Connectionists: Generative Episodic Memory conference - deadline for abstracts

[Vinita Samarasinghe]

The deadline to submit abstracts for GEM 2023 - Generative Episodic 
Memory: Interdisciplinary perspectives from neuroscience, psychology and 
philosophy - is fast approaching.

The DFG-funded research consortium “FOR 2812 – Constructing scenarios of 
the past” https://for2812.rub.de is proud to announce a call for 
abstracts for its biennial conference *GEM 2023* (Generative Episodic 
Memory: Interdisciplinary perspectives from neuroscience, psychology and 
philosophy), which will be held *in person*at the Ruhr University 
Bochum, Germany from 12^th to 14^th June 2023. For more information on 
the conference please visit https://for2812.rub.de/gem2023.

*Keynote speakers:
*

  * Ali Boyle (LSE)
  * Felipe De Brigard (Duke U.)
  * Christian Leibold (U. Freiburg)
  * Kenneth Norman (Princeton U.)
  * Peggy St. Jacques (U. Alberta)
  * Maria Wimber (U. Glasgow)

We invite submissions for symposia, talks and posters. *Please note that 
all presentations are in person.*

*Funding for early career researchers is available *(visit 
https://for2812.rub.de/gem2023/early_career_researcher_program for more 
details).

Episodic memories are widely regarded as memories of personally 
experienced events. Early concepts about episodic memory were based on 
the storage model, according to which experiential content is preserved 
in memory and later retrieved. However, overwhelming empirical evidence 
suggests that the content of episodic memory is – at least to a certain 
degree – constructed in the act of remembering. Even though very few 
contemporary researchers would oppose this view of episodic memory as a 
generative process, it has not become the standard paradigm of empirical 
memory research. This is particularly true for studies of the neural 
correlates of episodic memory. Further hindering progress are large 
conceptual differences regarding episodic memory across different 
fields, such as neuroscience, philosophy, and psychology. This 
interdisciplinary conference therefore aims to bring together 
researchers from all relevant fields to advance the state of the art in 
the research on generative episodic memory.


      *Abstract* submission deadlines [GMT +1 (CET)]:

Abstract submission – 15.03.2023
Notification of acceptance – 15.04.2023


      Submission guidelines:

Abstracts mustbe submitted in English and be no longer than 500 
words.Submitted work must be original and unpublished andsubmitted 
electronically athttps://www.conftool.net/gem2023/.

Types of submissions:

  *

    Talks

  *

    Symposia: In addition to submitting individual talks there is also
    the option to submit a set of talks (henceforth called symposium).
    Symposiamust be interdisciplinary in nature, i.e., they must contain
    talks from at least two of the following disciplines: computational
    neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and must
    comprise 3 talks. Please note that if one or more of the talks that
    make up the symposium are rejected the remainingtalks are not
    automatically rejected. They will be scheduled into the general
    program by the program committee.

  *

    Posters

Please ensure that your files are in PDF format and are no larger than 
10 MB.

We look forward to welcoming you in Bochum.

Vinita Samarasinghe

Coordinator

-- 
Vinita Samarasinghe M.Sc., M.A.

Science Manager
Arbeitsgruppe Computational Neuroscience
Institut für Neuroinformatik
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, NB 3/73
Postfachnummer 110
Universitätstr. 150
44801 Bochum

Tel: +49 (0) 234 32 27996
Email:samarasinghe at ini.rub.de
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