[visionlist] Call for abstracts: Rovereto workshop on Concepts, Actions, Objects. Italy, May 2013

[Peelen, Marius Vincent]

Dear Colleague,

The 7th annual Rovereto workshop on Concepts, Actions and Objects (CAOs) will take place at the Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, May 23rd – 26th, 2013, in Rovereto, Italy.

Invited speakers:

Moshe Bar, Harvard Medical School, USA ; Bar-llan University, Israel
Laurel Buxbaum, Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, USA
Roberto Caminiti, University of Rome "la Sapienza", Italy
Sheng He, University of Minnesota, USA
Brad Mahon, University of Rochester, USA
Alex Martin, The National Institute of Mental Health, USA
Hans Op de Beeck, University of Leuven, Belgium
Pawan Sinha, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Frank Tong, Vanderbilt University, USA


The Rovereto workshop provides a unique forum for researchers from a range of perspectives who are interested in Concepts, Actions, and Objects to come together to discuss their research and develop new directions and collaborations. There are a small number of speakers (all invited) and there are no concurrent talks. There will also be a poster session. Abstract submission for poster presentations closes on the 11th of March. The five best abstracts with students or postdocs as first author will receive a 200 euro award.

Registration for the workshop is now open. Please note that there are a limited number of places. To secure your place and/or to submit an abstract go to: http://events.unitn.it/en/cimec-caos2013

The CAOs workshop is sponsored by the Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, University of Trento, Italy.

Workshop Organizers
Alfonso Caramazza - Mel Goodale - Brad Mahon - Alex Martin - Marius Peelen