Call for Papers, Posters, and Special Sessions
Thirty-sixth Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology
July 24-27, 2001, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah USA
Deadline for Submissions: 2 April, 2003
The 36th annual meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology will be held at Weber State University, Ogden, Utah. The organizing committee includes Thad Cowan and Eric Jacobsen. The meetings will follow the usual format, with paper sessions over two and one-half days (25-26 July). We will also try to have a poster session contingent upon submissions.
Papers for the meetings may be submitted by regular members, student members, and non-members. Any one person may present only one paper, but may be a co-author of other papers, or may be an invited speaker or symposium participant. Papers will be limited to those in which mathematical, statistical, or simulation methods play a significant role in the development of psychological hypotheses or the interpretation of results. Purely theoretical developments should clearly relate to substantive issues or contribute to methodologies of obvious use in psychology, cognitive science, cognitive neuroscience, and related areas. Experimental results should bear directly on some mathematical or simulation model. Programs of past meetings appear in the Journal of Mathematical Psychology, are available on the web at the Society's web site, http://www.socsci.uci.edu/smp/.
Usually members of the society are welcome to make suggestions for symposia and invited speakers. However, in light of the recent awarding of the Nobel Prize in Economics to Daniel Kahneman, we are having two symposia on Judgement and Choice dedicated to the memory of Amos Tversky, Daniel Kahneman’s collaborator and long time memory of the Society. It was felt that this honor would be fitting since Amos undoubtedly would have shared the Nobel Prize were he alive. Information regarding registration, lodging, and travel will be available on the Web at a site to be established.
Papers will be accepted on the basis of their quality and suitability and not according to the author's affiliation with the Society. Presentations that bridge disciplines, or that treat issues of mathematical interest in the behavioral and social sciences, cognitive science, and cognitive neuroscience are highly encouraged. For oral papers, presentation time will be limited to a maximum of 25 minutes including five minutes for discussion (stricter time limits may be imposed, depending on the number of submissions accepted). Sessions will be strictly timed.
As was the case last year, we are considering adding a poster session. If there are sufficient submissions, we will do so. Poster presentations have the advantage of longer discussion time, less formality, and closer audience contact. The "status" associated with poster presentations will be equal to that associated with oral presentations.
There will also be a special workshop following the meetings on Monday, July 28, 2003...
Submissions
Submissions should be prepared as ASCII text files and sent via e-mail to Thad Cowan (tcowan@ weber.edu) or by snail mail to T. M. Cowan (see address below).
Submissions must include the following information:
1. Title of the presentation or session
2. Authorship: for all authors and co-authors provide: Name, institutional affiliation, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers
3.Membership status in the Society for Mathematical Psychology (member, student member, or nonmember). Please specify who will present at the meeting.
4. Format preference: Only wish to present a spoken paper, prefer spoken paper, willing to give a poster, no preference-either spoken or poster is fine, prefer poster, willing to give a spoken paper only willing to present a poster
5. Category of the presentation: a. neuroscience and cognitive neuroscience b. psychophysics c. sensation and perception d. measurement and scaling e. information processing and performance g. learning and memory f. cognition and language g. categorization h. judgment, decision, and choice i. social psychology j. methodology and statistics k. teaching l. applied m. other (please specify)
6. Abstract: 150-250 words
For additional information, please contact:
Thaddeus Cowan Psychology Department 1202 University Circle Weber State University Ogden, Utah 84408-1201 USA
Phone: (801) 626-8157 (office) (801) 626 6247 (Psychology Dept.) (801) 6213760 (home) (801) 626-6275 fax
Email: tc.pw@relia.net tcowan@weber.edu