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Keynote Two: Mechanisms of selective attention in health and disease (SummerFest 2016)
Speaker: Professor Jason B. Mattingley, Queensland Brain Institute and School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Australia Date: 21 July 2016, Thursday Time: 17:00-18:00 Venue: Lecture Theater 1, Meng Wah Complex, HKU Chair: Professor William Hayward, School of Psychology, The University of Auckland Abstract Despite the enormous information processing capacity of the human brain, there are surprisingly tight constraints…
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New Fields for Morphology Workshop 29-30 November 2016 – Call for papers
Meeting Information: New Fields for Morphology aims to bring together linguists working on the morphology of less widely studied languages who are also interested in morphological theory. The main purpose of the workshop is to engage morphological theory with exciting new empirical data, especially from the Australia + Pacific region. We hope to foster a…
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Workshop on Technology and Wellbeing in the Top End Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University, April 29-30
Everyday consumer technologies, including mobile and wearable devices, are shaping the ways Australians access information, communicate and perform daily tasks. However, the application of these technologies for improving health and wellbeing has been slow. We are seeking to initiate new collaborations that span computing, health, education, engineering, and other disciplines. Of particular interest is the…
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GE Talk: Hong Kong as an Innovation Hub for Technology
The newly established Innovation and Technology Bureau aims to facilitate the development of knowledge-based economy and technological innovations in Hong Kong. What it takes to successfully transform Hong Kong into an innovation hub in the region? What are the major hurdles and the possible strategic solutions? Please join this forum and share your views with…
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Two new Faculty posts at the University of Oxford
Associate Professorship of Experimental Psychology DEPARTMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY in association with Brasenose College Salary: £45,066 – £60,513 p.a. (plus £9,314 p.a. taxable and pensionable college housing allowance and other benefits) Applications are invited for an Associate Professorship in Experimental Psychology. This position will be held within the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford,…
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Policy and Research Intern (Washington, DC)
Organization Overview The Learning Policy Institute (LPI) is a national, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that focuses on public pre-K through high school education. LPI conducts, commissions, and communicates independent high-quality research to shape policies that improve learning for each and every child. Working with policymakers, researchers, educators, community groups and others who care about improving public…
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Psychonomic Society Call for Submissions: Embodied Cognition and STEM Learning
Call for Submissions Embodied cognition and STEM learning A Special Issue/Article Collection for Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications (CRPI) Co-organizers Nora Newcombe, Temple University Steven Weisberg, University of Pennsylvania Theorists in embodied cognition postulate that the brain must be understood to function in the context of its physical body and that, reciprocally, engaging the body…
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Winter Institute 2016 Educational Neuroscience Events
[button size=”normal” type=”info” value=”Register” href=”https://sol.edu.hku.hk/register-revolutionary-science-robots-avatars-and-changing-the-nature-of-learning-for-meaningful-translation-to-society-winter-institute-2016/”] Pre-public lecture Symposium: Education and Neuroscience (conducted through video broadcasting) Date: Friday 15 January 2016 Time: 16:00-17:45 Venue: Room 201 K K Leung Building [Refreshments will be served] Chair: Professor Brendan Weekes Talk 1: Observation, Description and Explanation in Primary School Science By Professor Andy Tolmie (Centre for Educational Neuroscience, Department…
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Learning in the Social Cultural and Emotional Context: Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective (Winter Institute 2016)
[button size=”normal” type=”info” value=”Register ” href=”https://sol.edu.hku.hk/register-learning-in-the-social-cultural-and-emotional-context-cognitive-neuroscience-perspective-winter-institute-2016/”] Date: 15 January 2016 (Friday) Time: 09:00-13:00 Venue: Room 202 K. K. Leung Building [Refreshments will be served at the meeting] Chair: Dr. Jingyan Lu Discussants: Professor Kevin Dunbar Visiting Research Professor of the University of Hong Kong; Director of the Laboratory for Complex Thinking, Creativity and Educational Neuroscience; Professor of…
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(Dev Page) Winter Institute 2016
7 Dec 2015 – 20 Jan 2016 The University of Hong Kong Prof. Laura-Ann PETITTO Prof. Kevin N DUNBAR Prof. Harvey Goldstein Prof. Stanislas Dehaene Prof. Ghislaine Dehaene-Lambertz Prof. Arcangelo Merla Following the successes of the Science of Learning Winter Institute 2014, 2015 and Summerfest 2014, 2015, we are pleased to announce the launch of…