Department of Experimental Psychology

Invited speakers 1996-2000

1996

Workshop "Working Memory" March 1, 1996 with:

  • Engelkamp, J. (University of Saarbrucken). "Selective interference of form and color in visuo-spatial working memory"
  • Saariluoma, P. (University of Helsinki). "Adversary problem solving and working memory."
  • Brunfaut, E. & d'Ydewalle, G. (University of Leuven). "Implicit memory tasks in Korsakoff and alcoholic patients."
  • Canas, J. & Bajo, M.T. (University of Granada). "Working memory in simultaneous language interpretation."
  • Allport, A. (University of Oxford). "A general theoretical critique of the 'central executive' concept and its applications."
  • Vandierendonck, A. (University of Ghent). "Models of random interval production and working memory".
  • Soetens, E. (Free University of Brussels). "Automaticity and expectancy in working memory during Serial RT tasks."
  • Van der Goten, K., Stuyven, E., Vandierendonck, A., Claeys, K. & Crevits, L. (University of Ghent). "Effects of random time interval generation on saccadic eye movements."

Saariluoma, P. (University of Helsinki). "What do we know about Apperception?" March 4.

Morris, R.L. (University of Edinburgh). "On a Scientific Methodology for Parapsychology." March 27

Denis M. (Université de Paris Sud). "Production and comprehension of spatial discourse. The case of route instructions." October 21

Smith, P.T. (University of Reading). "Cognitive Failures and Prospective Memory in the Elderly." November 18

French, R.M. (Université de Liège). "Why Paving Stones are Like the Kitchen Sink: The Problem of Representation in Artificial Intelligence." December 2

1997

Verfaillie, K. (KUL, University of Leuven). "Informatie-integratie over saccadische oogsprongen heen." December 1

Boltz, M. (Haverford College, Philadelphia). "Temporal Judgment Skills in Conversational Interaction." March 26

Hommel, B (Max Planck Institut, Muchen). "Process or Content? On the Specificity of Interactions between Tasks." March 10

Leman, M. (Ghent University). "Een subsymbolisch model van muziekperceptie: opbouw en evaluatie vanuit een ecologisch oogpunt. " [A subsymbolic model of music perception: construction and evaluation from an ecological viewpoint.] January 20

1998

Hoffmann, J.(Department of Psychology, University of Wuerzburg) "Location specific target expectancies in visual search " December 7

Tervaniemi, M.(Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki) "Pre-attentive neural processing of musical information" November 26

Bouwhuis, D.G (IPO, Instituut voor Onderzoek aan Mens-Systeem Interactie, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven) "Gedistribueerde cognitieve systemen: toepassingen in interactieve technologie" October 26

Kempen, G (Rijksuniversiteit Leiden) "De Unificatieruimte: Een op laterale inhibitie gebaseerd dynamisch model voor de syntactische aspecten van taalbegrip" March 30

Gattis, M.(Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research, Munich) "Transitive Inference by Visual Reasoning" March 23

1999

Roger Ratcliff, R.(Northwestern University),"A diffusion model for reaction time: Application to aging and masking" May 25
This seminar was organised in the framework of the research co-operation between the universities of Leuven and Ghent on Formal Models of Cognition (FWO)

David E. Meyer(University of Michigan)"Theoretical and Practical Benefits of Quantitative Computational Modelling with the Executive-Process Interactive Control (EPIC) Architecture". September 7
This seminar was organised in the framework of the research co-operation between the universities of Leuven and Ghent on Formal Models of Cognition (FWO)

Claus Bundesen(University of Copenhagen, Denmark) "Recent Developments in a Theory of Visual Attention (TVA)" October 8
This seminar was organised in the framework of the research co-operation between the universities of Leuven and Ghetn on Formal Models of Cognition (FWO)

Prof. Dr. Dominiek Sandra (University of Antwerp) "Psycholinguïstisch onderzoek naar storingsbronnen van hardnekkige werkwoordfouten " December 3

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Hommel (University of Leiden) "How we perform two tasks at a time" December 10

2000

Prof. dr. Bert Clincke (C&T Paradigm) "Smart drugs: Farmaca die cognitieve functies verbeteren. Feit of fictie?" March 31

Prof. Patrick Lemaire (University of Provence, Aix-en-Provence-Marseille, France) "Strategic Aspects of Conversion Task Performance : French Francs-Euros and Euros-French Francs Conversions". March 29

José Morais(Université Libre de Bruxelles) "Missing and Impaired Literacy" March 28
This lecture was organised in the framework of the Francqui Leerstoel 1999-2000.

José Morais(Université Libre de Bruxelles) "Becoming Literate" March 21
This lecture was organised in the framework of the Francqui Leerstoel 1999-2000.

José Morais (Université Libre de Bruxelles) "Literacy and the Cognitive System" March 14
This lecture was organised in the framework of the Francqui Leerstoel 1999-2000.

José Morais (Université Libre de Bruxelles) "Language and Literacy, with an emphasis on Lexical Semantics" February 25
This lecture was organised in the framework of the Francqui Leerstoel 1999-2000.

Dr. Carel Jansen & Dr. Thijs Pollmann (KU Nijmegen / Universiteit Utrecht) "Pragmatische en cognitieve aspecten van het gebruik van getallen in natuurlijke taal"  February 23

José Morais (Université Libre de Bruxelles) "Language and Literacy, with an emphasis on Phonology" February 22
This lecture was organised in the framework of the Francqui Leerstoel 1999-2000.

José Morais (Université Libre de Bruxelles) "Biology and Culture in the Literate Mind" February 15
This lecture was organised in the framework of the Francqui Leerstoel 1999-2000.

José Morais (Université Libre de Bruxelles) "The Literate Mind" February 10
This lecture was organised in the framework of the Francqui Leerstoel 1999-2000.