Beyond the brain: embodied, situated & distributed cognition

Cognitio 2006

Young researchers conference in cognitive science

Montréal, August 19^th, 20^th & 21^st 2006.

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2007-07-24 : The proceedings are now online!

About Cognitio

The goal of this conference is to show current (theoretical and empirical) trends in cognitive science, and to allow academic exchanges between young researchers of various disciplines interested by the same topics. Graduate students in cognitive science, psychology, linguistics, robotics, biology, philosophy, neuroscience and experimental economics will be presenting. Keynotes speakers will be giving opening talk on each day.

The theme for this year is embodied, situated & distributed cognition.

Keynote speakers:

• Michael Anderson, University of Maryland (USA)
  « Action-grounded Cognition: Evolution, Embodiment and the Nature of the Mind »
• Pierre Poirier, UQAM (Canada)
  « Terms of embodiment »

The conference will be held at the University of Quebec in Montreal on August 19^th, 20^th and 21^st 2006.

Proceedings of the conference will be published afterward. 2004 proceedings are available online on the Cognitio 2004 website. Those of 2005 will be published by Cambridge Scholars Press under the title: Cognitive Decision-Making: Empirical and Foundational issues. They are also available on the Cognitio 2005 website.

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