GEM 2021 - Generative Episodic Memory: Interdisciplinary
perspectives from psychology, neuroscience and philosophy
https://for2812.rub.de/gem2021
16-18 February 2021
The workshop will take place in virtual space and is free of charge. Abstracts for both the workshop and the PhD symposium, which will precede the workshop, are now being accepted via EasyChair https://easychair.org/cfp/gem2021
Karl-Heinz Bäuml - University Regensburg, Germany
Dorthe Berntsen - Aarhus University, Denmark
Amy Criss - Syracuse University, USA
Dorothea Debus - University of Konstanz, Germany
David Huber - University of Massachusetts, USA
Sarah Robins - University of Kansas, USA
The DFG-funded research consortium “FOR 2812 – Constructing
scenarios of the past” https://for2812.rub.de
is proud to announce a call for papers for its first workshop on
generative episodic memory. We invite submissions for talks and
posters https://easychair.org/cfp/gem2021.
Episodic memories are widely regarded as memories of personally
experienced events. Early concepts about episodic memory were
based on the storage model, according to which experiential
content is preserved in memory and later retrieved. However,
overwhelming empirical evidence suggests that the content of
episodic memory is – at least to a certain degree – constructed in
the act of remembering. Even though very few contemporary
researchers would oppose this view of episodic memory as a
generative process, it has not become the standard paradigm of
empirical memory research. This is particularly true for studies
of the neural correlates of episodic memory. Further hindering
progress are large conceptual differences regarding episodic
memory across different fields, such as neuroscience, philosophy,
and psychology. This interdisciplinary workshop therefore aims to
bring together researchers from all relevant fields to advance the
state of the art in the research on generative episodic memory.
FOR 2812 “Constructing scenarios of the past: A new framework in episodic memory” consists of 9 researchers. Seven from the Ruhr University Bochum and two from the University of Münster. The consortium adopts an interdisciplinary approach and investigates generative episodic memory from a conceptual, modeling, and experimental perspective using a common conceptual framework: scenario construction.
Abstract submission - 30.11.2020
Notification of acceptance - 31.12.2020
Abstracts must be submitted in English and be no longer than 1 page. Submitted work must be original and unpublished. Abstracts must be submitted electronically through the GEM 2021 paper submission site on EasyChair https://easychair.org/cfp/gem2021. Authors will receive confirmation of receipt of their abstracts including an ID number after submission. You can edit your submission at any time before the deadline. We will consider only the final version.
Nikolai Axmacher - Faculty of Psychology - Ruhr University Bochum
Sen Cheng - Institute for Neural Computation - Ruhr University
Bochum
Gerald Echterhoff - Faculty of Psychology - University of Münster
Albert Newen - Faculty of Philosophy - Ruhr University Bochum
Ricarda Schubotz - Faculty of Psychology - University of Münster
Markus Werning - Faculty of Philosophy - Ruhr University Bochum
Laurenz Wiskott - Institute for Neural Computation - Ruhr
University Bochum
Oliver Wolf - Faculty of Psychology - Ruhr University Bochum
All questions regarding the workshop should be emailed to for2812@rub.de
Coordinator - Vinita Samarasinghe
Secretary - Christiane Dahl
Vinita Samarasinghe M.Sc., M.A. Science Manager Arbeitsgruppe Computational Neuroscience Institut für Neuroinformatik Ruhr-Universität Bochum, NB 3/26 Postfachnummer 110 Universitätstr. 150 D-44801 Bochum Tel: +49 (0)234 32 27996 Email: samarasinghe@ini.rub.de