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Glyn Humphreys: Special Issue of Visual Cognition
by Jim Tanaka 03 May '16

03 May '16

Call for Papers The Visual Mind A Special Issue of Visual Cognition in Honour of Glyn Humphreys Submission deadline: November 1, 2016 Guest Editor: Christian Olivers Guest Associate Editors: Jim Tanaka, Charles Folk, Iain Gilchrist, Dana Samson, Martin Edwards, and Jane Riddoch. Glyn Humphreys has left a tremendous legacy in the field of visual perception and beyond. Through his enormous creativity, breadth and depth of research, there is virtually no area in vision science that he has not had an impact on, and he will be remembered as probably the most versatile scientist in the field so far. Visual search, spatial vision, perceptual organization, object recognition, semantic processing and categorization, face perception, visual neglect, visual agnosia, perception for action, visual working memory, inhibition and cognitive control, reading, and social vision – and the list is probably still not complete. As the founder and first chief editor of Visual Cognition, he was one of the first to recognize the importance of higher order cognitive processes in vision. He has provided many demonstrations of this himself, such as the crucial role of perceptual grouping by similarity in visual search, the effects of action affordances on object perception, and, most recently, the role of the image of the self on visual selection. Moreover, he combined his vast knowledge base with a wide range of methods, from investigating normal to neuropsychological behavior, and from neuroimaging to computational modeling. Glyn was multidisciplinary avant la lettre. For these reasons it does not make sense to make this special issue about a specific topic. Instead, it will pay tribute to a very special person. Someone who was able to create a warm, open and vibrant research atmosphere, and inspire many scientists young and old. He truly reached out, not only to other fields, but also to people from upcoming countries, in order to improve science in general. To honor the contributions of Glyn Humphreys, we invite submissions that are based on, inspired by, or otherwise related to his work. Topics are flexible but should cover higher order processes related to vision, and be demonstrably linked to Glyn’s work. Naturally, as good science befits, this may also include arguments and evidence against Glyn’s ideas. We foresee that topics may self-organize into various themes, which could include, among other topics: - Visual attention (e.g. visual search, visual hemineglect) - Object recognition (e.g. viewpoint invariance, categorization, visual agnosia) - Perception for action (e.g. affordances, apraxia) - Social vision (e.g. perspective taking, self-salience) Both empirical papers and integrative reviews will be considered. All submissions will undergo normal full peer review, maintaining the same high editorial standards as for regular submissions to Visual Cognition. Manuscripts should be submitted using the electronic submission portal (https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/pvis) on or before Nov 1, 2016. Please select the appropriate especial issue as manuscript type when submitting and you should state in a covering letter to the editor that the paper should be considered for the special issue honoring Glyn Humphreys. The deadline is firm; our intention is to publish the special issue within nine months after the submission deadline. Revisions invited by the guest editors will be expected within two months of receipt of the editorial decision letter and reviews.

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postdoc position
by Peter Hancock 03 May '16

03 May '16

I have a second postdoc position available to work on the psychology of human face recognition; part of a large project looking at improving computerised face recognition. http://www.stir.ac.uk/about/jobs/details/index.html?id=QUUFK026203F3VBQB7V7… Peter Peter Hancock Professor, Deputy Head of Psychology, School of Natural Sciences University of Stirling FK9 4LA, UK phone 01786 467675 fax 01786 467641 http://www.psychology.stir.ac.uk/staff/staff-profiles/academic-staff/peter-… Psychology at Stirling: 100% 4* Impact, REF2014 Come and study Face Perception at the University of Stirling! Our unique MSc in the Psychology of Faces is open for applications. For more information see http://www.stir.ac.uk/postgraduate/programme-information/prospectus/psychol…

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face research opportunity at University of Glasgow
by Benedict Jones 29 Apr '16

29 Apr '16

Face research opportunity at University of Glasgow We are advertising for a postdoc or RA to work on an ERC-funded project on social perception of faces. The job advert is below. Email the PI (ben.jones(a)glasgow.ac.uk) for more information. http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ANN883/research-assistant-associate/

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older adults face stimuli
by Anna Bobak 20 Apr '16

20 Apr '16

Dear All, I'm looking for a database with older adult (70 years old and above) faces, ideally where multiple images of the same person are available. Any help or advice where to look for such stimuli set would be greatly appreciated. With very best wishes, Anna Anna Bobak Research Fellow Bournemouth University Department of Psychology Faculty of Science and Technology Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow Poole, BH12 5BB Email: abobak(a)bournemouth.ac.uk<mailto:abobak@bournemouth.ac.uk> Tel: 01202 961532 BU is a Disability Two Ticks Employer and has signed up to the Mindful Employer charter. Information about the accessibility of University buildings can be found on the BU DisabledGo webpages This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this email, which must not be copied, distributed or disclosed to any other person. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Bournemouth University or its subsidiary companies. Nor can any contract be formed on behalf of the University or its subsidiary companies via email.

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research assistant and psychologist positions at Max Planck Institute-CBS, Leipzig, Germany
by Katharina von Kriegstein 18 Apr '16

18 Apr '16

Applications are welcomed for two positions in the Human Communication group lead by Katharina von Kriegstein at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (MPI-CBS) in Leipzig, Germany. Research in the group focuses on the investigation of neural mechanisms of human communication using a broad spectrum of neuroscientific methods (functional and structural MRI, MEG, tDCS, TMS). Research involves typically developed populations as well as populations with developmental communication deficits (developmental dyslexia, autism spectrum disorder, phonagnosia, proposagnosia). Research Assistant: http://www.mpg.de/10451891/research-assistant-lab-manager The position will involve recruiting participants, running behavioural tests, assistance with data-acquisition in MRI, TMS and tDCS studies, assistance with data analyses, grant writing and literature searches, attending lab meetings, supervising undergraduate students in the lab and overseeing day-to-day lab operations. The position is available part or full time. It includes the opportunity to pursue a variety of research opportunities that can result in authorship on academic publications. Psychologist: http://www.mpg.de/10451838/20161504-1 (in German) The position is available part time. The main duty will be to support diagnostic testing in people with communication disorders (e.g. autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, developmental prosopagnosia). The position offers the possibility to be involved in research. For further information on the positions and instructions on how to apply please follow the links provided above. --- Katharina von Kriegstein Max Planck Research Group Leader Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Stephanstr. 1A, 04103 Leipzig, Germany Professor of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience Humboldt University of Berlin Rudower Chaussee 18, 12489 Berlin, Germany Phone +49 (0) 341-9940-2476 Fax +49 (0) 341-9940-2448 http://www.cbs.mpg.de/independent-research-groups/human-communication

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12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision (APCV2016): Abstract submission deadline (March 31) approaching
by Kate Crookes 09 Mar '16

09 Mar '16

12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision (APCV2016) Reminder: Deadline for Abstract submission (March 31) approaching The 12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision will take place in Fremantle, Western Australia from July 14 to 17, 2016. Information about the conference can be found at: http://www.apcv2016.org/ We invite you to join us to present and discuss current Vision Science research, in addition to enjoying the city of Fremantle (see Lonely Planet’s list of must-visit locations in 2016, http://www.lonelyplanet.com/best-in-travel/cities/7 ), the Swan Valley and, further afield, the Margaret River Wine region. We are accepting abstracts and invite suggestions for symposia from now on. APCV2016 welcomes original research work on all aspects of vision, multisensory perception, decision and action, and related topics. Abstracts will be peered reviewed and published in i-Perception. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Shin’ya Nishida, NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Japan Concetta Morrone, University of Pisa, Italy Shaun Collin, University of Western Australia IMPORTANT DATES Call for symposia closes: February 19, 2016. (Organisers informed about status of symposium by March 15) (Symposia are envisaged to be 4-5 speakers in a 90 minute session) Call for abstracts (talks and posters) closes: March 31, 2016. Early registration deadline: May 15, 2016. We hope to see you in Perth July 14-17! Regards, APCV2016 Organizing Committee -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kate Crookes, PhD Rm 113 Ph: (08) 64883240 ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders School of Psychology (M304), University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia. http://www.ccd.edu.au<http://www.ccd.edu.au/> Follow the CCD Person Perception node on twitter https://twitter.com/PersonPercept or like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CCDPersonPerception

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TEDxGoodenoughCollege calling for speakers
by Javier Elkin 08 Mar '16

08 Mar '16

Dear all, As a long time member of these lists and Curator of TEDxGoodenoughCollege, I wanted to personally invite you to apply to this year’s exclusive conference to be held on *May 21st, 2016 in London. * TEDxGoodenoughCollege is a full-day event with a live audience of 200 and an online audience over 1,000. In the spirit of TED’s mission of finding “Ideas Worth Spreading”, we are looking for ideas in line with our theme of “*Breaking Boundaries*”. Every day people are creating new ways for how we view the world, pushing past our previous expectations and paradigms. TEDxGoodenoughCollege will be a platform for inspirational ideas that embody this principle of “Breaking Boundaries”*.* If successful, your talk will be professionally filmed, edited, and uploaded to the TEDx YouTube channel for a chance to be featured on TED.com. You will also be assigned a Speaker Manager to help you style and edit your slides and speech and “TED-ify” your talk to maximize your chances of being featured on TED.com. *Deadline for speaker applications are on* *Friday March 18th* with a round of interviews soon after. If you would like to apply please follow this *link <http://www.tedxgoodenoughcollege.com/application-form-2016/>* and visit our website <http://www.tedxgoodenoughcollege.com/> to learn more about the conference. Respectfully, Javier Elkin | *Curator*

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CBAR@IEEE CVPR 2016 CFP: 4th International Workshop on Context Based Affect Recognition @ IEEE CVPR 2016
by zakia hammal 08 Mar '16

08 Mar '16

Apologies for cross-posting ************************************************************************************************************************** CBAR 2016: CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE CVPR2016, 4th International Workshop on CONTEXT BASED AFFECT RECOGNITION CBAR2016 http://cbar2016.blogspot.com/ Submission Deadline: March 20, 2016 ************************************************************************************************************************** The 4th International Workshop on Context Based Affect Recognition (CBAR 2016) will be held in conjunction with IEEE CVPR 2016 in June 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada – http://cvpr2016.thecvf.com/ For details concerning the workshop program, paper submission guidelines, etc. please visit our workshop website at: http://cbar2016.blogspot.com/ Best regards, Zakia Hammal Zakia Hammal, PhD The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University http://www.ri.cmu.edu/ http://www.pitt.edu/~emotion/ZakiaHammal.html

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12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision (APCV2016): Symposium deadline approaching
by Kate Crookes 12 Feb '16

12 Feb '16

12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision (APCV2016) Reminder: Deadline for symposium proposals approaching The 12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision will take place in Fremantle, Western Australia from July 14 to 17, 2016. Information about the conference can be found at:http://www.apcv2016.org/ We invite you to join us to present and discuss current Vision Science research, in addition to enjoying the city of Fremantle (see Lonely Planet’s list of must-visit locations in 2016, http://www.lonelyplanet.com/best-in-travel/cities/7 ), the Swan Valley and, further afield, the Margaret River Wine region. We are accepting abstracts and invite suggestions for symposia from now on. APCV2016 welcomes original research work on all aspects of vision, multisensory perception, decision and action, and related topics. Abstracts will be peered reviewed and published in i-Perception. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Shin’ya Nishida, NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Japan Concetta Morrone, University of Pisa, Italy Shaun Collin, University of Western Australia IMPORTANT DATES Call for symposia closes: February 19, 2016. (Organisers informed about status of symposium by March 15) (Symposia are envisaged to be 4-5 speakers in a 90 minute session) Call for abstracts (talks and posters) closes: March 31, 2016. Early registration deadline: May 15, 2016. We hope to see you in Perth July 14-17! Regards, APCV2016 Organizing Committee -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kate Crookes, PhD Rm 113 Ph: (08) 64883240 ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders School of Psychology (M304), University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia. http://www.ccd.edu.au Follow the CCD Person Perception node on twitter https://twitter.com/PersonPercept or like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CCDPersonPerception

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Let's Face It iPad App
by James Tanaka 07 Feb '16

07 Feb '16

Do you have problems learning names and faces? If so, you might want to try out our free “Let’s Face It!” Scrapbook iPad app. LFI Scrapbook allows the user to add and update content to the program using the iPad’s camera and video features. Our LFI Scrapbook website (http://web.uvic.ca/~carte/lfiscrapbook.html) tells you more about the app and has the link to the iTunes Store. Take LFI for a test drive. We would be interested in your comments and suggestions. Thanks! Jim Tanaka Professor, Dept. of Psychology Director, Different Minds Lab Co-Director, Brain & Cognition Lab University of Victoria Victoria, BC Canada

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