Spatial Language Modules
September 19 - 21, 2014
Venue:
Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg
Lehmkuhlenbusch 4
27753 Delmenhorst
Germany
Organizer:
Dr. Holger Schultheis
SFB/TR 8 Spatial Cognition
Universität Bremen
Spatial Language Modules
September 19 - 21, 2014
Venue:
Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg
Lehmkuhlenbusch 4
27753 Delmenhorst
Germany
Organizer:
Dr. Holger Schultheis
SFB/TR 8 Spatial Cognition
Universität Bremen
This symposiums aims to shed light on and discuss the nature of the components that subserve spatial information processing and communication, that is, spatial language modules, from an interdisciplinary perspective. Topics of particular interest include:
- The nature of spatial language modules
How many and which modules are involved?
Which neural structures support the workings of which modules?
How do the different modules develop? - The interaction of spatial language modules
How do the different modules combine to yield comprehensive spatial
communication skills?
How does control of the modules' interplay develop, how is it realized in neural terms? - The relation of spatial language modules to spatial cognition
To what extent are spatial language modules specifically tailored for language processing or modules that solve more general spatial information processing problems?
Does spatial language influence spatial thinking or vice versa?
This symposiums aims to shed light on and discuss the nature of the components that subserve spatial information processing and communication, that is, spatial language modules, from an interdisciplinary perspective. Topics of particular interest include:
- The nature of spatial language modules
How many and which modules are involved?
Which neural structures support the workings of which modules?
How do the different modules develop? - The interaction of spatial language modules
How do the different modules combine to yield comprehensive spatial
communication skills?
How does control of the modules' interplay develop, how is it realized in neural terms? - The relation of spatial language modules to spatial cognition
To what extent are spatial language modules specifically tailored for language processing or modules that solve more general spatial information processing problems?
Does spatial language influence spatial thinking or vice versa?
Invited Speakers
- Kenny Coventry, University of East Anglia (Norwich, UK)
- John Spencer, University of Iowa (Iowa City, USA)
- Mark Tutton, Université de Nantes (Nantes, France)
- Peggy Li, Harvard University (Cambridge, USA)
- Andrew Lovett, Northwestern University (Chicago, USA)
- John Kelleher, Dublin Institute of Technology (Dublin, Ireland)
- Mikkel Wallentin, Aarhus University (Aarhus, Denmark)
- Michele Burigo, CITEC (Bielefeld, Germany)
- Elena Andonva, New Bulgarian University (Sofia, Bulgaria)
- Simon Dobnik, University of Gothenburg (Gothenburg, Sweden)
- Marijn Struiksma, Utrecht University (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
- Wai-Tat Fu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Urbana-Champaign, USA)
- Gabriele Janzen, Radboud-University Nijmegen (Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
- Didier Maillat, Université de Fribourg (Fribourg, Switzerland)
Program
Friday, September 19
18:00 – 18:10 Welcome
18:10 – 19:00 K. Coventry: ‘What’, ‘where’ and ‘how’ in spatial language and
spatial cognition.
19:00 Dinner
Saturday, September 20
09:00 – 09:35 M. Struiksma: Language and space: Evidence for a supramodal
representation.
09:35 – 10:10 M. Wallentin: The role of the brain’s frontal eye fields in constructing
frame of reference.
10:10 – 10:45 G. Janzen: Individual differences in place learning competence and
spatial frame of reference use in children and adults.
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 11:50 P. Li: Learning spatial frames of reference language.
11:50 – 12:25 W.-T. Fu: Effects of media on remote communication of
spatial information.
12:25 – 13:00 J. Kelleher: How to preposition a robot: Computational approaches
of spatial models.
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:35 J. Spencer: Toward a dynamic field theory of embodied communication:
Words and objects in space.
14:35 – 15:10 A. Lovett: Modeling Visual Problem-Solving and Spatial Reasoning.
15:10 – 15:45 H. Schultheis: Reference frame selection and computing goodness
of fit: An integrated computational model.
15:45 – 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 – 16:50 D. Maillat: Organising space through language: Semantic, pragmatic
and cognitive constraints.
16:50 – 17:25 S. Dobnik: Spatial descriptions on a functional-geometric spectrum:
A data-driven investigation.
17:45 – 19:00 Dinner
19:00 Poster Session
Sunday, September 21
09:00 – 09:40 E. Andonova: Interaction of spatial information sources in
spatial language.
09:40 – 10:20 M. Tutton: Co-speech gestures: What they reveal about how speakers
conceptualise spatial relationships.
10:20 – 11:00 M. Burigo: How the geometry of objects affects spatial
language processing.
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
12:30 – 13:00 Wrap-Up Discussion
13:30 Lunch
Program
Friday, September 19
18:00 – 18:10 Welcome
18:10 – 19:00 K. Coventry: ‘What’, ‘where’ and ‘how’ in spatial language and
spatial cognition.
19:00 Dinner
Saturday, September 20
09:00 – 09:35 M. Struiksma: Language and space: Evidence for a supramodal
representation.
09:35 – 10:10 M. Wallentin: The role of the brain’s frontal eye fields in constructing
frame of reference.
10:10 – 10:45 G. Janzen: Individual differences in place learning com petence and
spatial frame of reference use in children and adults.
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 11:50 P. Li: Learning spatial frames of reference language.
11:50 – 12:25 W.-T. Fu: Effects of media on remote communication of
spatial information.
12:25 – 13:00 J. Kelleher: How to preposition a robot: Computational approaches
of spatial language.
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:35 J. Spencer: Toward a dynamic field theory of embodied communication:
Words and objects in space.
14:35 – 15:10 A. Lovett: Modeling visual problem-solving and spatial reasoning.
15:10 – 15:45 H. Schultheis: Reference frame selection and computing goodness
of fit: An integrated computational model.
15:45 – 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 – 16:50 D. Maillat: Organising space through language: Semantic, pragmatic
and cognitive constraints.
16:50 – 17:25 S. Dobnik: Spatial description on a functional-geometric spectrum:
A data-driven investigation.
17:45 – 19:00 Dinner
19:00 Poster Session
Sunday, September 21
09:00 – 09:40 E. Andonova: Interaction of spatial information sources in
spatial language.
09:40 – 10:20 M. Tutton: Co-speech gestures: What they reveal about how speakers
conceptualise spatial relationships.
10:20 – 11:00 M. Burigo: How the geometry of objects affects spatial
language processing.
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00 Wrap-Up Discussion
13:00 Lunch
Invited Speakers
- Kenny Coventry, University of East Anglia (Norwich, UK)
- John Spencer, University of Iowa (Iowa City, USA)
- Mark Tutton, Université de Nantes (Nantes, France)
- Peggy Li, Harvard University (Cambridge, USA)
- Andrew Lovett, Northwestern University (Chicago, USA)
- John Kelleher, Dublin Institute of Technology (Dublin, Ireland)
- Mikkel Wallentin, Aarhus University (Aarhus, Denmark)
- Michele Burigo, CITEC (Bielefeld, Germany)
- Elena Andonva, New Bulgarian University (Sofia, Bulgaria)
- Simon Dobnik, University of Gothenburg (Gothenburg, Sweden)
- Marijn Struiksma, Utrecht University (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
- Wai-Tat Fu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Urbana-Champaign, USA)
- Gabriele Janzen, Radboud-University Nijmegen (Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
- Didier Maillat, Université de Fribourg (Fribourg, Switzerland)