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Seeing and Imagining Are Different in the Brain
The Sistine Chapel is a truly awe-inspiring sight: a testimony to human ingenuity, effort, and creativity. No less awe-inspiring — and far less easily understood — are the mental processes that allow humans to see the chapel’s famous vaulted ceilings and the paintings that adorn them. We know more or less how the Sistine Chapel was built and decorated, but scientists are still figuring out what goes on in our brains when we see it. In an article published in the Journal of Cognitive Psychology, William L. Thompson adds to our understanding of visual perception by contrasting visual attention with visual mental imagery.
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Call for Submissions: Special Issue of Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics on “Structure of Visual Working Memory”
The journal Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, the official journal of the Psychonomic Society, is requesting submissions on the topic of the structure of visual working memory. Submissions are due by July 1, 2013 for publication in Winter 2013. We will consider regular Research Articles, Short Reports, and a limited number of Opinion/Review pieces. For Opinion / Review submissions, please send a presubmission inquiry to Jeremy Wolfe ([email protected]), Editor. This special issue is coordinated with a Symposium on the same topic to be held at the Vision Sciences Society meeting, Naples, Florida, May 10, 2013.
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Improving Students’ Learning With Effective Learning Techniques: Promising Directions From Cognitive and Educational Psychology
Read the Full Text (PDF, HTML) Some students seem to breeze through their school years, whereas others struggle, putting them at risk for getting lost in our educational system and not reaching their full potential.
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Motivation in Social Contexts: Theory and Practice
The upcoming conference Motivation in Social Contexts: Theory and Practice, to be held June 29 –July 2, 2013, in Krakow, Poland. The conference will be jointly sponsored by Jagiellonian University, the University of Gadansk and the Society for the Study of Motivation (SSM). It will immediately follow a small group meeting concerned with motivational, affective, and cognitive factors involved in knowledge formation (June 27-28). The small group meeting is organized by Arie Kruglanski (University of Maryland) and Arne Roets (University Ghent) and sponsored by the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP).
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NITOP January 2014: There Is Still Time to Register!
Registration is still open as of November 20, 2013, for the 36th Annual National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, January 3–6, 2014, at the TradeWinds Island Grand Resort in St. Pete Beach, Florida. For the full program, other details about the conference, and to register online, visit www.nitop.org. If you do not wish to register online, the .pdf version of the registration form can be downloaded from the webpage, completed, and sent to the conference office by email ([email protected]), by Fax (813-973-2835), or by mail to: National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, 27236 Edenfield Drive, Wesley Chapel, FL 33544.
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4th Brain Development & Learning: Making Sense of the Science Conference
Date : July 24-28, 2013 Location : Westin Bayshore Hotel, Vancouver, BC, Canada Learn about (a) important cutting-edge research in neuroscience and mental health, and (b) promising new evidence-based approaches, that can improve patient care, in clear terms you can understand and see the immediate relevance of. Topics include: Sex Differences in the Effects of Prenatal Stress on the Brain; Babies Brains DO Recover, but Habit Often Hides That; Trauma, Stress, & Healing; How Women’s Brains Differ From Men’s; The Neural Basis of Empathy. For information & registration: http://braindevelopmentandlearning.com
