Wednesday 13, 2006 - Rome
Room 3
09.00 10.20 Symposium Spatial working memory in different senses
Convenor: Hubert Zimmer
| 09.00 09.20 | Haptic spatial orientation processing and working memory |
| Albert Postma, Sander Zuidhoek, Astrid M. L. Kappers, Matthijs L. Noordzij | |
| Psychological Laboratory, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| 09.20 09.40 | On the Influence of Audio-Visual Interactions on Working Memory Performance: A study with Non-Semantic Stimuli |
| Valerio Santangelo, Serena Mastroberardino, Fabiano Botta, Francesco S. Marucci, Marta Olivetti Belardinelli | |
| Department of Psychology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy |
| 09.40 10.00 | A functional ontology for working memory for sign and speech |
| Mary Rudner , Jerker Rönnberg | |
| The Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Department of Behavioural Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden |
| 10.00 10.20 | Active processing in visual and visuospatial working memory |
| Boris Suchan | |
| Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Neuropsychology, Ruhr University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany |
10.20 11.00 Coffee Break
| 11.00 11.20 | ERP correlates of working memory for sound and picture locations |
| Günther Lehnert, Hubert D. Zimmer | |
| Brain & Cognition Unit, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany |
| 11.20 11.40 | Functional dissociation in working memory maintenance of voice identity and location |
| Pia Rämä | |
| University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland |
| 11.40 12.00 | Interactive Sonification for blind people exploration of Geo-referenced Data: Comparison between a keyboard-exploration and a haptic-exploration interfaces |
| Franco Delogu, Marta Olivetti Belardinelli, Massimiliano Palmiero, Emanuele Pasqualotto, Haixia Zhao, Catherine Plaisant, Stefano Federici | |
| University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy |
Room 4
09.00 10.20 Session Visuospatial Working memory
Chair: David Pearson
| 09.00 09.20 | The role of stimulus' instability in the reproduction of visuospatial pattern |
| M. D. Giraudo, B. Berberian | |
| Facultè des Sciences du Sport, Universitè de la Mèditerranèe, Marseille, France |
| 09.20 09.40 | Forgetting rate of topographical memory in a virtual environment |
| Luca Latini Corazzini, Patrick Peruch, Giuliano Geminiani, Catherine Thinus-Blanc | |
| Department of Psychology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy |
| 09.40 10.00 | Cross language learning disabilities and verbal versus spatial memory |
| John Everatt, Sharman Jeffries, Gad Elbeheri, Ian Smythe, Kazuvire Veii | |
| Department of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK |
| 10.00 10.20 | Location-based selection for storage in visuo-spatial working memory |
| Antonino Raffone, Jose L. Herrero, Andrey Nikolaev, Ros Crawley, Cees van Leeuwen | |
| Department of Psychology, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy |
10.20 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 13.00 Session Geographical Information Systems
Chair: Geoffrey Edwards
| 11.00 11.20 | Cognitive maps of Lisbon: how new SIG based codification methods can make a difference |
| José Palma-Oliveira, Paulo Pires | |
| FPCE, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal |
| 11.20 11.40 | Towards a decisional system for the seismic risk management |
| Nadia Abdat, Alimazighi Zaia | |
| USTHB, University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, Alger, Algeria |
| 11.40 12.00 | Geographic Event Conceptualization |
| Alexander Klippel, Mike Worboys, Matt Duckham | |
| Geomatics Department, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia |
Aula Magna
12.20 13.20 Keynote
| We see the world the way we do because of how our brain activity moves | |
| Cees Van Leeuwen | |
| Laboratory for Perceptual Dynamics, BSI RIKEN, Saitama, Japan |
13.20 14.20 Lunch & Poster Session (Even numbers)
Room 3
14.40 17.40 Symposium Finding your way in the world – on the neurocognitive basis of spatial memory and orientation in humans
Convenor: Albert Postma
| 14.40 15.00 | Finding your way in the world – on the neurocognitive basis of spatial memory and orientation in humans |
| Albert Postma | |
| Psychological Laboratory, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| 15.00 15.20 | Evolution of spatial cognition: mechanisms and tasks |
| Hanspeter A. Mallot, Kai Basten, Alexander Schnee | |
| Department of Zoology, University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany |
| 15.20 15.40 | The perception of categorical and coordinate spatial changes in children. |
| Jessie Bullens, Albert Postma, Roy P. C. Kessels | |
| Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| 15.40 16.00 | How does the human brain deal with spatial information? |
| Kinga Iglói, Mohamed Zaoui, Alain Berthoz, Laure Rondi-Reig | |
| LPPA, UMR CNRS 7152, Collège de France, Paris, France |
16.00 16.40 Coffee Break
| 16.40 17.00 | What happens when the brain fails - neuropsychological studies on spatial memory. |
| Cecilia Guariglia, Laura Piccardi, Giuseppe Iaria, Chiara Incoccia, Daniele Nico | |
| Department of Psychology, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy |
| 17.00 17.20 | Navigation in the absence of vision: How to find one's way in a 3D audio virtual environment? |
| Alan Blum, Michel Denis, Brian Katz | |
| LIMSI-CNRS, Groupe Perception Situèe, Orsay, France |
| 17.20 17.40 | Individual variation in humans in spatial ability: differences between men and women |
| Maartje de Goede, Albert Postma, Roy P. C. Kessels, Hans P.F. Koppeschaar | |
| Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
Room 4
14.40 16.00 Session Individual differences in performing spatial tasks
Chair: Joan N. Vickers
| 14.40 15.00 | Vision-for-perception and vision-for-action in typical development, autism, and Parkinson's disease |
| Lorena Giovannini, Alessia Granà, Alessandra Jacomuzzi, Roberta Marando, Carlo Semenza, Luca Surian, Nicola Bruno | |
| Psychology Department, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy |
| 15.00 15.20 | The development of body, environment, and object-based frames of reference in spatial memory in normal and atypical populations |
| Marko Nardini, Janette Atkinson, Oliver Braddick, Neil Burgess | |
| Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University, Oxford, UK |
| 15.20 15.40 | Object and Spatial Imagery: Distinctions between Members of Different Professions |
| Olessia Blajenkova, Maria Kozhevnikov, Michael A. Motes | |
| Rutgers University, Newark, USA |
| 15.40 16.00 | Spaces of Self in Psychotic Drawings |
| Maurizio Peciccia | |
| University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy |
16.00 16.40 Coffee Break
16.40 18.00 Session Sensory appreciation of perceptual spaces
Chair: He Zijiang
| 16.40 17.00 | Chicks’ use of geometrical and nongeometrical information in environments of different sizes |
| Cinzia Chiandetti, Giorgio Vallortigara | |
| Department of Psychology and B.R.A.I.N., Centre for Neuroscience, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy |
| 17.00 17.20 | Elucidating the ground-based mechanisms underlying space perception in the intermediate distance range |
| Teng Leng Ooi, Zijiang J. He | |
| Pennsylvania College of Optometry, Elkins Park, PA, USA |
| 17.20 17.40 | Relationship among personal space, body image, postural balance regulation and proprioceptive integration areas |
| Vezio Ruggieri, Marina Thellung, Anna Tocci | |
| University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy |
| 17.40 18.00 | Body Organization and Spatial Representation |
| Jader Tolja, Clara Cardia | |
| Centro Studi Pensare col Corpo, Milan, Italy |
18.00 18.15 Bus departure to Valmontone
| Possibility to have shopping to the Valmontone Outlet | |
| Achaeological Museum Visit | |
| Visit to the frescos of the Doria Pamphili Palace | |
| Gala dinner to the Doria Pamphili Palace |
N.D. Bus departure to Valmontone