<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br><b>Workshop on “Computational Modeling of Cognition-Emotion Interactions: </b></div><div><b>Relevance to Mechanisms of Affective Disorders and Psychotherapeutic Action”</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><a href="https://people.cs.umass.edu/~hudlicka/cogsci2014-cog-em.html">https://people.cs.umass.edu/~hudlicka/cogsci2014-cog-em.html</a></span></b></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>In conjunction with CogSci 2014 (<a href="http://cognitivesciencesociety.org/conference2014/index.html">http://cognitivesciencesociety.org/conference2014/index.html</a>)<br>July 23, 2014<br>Quebec City, Quebec<br></div><div>--------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><b>Objectives</b></div><div> <br>Recent years have witnessed an increasing interest in developing computational models of emotion and emotion-cognition interaction, </div><div>within the emerging area of computational affective science. At the same time, emotion theorists and clinical psychologists have been</div><div> recognizing the importance of moving beyond descriptive characterizations of affective disorders, and identifying the underlying </div><div>mechanisms that mediate both psychopathology and psychotherapeutic action.<br><br>Computational models of cognition-emotion interactions have the potential to facilitate more accurate assessment and diagnosis of </div><div>affective disorders, and to provide a basis for more efficient and targeted approaches to treatment, through an improved understanding</div><div> of the mechanisms of therapeutic action.<br><br>In spite of the significant synergy that could result from a dialogue among researchers and practitioners in affective modeling, </div><div>emotion research and clinical psychology, limited interaction exists among these communities. The goal of this workshop is to</div><div> provide a forum for interdisciplinary dialog among the members of these research communities, and explore how computational</div><div> models of emotion-cognition interaction can help elucidate the mechanisms mediating affective disorders, as well as the</div><div> mechanisms of therapeutic action.<br><br><b>Workshop Format</b></div><div><br>To facilitate cross-disciplinary discussions and interaction, the workshop format will emphasize moderated panels, small working groups, </div><div>and open discussion, in addition to the traditional paper sessions. To this end, we encourage submissions of proposals for discussion topics, </div><div>panels and small working groups.<br><br>Keynote address: Keith Oatley, University of Toronto –<br> “The cognitive bases of emotions, emotional disorders and psychotherapy.”<br><br><b>Submission Guidelines</b><br><br>Interested participants should submit extended abstracts (1-3 pages), discussion and working group topics (1 page), or panel proposals (1-2 pages)</div><div> to <a href="mailto:hudlicka@cs.umass.edu">hudlicka@cs.umass.edu</a> by June 1. </div><div><br></div><div>Relevant topics include:<br><br>· Which processes mediating cognition-emotion interactions are sufficiently well understood to support </div><div> computational modeling (e.g., affective biases on attention & perception; emotion regulation; cognitive appraisal)?<br>· How can models of these processes contribute to an understanding of the mechanisms of therapeutic action, </div><div> across different types of psychotherapies (e.g., cognitive, psychodynamic, emotion-focused)?<br>· What are the relative benefits and drawbacks of the dominant theoretical perspectives on emotion with respect</div><div> to computational models of emotion-cognition interaction and therapeutic action (e.g., discrete / categorical models,</div><div> dimensional models (PAD), componential models)?<br>· What are the best representational and reasoning approaches for modeling cognitive-affective schemas and their transformation</div><div> during therapy? Can we characterize the differences in these transformations across distinct therapeutic approaches</div><div> (e.g., cognitive, metacognitive, emotion-focused, motivational interviewing, psychodynamic)?<br>· What are the most appropriate computational methods for modeling the distinct modalities of affective processes </div><div> (e.g., physiological / somatic, expressive /behavioral, cognitive)?<br>· How can we model intermodal interactions across processes operating at different time scales?<br>· What types of data are necessary to develop these models, and how can these be obtained?<br>· For a given affective process and modality, what criteria determine the best level of model resolution </div><div> (e.g., models of lower-level processes via connectionist methods vs. higher-level symbolic models)?<br>· How can we validate computational models of cognition-emotion interactions and therapeutic action, and </div><div> what are the limits of this validation (e.g., validation of detailed symbolic models hypothesizing specific internal mental</div><div> constructs, such as goals or plans, may not be possible with current technologies).<br> <br>Addressing these questions from a multi-disciplinary perspective will provide the context within which concrete gaps</div><div> in both theoretical knowledge and methodologies can be identified, and research priorities established. <br><br>Submitters will receive notification of acceptance/rejection by June 15.<br><br>For more information see: <a href="https://people.cs.umass.edu/~hudlicka/cogsci2014-cog-em.html">https://people.cs.umass.edu/~hudlicka/cogsci2014-cog-em.html</a><br><br><b>Post-Workshop Publication</b></div><div><br>The workshop papers will be published as a separate report, and both the papers and the presentations will be made available</div><div> on the workshop web site. The workshop organizers will also pursue the possibility of a special issue of a relevant journal (TBD)</div><div> and/or an edited volume in the Affective Science Series published by Oxford University Press.<br><b><br>Program Committee</b></div><div><br>Eva Hudlicka, Chair, Psychometrix Associates & University of Massachusetts-Amherst<br>Michael Arbib, University of Southern California<br>Jorge Armony, McGill University<br>Luc Beaudoin, Simon Fraser University<br>Jean-Marc Fellous, University of Arizona<br>Ian Horswill, Northwestern University<br>Richard Lane, University of Arizona<br>Matthias Scheutz, Tufts University</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true">----------------<br>Eva Hudlicka, PhD<br>Psychometrix Associates, Inc.<br>School of Computer Science - U.Mass.-Amherst<br><br><a href="http://psychometrixassociates.com">psychometrixassociates.com</a><br><br><br><br><br></div><br></body></html>