Session A Session B Session C Session D

 

Thursday -- August 08

8:00 9:00 ---------- Registration --------
9:00 10:30
Opening plenary -- Cognitive Science as the Engine of Innovation: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction. Dr. Stuart Card, Xerox PARC
10:30 11:00
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11:00 12:30

Symposium: The Cognition of Complex Visualizations

Trafton
Shah & Freedman
Kirschenbaum
Cheng
Hegarty

Statistics & Language 1

Sequential Learning by Touch, Vision, and Audition Christopher M. Conway & Morten H. Christiansen

The /s/ morpheme and the compounding phenomenon in English Jenny Hayes, Victoria Murphy, Neil Davey, Pamela Smith, & Lorna Peters

A probabilistic approach to semantic representation Thomas L. Griffiths & Mark Steyvers

Predicting Noun and Verb Latencies: Influential Variables and Task Effects Natalie Kacinik & Christine Chiarello

Categorization 1

Category Use: Learning and Understanding Categories Brian H. Ross & Seth Chin-Parker

Testing the Roles of Design History and Affordances in the HIPE Theory of Function Sergio E. Chaigneau & Lawrence W. Barsalou

Three-year-old children's use of linguistic labels and motion information in drawing inferences about animal kinds Benise S.K. Mak, Alonso H. Vera, & Lap Yan Lo

Adapting to a response deadline in categorization Wills, A.J.

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12:30 13:30
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13:30 15:00

Learning & Conceptual Change

Emergent and Causal Explanatory mechanisms: Schemas for understanding and misunderstanding Michelene T.H. Chi

Promoting Transfer through Case-Based Reasoning: Rituals and Practices in the Learning by Design Classroom and Evidence of Transfer Janet L. Kolodner, Jackie Gray, Jennifer Holbrook, Barbara B. Fasse, Paul J. Camp, Mike Ryan, & David Crismond

A Dynamical Connectionist Account of Conceptual Change Athanassios Raftopoulos & Andreas Demetriou

Perspective-taking in Young Writer's Descriptive Writing David R. Holliway

Language Comprehension & Acquisition

Putting Geometry and Function Together: Towards the development of a psychologically-plausible computational model for spatial language comprehension. Kenny R. Coventry, Angelo Cangelosi, Dan Joyce & Lynn V. Richards

The Origins, Development, and Nature of Argument Understanding Nancy L. Stein & Elizabeth R. Albro

Reference Resolution in the Wild: On-line circumscription of referential domains in a natural, interactive problem-solving task. Sarah Brown-Schmidt, Ellen Campana, & Michael K. Tanenhaus

Bayesian Learning at the Syntax-Semantics Interface Sourabh Niyogi

Augmented Cognition 1

Diagrams to Augment Cognition Barbara Tversky, Masaki Suwa, Paul Lee, Julie Heiser, & Maneesh Agrawala

Constructive Perception: An Expertise to Use Diagrams for Dynamic Interactivity Masaki Suwa

Mental Visualizations and External Visualizations Mary Hegarty

Diagrams and Descriptions in Acquiring Complex Systems Julie Heiser & Barbara Tversky

Categorization 2

Inferring Unobserved Category Features With Causal Knowledge Bob Rehder & Russell C. Burnett

Theories and Similarity: Categorization under Speeded Conditions Christian C. Luhmann, Woo-kyoung Ahn, & Thomas J. Palmeri

Experience and Pseudo-Experience: Exemplar Effects Without Feedback Henrik Olsson & Peter Juslin

Events versus States: Empirical correlates of Verb Classes Silvia Gennari & David Poeppel

15:00 15:20
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15:20 16:50

Analogical Reasoning

The Role of Diagrams and Diagrammatic Affordances in Analogy David Latch Craig, Nancy J. Nersessian, & Richard Catrambone

Comparison and the development of knowledge Lera Boroditsky

Translating Across Conceptual Systems Using Within-system Relations Robert L. Goldstone & Brian J. Rogosky

The Theory of Mind in Strategy Representations Andrew S. Gordon

Models of Learning

Implicit Learning of Serial Reaction Time Tasks: Connectionist vs. Symbolic Models Ron Sun & Chris Terry

Preventing Catastrophic Interference in Multiple-Sequence Learning Using Coupled Reverberating Elman Networks Bernard Ans, Stephane Rousset, Robert M. French, & Serban Musca

Top-Down versus Bottom-Up Learning in Skill Acquisition Ron Sun & Xi Zhang

Is there evidence for unconscious reasoning processes? Magda Osman

Augmented Cognition 2

Modeling Capabilities and Workload within Teams Thomas R. Ioerger, Linli He, Deborah Lord, & Pamela Tsang

Coordination of Talk and Action Rick Alterman, Alex Feinman, Seth Landsman, & Josh Introne

Activity awareness in computer-supported collaborations John M. Carroll

Modeling aviation crew interaction using a cognitive architecture Robert W. Holt, Jeff T. Hansberger, Ron Chong, & Deborah A. Boehm-Davis

Language Production

How are speech and gesture related? Hanako Yoshida, Linda B. Smith, Raedy M. Ping, & Elizabeth L. Davis

Taking Care of the Linguistic Features of Extraversion Alastair Gill & Jon Oberlander

On understanding discourse in human-computer interaction Paul P. Maglio, Teenie Matlock, Sydney J. Gould, Dave Koons, & Christopher S. Campbell

Where do syllables come from? Evelyn Martens, Walter Daelemans, Steven Gillis, & Helena Taelman

16:50 17:10
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17:10 18:40
Rumelhart Prize Talk: Bayesian Modeling of Memory and Perception. Professor Richard Shiffrin
18:40 21:30
Rumelhart Reception for Professor Richard Shiffrin -- in FAC. Includes music, stand-up dinner, socializing with colleagues, and the announcement of next year's Rumelhart Prize winner.
Friday -- August 09
8:30 10:00

Rumelhart Symposium: Honoring Richard Shiffrin

This symposium honors Rich Shiffrin’s contributions to cognitive science. Four former students will present highlights of their current work shaped in various ways by their mentor

10:00 10:30
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10:30 12:00

Symposium: Nature's Turing Test

Wasserman
Zentall
Thompson, Rattermann, & Chemero

Problem Solving 1

Where do problem-solving strategies come from? Marsha C. Lovett

Learning from worked-out examples via self-explanations: How it can(not) be fostered Alexander Renkl

Declarative and Procedural Strategies in Problem Solving: Evidence from the Toads and Frogs Puzzle Fabio Del Missier & Danilo Fum

An Instance-based Model of the Effect of Previous Choices on the Control of Interactive Search Andrew Howes & Stephen J. Payne, & Juliet Richardson

Categorization 3

What is universal in event perception? Comparing English & Indonesian speakers Lera Boroditsky, Wendy Ham, & Michael Ramscar

Is Concept Formation an Age-Independent Process? Kenneth R. Livingston, Janet K. Andrews, & Emily Kuschner

Diagnosticity in Category Learning by Classification and Inference Seth Chin-Parker & Brian H. Ross

Data analysis of conceptual similarities of Finnish verbs Krista Lagus, Anu Airola, & Mathias Creutz

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13:05 15:00

Statistics & Language 2

Statistical learning, implicit memory, and phonology Prahlad Gupta & John Lipinski

Applications of Latent Semantic Analysis Thomas K Landauer

Implementing Latent Semantic Analysis in Learning Environments with Conversational Agents and Tutorial Dialog Arthur C. Graesser, Xiangen Hu, Brent A. Olde, Matthew Ventura, Andrew Olney, Max Louwerse, Donald R. Franceschetti, & Natalie Person

Modeling the Development of Lexicon with DevLex: A Self-Organizing Neural Network Model of Lexical Acquisition Ping Li & Igor Farkas

Four Problems with Extracting Human Semantics from Large Text Corpora Robert M. French & Christophe Labiouse

Basic Issues

The Information-Processing Function of Conscious Intentions Richard A. Carlson, Lisa M. Stevenson, Marios N. Avraamides, & Daniel N. Cassenti

Protocol Evidence on Thought Experiments Used by Experts John J. Clement

What Happened to the Imagery Debate? Peter P. Slezak

Integrating Decay and Interference: A New Look at an Old Interaction Erik M. Altmann & Christian D. Schunn

A Neurocognitive Model for Students and Educators Michael Atherton

Reasoning

Counterfactual Undoing in Deterministic Causal Reasoning Steven Sloman & David A. Lagnado

Learning to Solve Complex Propositions: Does knowledge of truth-values bootstrap modal operators? Bradley J. Morris & David Klahr

Reasoning from Data: The Effect of Sample Size and Variability on Children's and Adults' Conclusions Amy M. Masnick & Bradley J. Morris

The Quality of Test Context and Contra evidence as a Moderating Factor in the Belief Revision Process Kristien Dieussaert, Walter Schaeken, & Géry d'Ydewalle

Contradictions and Counterfactuals: Generating Belief Revisions in Conditional Inference Ruth M.J. Byrne & Clare R. Walsh

Instruction

Interactive Knowledge Acquisition Tools: A Tutoring Perspective Yolanda Gil & Jihie Kim

The Right Stuff: Do You Need to Sanitize Your Corpus? Brent A. Olde, Donald R. Franceschetti, Ashish Karnavat, & Arthur C. Graesser

What's a Science Student to Do? Tenaha O'Reilly & Danielle S. McNamara

A Cognitive Task Analysis of Using Pictures To Support Pre-Algebraic Reasoning Kenneth R. Koedinger & Atsushi Terao

Learning by Solved Example Problems: Instructional Explanations Reduce Self-Explanation Activity Silke Schworm & Alexander Renkl

15:00 15:30
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15:30 17:00

Symposium: The AMBR Model Comparison Project

Diller & Tenney
Chong & Wray
Zachary
Lebiere
Love

Categorization 4

Category size and category-based induction Aidan Feeney & David R. Gardiner

The Importance of Starting Blurry: Simulating Improved Basic-Level Category Learning in Infants Due to Weak Visual Acuity Robert M. French, Martial Mermillod, Paul C. Quinn, Alan Chauvin, & Denis Mareschal

Cue Abstraction and Exemplars in Multiple-Cue Judgment Peter Juslin, Henrik Olsson & Anna-Carin Olsson

When participants are not misled they are not so bad after all: A pragmatic analysis of a rule discovery task Jean-Baptiste Van der Henst, Sandrine Rossi, & Walter Schroyens

Emotion

Do expression and identity need separate representations? Garrison W. Cottrell, Kristin Branson, & Andy Calder

Dynamic Interrelations Among Processing Efficiency, Working Memory, and Problem Solving: A Longitudinal Study Andreas Demetriou

Literary cognition and Aesthetic computing Akifumi Tokosumi &
Norikazu Yoshimine

Conditional Promises and Threats - Cognition and Emotion Sieghard Beller

 

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17:00 17:15
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17:15 18:30 Funder's Session -- on the top floor of FAC
18:00 21:30
Poster Reception - in FAC. Includes music, stand-up dinner, socializing with colleagues, and discussions of late-breaking research.
List of Posters.
Saturday -- August 10
9:00 10:30
Plenary Session: Steering the Reverberations of Technology Change on Fields of Practice: Laws that Govern Cognitive Work. Prof. David D. Woods, Institute for Ergonomics, The Ohio State University
10:30 11:00
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11:00 12:30

Symposium: Inquiry, Technology, and Cognition: Theory and Practice

Sandoval, Millwood, Bienkowski, & Crawford
Wiley, Goldman, & Graesser
Toth
Brem

Language Understanding

Subject Omission in Children's Language; The Case for Performance Limitations in Learning Daniel Freudenthal, Julian Pine, & Fernand Gobet

Case, Word Order and Language Learnability: Insights from Connectionist Modeling Gary Lupyan & Morten H. Christiansen

Immediate Integration of Syntactic and Referential Constraints on Spoken Word Recognition James S. Magnuson, Michael K. Tanenhaus, & Richard N. Aslin

Qualitative physics as a component in natural language semantics: A progress report Sven E. Kuehne & Kenneth D. Forbus

Interactive Behavior

Modeling Driver Distraction from Cognitive Tasks Dario Salvucci

Strategic Differences in the Coordination of Different Views of Space Glenn Gunzelmann & John R. Anderson

A Model of Spatio-Temporal Coding of Memory for Multidimensional Stimuli Todd R. Johnson, Hongbin Wang, Jiajie Zhang, & Yue Wang

Incremental Referential Domain Circumscription during Processing of Natural and Synthesized Speech Mary D. Swift, Ellen Campana, James F. Allen, & Michael K. Tanenhaus

Problem Solving 2

Representation Strength Influences Strategy Use and Strategy Discovery Martha W. Alibali & Tara L. Booth

Logical Strategery Bradley J. Morris & Christian Schunn

Routine Problem Solving in Groups Torsten Reimer, Klaus Opwis, & Anne-Louise Bornstein

A Computational Theory of Complex Problem Solving Using Latent Semattic Analysis Jose Quesada, Walter Kintsch, & Emilio Gomez

12:30 14:00
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14:00 15:30

Symposium: New Models of Connectionist Language Acquisition

Elman
Li, Farkas, & MacWhinney
Shultz

Causal Reasoning

A Constraint Satisfaction Model of Causal Learning and Reasoning York Hagmayer & Michael R. Waldmann

Learning Causal Structure David A. Lagnado & Steven Sloman

A Vector Model of Causal Meaning Phillip Wolff & Matthew Zettergren

Uncertainty in Causal and Counterfactual Inference Daniel Yarlett & Michael Ramscar

Errors

Dynamic Adaptation to Critical Care Medical Environment: Error Recovery as Cognitive Activity Tate T. Kubose,Vimla L. Patel, & Desmond Jordan

Developing and Validating Cockpit Interventions based on Cognitive Modeling Deborah A. Boehm-Davis, Robert W. Holt, Melanie Diez, & Jeffrey T. Hansberger

Toward An Action Based Taxonomy of Human Errors in Medicine Jiajie Zhang, Vimla L. Patel, Todd R. Johnson, & Edward H. Shortliffe

Modeling Human Error in a Real-world Teamwork Environment Stephen Deutsch & Richard Pew

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Perception & Memory

On the Origins of Perceived Sameness in Shape. Linda B. Smith

Relating Specific Properties of Human Memory to Cortico-hippocampal Architecture Lokendra Shastri

Anatomy is Symmetry's Best Friend: Reflections on Modeling Baylis and Driver John Hicks & Jon Oberlander

Neonatal Learning of Faces: Environmental and Genetic Influences James A. Bednar & Risto Miikkulainen

Language Acquisition

A Self-Organizing Connectionist Model of Character Acquisition in Chinese Hongbing Xing, Hua Shu & Ping Li

Evolution of Gender in Indo-European Languages Harry E. Foundalis

Modelling the Development of Dutch Optional Infinitives in MOSAIC Daniel Freudenthal, Julian Pine, & Fernand Gobet

What makes a word? Eliana Colunga & Linda B. Smith

Augmented Cognition 3

Anthropomorphic Agents as a User Interface Paradigm: Experimental Findings and a Framework for Research Richard Catrambone, John Stasko, & Jun Xiao

Understanding and scaffolding constructive collaboration Naomi Miyake & Hajime Shirouzu

Human-Automation Interaction Strategies Stephanie Guerlain

Tutoring Real-Time Dynamic Task Performance: Using ADAPT to Augment Pilot Cognition and Learning Stephanie M. Doane & Daniel W. Carruth

Problem Solving 3

A Basis for a Rigorous Cognitive Science: Maintaining Context for Information Exchange Between Modules in a Functional Hierarchy. L. Andrew Coward

Is There a Decision Bias for Information from Internally Consistent Sources? S. Luan, R. D. Sorkin, & J. Itzkowitz

Collaborative Interactions: The Process of Joint Production and Individual Reuse of Novel Ideas Mark U. McGregor & Michelene T.H. Chi

Naive Strategic Thinking Eugenia Steingold & P. N. Johnson-Laird

17:30 18:30
Full Membership Business meeting
17:45 21:30
Poster Reception - in FAC. Includes music, stand-up dinner, socializing with colleagues, and discussions of late-breaking research. List of Posters