BLL 2019: Brain, Language and Learning The conference will be held in Complesso Didattico San Niccolò Siena, Italy, September 26-28, 2019 |
Conference website | http://www.congressi.unisi.it/brainconference/13-2/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bll2019 |
Abstract registration deadline | April 30, 2019 |
Submission deadline | April 30, 2019 |
The 2019 DISPOC Conference on Brain, Learning and Language, will be held in Siena on September 26th-28th and will be hosted by the Department of Social, Political and Cognitive Sciences of the University of Siena. We welcome contributions from any area of cognitive science, with special emphasis on the interaction between disciplines studying cognitive and social processes, learning, and language. The Conference aims at bringing together contributions from different fields, to foster the interdisciplinary exploration of the cognitive and neurobiological foundations of learning and on the relations between language and other cognitive functions.
Submission Guidelines
We are looking for the following types of submissions:
- Oral presentations (20 minutes + 10 for discussion)
- Posters
Proposals should be anonymous and limited to a single A4 page, 500 words in total (Times New Roman, 12 pt), including – if needed – all supplementary materials (e.g. artwork, tables, references, …)
List of Topics
Submissions are encouraged from various disciplines including philosophy, psychology, political sciences, economics, and ethics on the following themes:
- Neurological mechanisms of learning and cognitive processing
- Language acquisition, language processing and their relations with other cognitive functions
- Learning and representations of economic and social behaviors
- Reasoning, rationality and cognition
- Mind and Cognition, from a philosophical and epistemological perspective
Important dates
Abstract Submission deadline: April 30th, 2019
Abstract acceptance notification: June 1st, 2019
Regular Payment deadline: June 15th, 2019
Registration deadline: September 15th, 2019
Committees
Scientific Committee
- Adriana Belletti (University of Siena)
- Valentina Bianchi (University of Siena)
- Giuliano Bocci (University of Siena)
- Naama Friedmann (University of Tel Aviv)
- Alessandro Innocenti (University of Siena)
- Pierangelo Isernia (University of Siena)
- Claudia Manetti (University of Siena)
- Salvador Mascarenhas (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris)
- Elena Pagliarini (University of Siena)
- Vincenzo Moscati (University of Siena)
- Salvatore Pistoia-Reda (ZAS, Berlin)
- Luigi Rizzi (University of Siena)
- Emiliano Zaccarella (Max-Planck Institute, Leipzig)
Organizing committee
- Adriana Belletti (University of Siena)
- Valentina Bianchi (University of Siena)
- Giuliano Bocci (University of Siena)
- Alessandro Innocenti (University of Siena)
- Pierangelo Isernia (University of Siena)
- Claudia Manetti (University of Siena)
- Vincenzo Moscati (University of Siena)
- Elena Pagliarini (University of Siena)
- Luigi Rizzi (University of Siena)
Invited Speakers
- Stanislas Dehaene (Collège de France)
- Ghislaine Dehaene-Lambertz (INSERM)
- Andrea Moro (Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori – IUSS, Pavia)
Venue
The conference will be held in Complesso Didattico San Niccolò, via Roma, 56 (palazzo San Niccolò) 53100 Siena
Registration
|
Early |
Late |
Student |
€ 75 |
€ 100 |
Faculty |
€ 150 |
€ 200 |
The registration fee includes: conference kit, coffee breaks and lunches as scheduled. All the fees are VAT included.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to:
Scientific Committee
brainconference2019@unisi.it
Organizing secretariat
unieventi@unisi.it