Cognitive and Information Sciences of University of California, Merced, presents its seventh consecutive Mind Technology and Society (MTS) talk series, 2011-12. In this MTS presentation, Professor Barry Smith of Buffalo University at SUNY Philosophy Department lectures on defining an environment and building an ontology. The title of Smith's talk is Geography Inside and Outside the Organism. MTS talks are supported by a generous gift from Dr. Robert J. Glushko and Dr. Pamela Samuelson. The theme of the Fall 2011 talks is Space in the Mind and in the World.
Lecture #2
Cognitive and Information Sciences of University of California, Merced, presents its seventh consecutive Mind Technology and Society (MTS) talk series, 2011-12. In this MTS presentation, Professor Max Louwerse of the University of Memphis Psychology Department lectures on language encoding perceptual information. The title of Louwerse's talk is Geographical locations are encoded in language: Representing spatial structure through maps and language. MTS talks are supported by a generous gift from Dr. Robert J. Glushko and Dr. Pamela Samuelson. The theme of the Fall 2011 talks is Space in the Mind and in the World.
Lecture #3
Cognitive and Information Sciences of University of California, Merced, presents its seventh consecutive Mind Technology and Society (MTS) talk series, 2011-12. In this MTS presentation, Professor Dennis Proffitt of the University of Virginia lectures on the influence of the body upon perception. The title of Proffitt's talk is Perception Viewed as a phenotypic expression. MTS talks are supported by a generous gift from Dr. Robert J. Glushko and Dr. Pamela Samuelson. The theme of the Fall 2011 talks is Space in the Mind and in the World.
Cognitive and Information Sciences of University of California, Merced, presents its seventh consecutive Mind Technology and Society (MTS) talk series, 2011-12. In this MTS presentation, Professor Karen Emmorey of the San Diego State University lectures on the differences in encoding spatial information in American Sign Language compared to English. The title of Emmorey's talk is The psycholinguistic and neural consequences of using physcial space to express spatial information in ASL. MTS talks are supported by a generous gift from Dr. Robert J. Glushko and Dr. Pamela Samuelson. The theme of the Fall 2011 talks is Space in the Mind and in the World.
Cognitive and Information Sciences of University of California, Merced, presents its seventh consecutive Mind Technology and Society (MTS) talk series, 2011-12. In this MTS presentation, Professor Emily Grossman of the University of California, Irvine lectures on the neural effects of perceiving biological motion. The title of Grossman's talk is Contemporary issues in biological motion perception. MTS talks are supported by a generous gift from Dr. Robert J. Glushko and Dr. Pamela Samuelson. The theme of the Fall 2011 talks is Space in the Mind and in the World.
Cognitive and Information Sciences of University of California, Merced, presents its seventh consecutive Mind Technology and Society (MTS) talk series, 2011-12. In this MTS presentation, Professor Jeff Yoshimi of the University of California, Merced lectures on the applications of dynamical systems to understand Husserlian Horizons. The title of Yoshimi's talk is Modeling Husserlian Horizons. MTS talks are supported by a generous gift from Dr. Robert J. Glushko and Dr. Pamela Samuelson. The theme of the Fall 2011 talks is Space in the Mind and in the World.
Cognitive and Information Sciences of University of California, Merced, presents its seventh consecutive Mind Technology and Society (MTS) talk series, 2011-12. In this MTS presentation, Professor Larry Barsalou of Emory University lectures on understanding our conceptual system through our brains' modal systems. The title of Barsalou's talk is Grounding Knowledge in the Brain's Modal Systems. MTS talks are supported by a generous gift from Dr. Robert J. Glushko and Dr. Pamela Samuelson. The theme of the Fall 2011 talks is Space in the Mind and in the World.
Cognitive and Information Sciences of University of California, Merced, presents its seventh consecutive Mind Technology and Society (MTS) talk series, 2011-12. In this MTS presentation, Professor Jeremy Bailenson lectures on the past, present, and future influence of Virtual Reality upon social interactions and the individual. The title of Bailenson's talk is Infinite Reality and the Virtual Self. MTS talks are supported by a generous gift from Dr. Robert J. Glushko and Dr. Pamela Samuelson. The theme of the Fall 2011 talks is Space in the Mind and in the World.
Cognitive and Information Sciences of University of California, Merced, presents its seventh consecutive Mind Technology and Society (MTS) talk series, 2011-12. In this MTS presentation, Professor Eric M. Riggs lectures on how to approach geological concepts from a cognitive prespective. The title of Riggs' talk is Thinking and Reasoning about Geology. MTS talks are supported by a generous gift from Dr. Robert J. Glushko and Dr. Pamela Samuelson. The theme of the Fall 2011 talks is Space in the Mind and in the World.
Cognitive and Information Sciences of University of California, Merced, presents its seventh consecutive Mind Technology and Society (MTS) talk series, 2011-12. In this MTS presentation, Professor David M. Mark lectures on the conceptualization of landscape features in different languages. The title of Mark's talk is Space in the Mind and in the World: Categories for Landscape Features across Languages, Disciplines, and Cultures. MTS talks are supported by a generous gift from Dr. Robert J. Glushko and Dr. Pamela Samuelson. The theme of the Fall 2011 talks is Space in the Mind and in the World.
Cognitive and Information Sciences of University of California, Merced, presents its seventh consecutive Mind Technology and Society (MTS) talk series, 2011-12. In this MTS presentation, Professor Shawn Newsam lectures on the use of social website databases for understanding geographic information. The title of Mark's talk is Social Multimedia as Volunteered Geographic Information: Crowdsourcing What-Is-Where Through Proximate Sensing. MTS talks are supported by a generous gift from Dr. Robert J. Glushko and Dr. Pamela Samuelson. The theme of the Fall 2011 talks is Space in the Mind and in the World.
Cognitive and Information Sciences of University of California, Merced, presents its seventh consecutive Mind Technology and Society (MTS) talk series, 2011-12. In this MTS presentation, Professor Benjamin Bergen lectures on how language may influence the probability of mental simulation. The title of Bergen's talk is, Does language put mental simulation in the driver's seat? MTS talks are supported by a generous gift from Dr. Robert J. Glushko and Dr. Pamela Samuelson. The theme of the Fall 2011 talks is Space in the Mind and in the World.
Cognitive and Information Sciences of University of California, Merced, presents its seventh consecutive Mind Technology and Society (MTS) talk series, 2011-12. In this MTS presentation, Stanford University Research Associate Nicolas Davidenko lectures on how environmental as well as retinal inversion can effect the perception of faces. The title of Davidenko's talk is Evidence for environmental inversion effects in face perception. MTS talks are supported by a generous gift from Dr. Robert J. Glushko and Dr. Pamela Samuelson. The theme of the Fall 2011 talks is Space in the Mind and in the World.
