Program

PROGRAM

Tutorials:

Building cognition from spiking neurons: Nengo and the neural engineering framework (Terrence C Stewart and Chris Eliasmith)
A practical introduction to distributed collaboration for formal modelling Andy Wills, Charlotte E. R. Edmunds, Kenneth J. Kurtz, and Garrett Honke
Practical advice on how to run human behavioral studies Frank E. Ritter
Advances in data collection and analysis of card sorting data Simon J. Blanchard
CV and Resume Writing Workshop by Women of Mathematical Psychology

Sunday, July 23rd

language

09:00	Paul Mätzig, Shravan Vasishth, Felix Engelmann and David Caplan A computational investigation of sources of variability in sentence comprehension difficulty in aphasia ( abstract paper ) Newell award for best student paper
09:20	Peter Lindes and John E. Laird Ambiguity Resolution in a Cognitive Model of Language Comprehension ( abstract paper )
09:40	Shravan Vasishth, Lena Jäger and Bruno Nicenboim Feature overwriting as a finite mixture process: Evidence from comprehension data ( abstract paper )
10:00	Junya Morita, Takeshi Konno, Jiro Okuda, Kazuyuki Samejima, Guanhong Li, Masayuki Fujiwara and Takashi Hashimoto Implicit Memory Processing in the Formation of a Shared Communication System ( abstract paper )

emotion

10:40	Marieke van Vugt, Maarten van der Velde and Esm-Merge Investigators How does rumination impact cognition? A first mechanistic model. ( abstract paper )
11:00	Christopher Dancy and David Schwartz A computational cognitive-affective model of decision-making ( abstract paper )
11:20	Dean Petters A New Direction for Attachment Modelling: Simulating Q Set Descriptors ( abstract paper )
11:40	Amir J. Moye and Marieke K. van Vugt A computational model of focused attention meditation and its transfer to a sustained attention task ( abstract paper)

neuroscience symposium

14:40	Jakub Dotlacil Building an ACT-R reader for eye-tracking corpus data ( abstract paper)
15:00	Royce Anders Data-Driven Process Models and Brain-Lesion Data: How Patient-Based Analyses Can Inform us about Interference and Cognitive Control ( abstract )
15:20	John R. Anderson Combining Space and Time in the Mind ( abstract )
15:40	Leendert van Maanen Understanding the Dynamics of Decision Boundaries in the Brain ( abstract )

neuroscience symposium

16:20	Andrea Stocco Using Effective Connectivity to Test Computational Cognitive Models: It’s Models All the Way Down (and it’s a Good Thing!) ( abstract )
16:40	Brandon Turner A Model for the Neural and Mechanistic Basis of Self Control ( abstract )
17:00	Jelmer Borst Using Large-Scale Spiking Neural Networks to simulate MEG data of Associative Recognition ( abstract )

Monday, July 24th

neuroscience

09:00	Terry Stewart and Marcie Penner-Wilger Analysis of a Common Neural Component for Finger Gnosis and Magnitude Comparison ( abstract paper)
09:20	Mariah Martin Shein, Terrence C. Stewart and Chris Eliasmith Parameter exploration of a neural model of state transition probabilities in model-based reinforcement learning ( abstract paper )
09:40	Patrick Rice and Andrea Stocco Basal Ganglia-Inspired Functional Constraints Improve the Robustness of Q-value Estimates in Model-Free Reinforcement Learning ( abstract paper )
10:00	Paul S. Rosenbloom, Abram Demski and Volkan Ustun Toward a Neural-Symbolic Sigma: Introducing Neural Network Learning ( abstract paper )

neuroscience

10:40	Wojciech Zajkowski, Malgorzata Kossut and Robert Wilson A causal role for right frontopolar cortex in directed, but not random, exploration ( abstract paper )
11:00	Vassilis Cutsuridis A Neural Accumulator Model of Antisaccade Performance of Healthy Controls and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Patients ( abstract paper)
11:20	Andrea Caso and Richard P. Cooper A Neurocomputational Model of Learning to Select Actions ( abstract paper )
11:40	Aaron Sloman Gaps Between Human and Artificial Mathematics ( abstract paper)

reasoning

14:40	Fintan Costello and Paul Watts Noisy Reasoning: a Model of Probability Estimation and Inferential Judgment ( abstract paper )
15:00	Marco Ragni and Alice Ping Ping Tse Cognitive Computational Models for Conditional Reasoning ( abstract paper)
15:20	Alice Ping Ping Tse, Marco Ragni and Johanna Lösch Beyond the Visual Impedance Effect ( abstract )
15:40	Sabine Prezenski Implementing Mental Model Updating in ACT-R ( abstract paper)

decision making

16:20	Tsunhin John Wong, Jonathan Nelson and Lael Schooler Sequential search behavior changes according to distribution shape despite having a rank-based goal ( abstract paper )
16:40	Neha Sharma and Varun Dutt Decisions from Experience: Modeling Choices due to Variation in Sampling Strategies ( abstract paper )
17:00	Torr Polakow and Goren Gordon Quantum Entanglement, Weak Measurements and the Conjunction and Disjunction Fallacies ( abstract paper)

Tuesday, July 25th

human performance & visual cognition

09:00	Jennifer Smith, Mashrura Musharraf and Brian Veitch Data informed cognitive modelling of offshore emergency egress behaviour ( abstract paper )
09:20	Jan-Patrick Osterloh, Jochem W. Rieger and Andreas Luedtke Modelling Workload of a Virtual Driver ( abstract paper )
09:40	Bertram Wortelen and Sebastian Feuerstack Comparing the Input Validity of Model-based Visual Attention Predictions based on presenting Exemplary Situations either as Videos or Static Images ( abstract paper)
10:00	Stefan Lindner, Nele Russwinkel, Lennart Arlt, Max Neufeld and Lukas Schattenhofer Modeling of Visual Search and Influence of Item Similarity ( abstract paper )

artificial systems

10:40	James Ward, Robert St. Amant and Maryanne Fields Spatial relationships and fuzzy methods: Experimentation and modeling ( abstract paper)
11:00	Arianna Yuan and Michael Tessler Generating Random Sequences For You: Modeling Subjective Randomness in Competitive Games ( abstract paper )
11:20	Bryan Stearns, John Laird and Mazin Assanie Applying Primitive Elements Theory for Procedural Transfer in Soar ( abstract paper )
11:40

language

14:40	Michael Henry Tessler, Michael Lopez-Brau and Noah Goodman Warm (for winter): Comparison class understanding in vague language ( abstract paper)
15:00	Matthew Kelly, David Reitter and Robert West Degrees of Separation in Semantic and Syntactic Relationships ( abstract paper)
15:20	Jeremy Cole, Moojan Ghafurian and David Reitter Linking Memory Activation and Word Adoption in Social Language Use via Rational Analysis ( abstract paper)
15:40	Jeremy Cole and David Reitter Examining Working Memory during Sentence Construction with an ACT-R Model of Grammatical Encoding ( abstract paper )