the Human Hippocampus and MTL, D.
Casasanto, W. Killgore, G. Glosser, J. Maldjian, and J. Detre.
-
Are Retrievals from Long-Term
Memory Interruptible?, M. Byrne.
-
Memory in Chains: Modeling
Primacy and Recency Effects in Memory for Order, E. Altmann.
-
Computational Explorations
of the Irrelevant Sound Effect in Serial Short-Term Memory, C. Beaman.
-
Memory versus Perceptual-Motor
Tradeoffs in a Blocks World Task, W. Fu and W. Gray.
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Session XXV:    Argentinosaurus
The Woodlands C/D
Session Chair: Jesse Snedeker
-
The Acquisition of Lexical
and Grammatical Aspect in a Self-Organizing Feature-Map Model, P.
Li.
-
Measuring Verb Similarity,
P. Resnik and M. Diab.
-
Non-Linguistic Constraints
on the Acquisition of Phrase Structure, J. Saffran.
-
Infinite RAAM: A Principled
Connectionist Basis for Grammatical Competence, S. Levy, O. Melnik,
and J. Pollack.
-
Decoding Syntactic Parameters:
The Superparser as Oracle, J. Fodor and V. Teller.
|
| 3:05 p.m. |
CONFERENCE END |
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