INSTITUTIONS updated: 12 May 2002 http://www.swif.uniba.it/lei/mind/instit.htm
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by Luca Malatesti and Eugenio Borrelli
Australia
Macquarie University (Sydney) Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science
University of Queensland Cognitive Science Program
Austrian Society for Cognitive Science
Centres and projects
Université de Mons-Hainaut Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives - Professeur Francis Lowenthal, Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l'Education
Postgraduate studies
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Diplôme d'Études Approfondies (DEA) en Sciences Cognitives
IECPS - Instituto de Estudos de Complexidade e Pensamento Sistêmico (Institute of Studies of Complexity and Systems Thinking) - São Paulo
New Bulgarian University (Sofia) Central and Eastern European Center for Cognitive Science
Centres and projects
York University (Ontario) The Center for Vision Research
University of Quebec (Montreal) LICEF Research Center
University of Waterloo Computational Epistemology Lab (CEL), headed by Professor Paul Thagard
Courses
University of Waterloo Phil/Psych 256: Introduction to Cognitive Science - Phil 255, Philosophy of Mind Professor Paul Thagard
Postgraduate studies
Carleton University Ph.D. program in Cognitive Science
Courses
The University of Hong Kong Course 07265:The Mind Dr. Joe Lau., Undergraduate Course .
University of Costa Rica Cognitive Science Program
The University of Helsinki Cognitive Brain Research Unit
Quelques pointeurs utiles en Sciences Cognitives (In French) List of French sites on cognitive sciences.
Centres and projects
Ecole Polytechnique de Paris CREA (Centre de Recherche en Epistémologie Appliquée)
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 Institut des Sciences cognitives
PRESCOT Pôle de recherche en sciences cognitives de Toulouse
Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2 Département des Sciences Cognitives
Postgraduate studies
Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales - Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Université Paul Sabatier - Ecole Polytechnique
Diplôme d'Études Approfondies (DEA) Sciences Cognitives
Université de Paris XI - Orsay Diplôme d'Études Approfondies (DEA) Sciences Cognitives
Centres and projects
Max-Planck Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Leipzig
Universität Potsdam Zentrum für Kognitive Studien
Universität Freiburg Centre for Cognitive Science
Universität Bremen Zentrum für Kognitions Wissenschaften (Center for Cognitive Sciences)
Universität Humboldt Computational Linguistics
Universität Hamburg - Dept. of Computer Science.
Natural Language Systems Division
Universität Osnabrück International Program in Cognitive Science
Universität des Saarlandes Graduate College for Cognitive Science
University of Kaiserslautern Research Group Robotics & Process Control Director Prof. Dr. von Puttkamer
Postgraduate studies
Hamburg Universität
Doctoral Program in Cognitive Science: English page - German page.
Centres and projects
Trinity College of Dublin Centre for Language and Communication Studies
University College of Dublin (National University of Ireland) Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience Centre
Postgraduate studies
University College of Dublin (National University of Ireland) Degree of Master of Arts/Master of Science in Cognitive Science (MA/MSc)
Centres and projects
Università di Pavia Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca di Scienze Cognitive
Università di Padova Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience Lab
Università di Trento Laboratorio di Scienze Cognitive
Università Commerciale "Luigi Bocconi" (Milan) Laboratorio di Scienze Cognitive, Metodologiche ed Economico-Sociali
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan) Centro di ricerca di Scienze Cognitive Applicate
Università di Torino (Turin) Centro di Scienza Cognitiva
Università di Trieste Perception Laboratory
- Università di Trieste Laboratory of Animal Cognition and Comparative Neuroscience
Italian National Research Council (CNR) - Rome Institute of Psychology
Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)-International School for Advanced Studies (ISAS), Trieste, Cognitive Neuroscience Sector
Courses
Università di Pisa, Epistemologia Prof. Guglielmo Tamburrini
Università di Roma, La Sapienza Psicobiologia Prof. Alberto Oliverio
Università di Salerno Filosofia della scienza Prof. Roberto Cordeschi
Università di Siena Filosofia Teoretica Prof. Sandro Nannini
Postgraduate studies
Università di Padova Dottorato di ricerca in Scienze Cognitive
Università di Siena Dottorato di ricerca in Scienze Cognitive
Università di Trieste Dottorato di ricerca in Neuroscienze cognitive e psicobiologia
Chiba University Division of Behavioral Sciences
Kyoto University Information Sciences
The Institute for Logic, Language and Computation, Amsterdam
University of Groningen Cognitive Science and Engineering
University of Nijmegen NICI-Nijmegen Institute for Cognition and Information
Nicholas Copernicus University Cognitive Science Centre
Yonsei University Cognitive Science Program
Universidad de Sevilla Ciencias de la Computación e Inteligencia Artificial
Göteborg University Philosophy of Cognition and Cognitive Science in Göteborg
Lund University Cognitive Science Program
University of Skövde Cognitive Research Group (CoRe)
Cognitive Science Sweden a list of swedish cognitive science links
The University of Geneva Institut Dalle Molle pour les Etudes Sémantiques et Cognitives
Middle East Technical University - Cognitive Science Graduate Program
Centres and projects
Anglia Polytechnic University Psychology Department
University of Cambridge Cognition and Brain Sciences
University of Edinburgh Centre for Cognitive Science
Keele University Cognitive Science at Keele University
University College London The Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience
University College London Psychology Department, Memory & Cognition Research Group
University of Oxford Cognitive Science at Oxford
University of Portsmouth The Ecological Psychology Research Group
The University of Sheffield The Hang Seng Centre for Cognitive Studies
The University of Southampton Cognitive Sciences Centre (CSC)
The University of St Andrews Arché. Centre for the Philosophy of Logic, Language, Mathematics and Mind
The University of Stirling The Consciousness in Natural World Project
University of Sussex School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences
The University of Warwick The Project on Consciousness and Self Consciousness
Postgraduate studies
The University of Edinburgh Studying Cognitive Science at the University of Edinburgh
The University of Hull MA in Philosophy of Mind
The University of Southampton MA in the Philosophy of MindThe University of Sussex MA in the Philosophy of Cognitive Science
CoursesThe University of Bristol Philosophy of Mind - Is the Mind the Brain? (reading lists, lecture notes) Dr. Jessica Brown.
The University of Durham Philosophy of Mind Professor E. J. Lowe and Dr A. J. Hamilton.
The University of Southampton Explaining the Mind Stevan Harnad.
Centres and projects
University of Arizona Center for Consciousness Studies
Brown University Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences
Boston University Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems
University of California at Berkeley Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Universiy of California, Irvine The Department of Cognitive Sciences
Universiy of California, Los Angeles Cognitive Science Program
University of California, San Diego
Department of Cognitive Science
Center for Research in Language
University of Southern California Robotics Research Laboratories
California State University, Stanislaus Cognitive Studies Department
University of Colorado Institute of Cognitive Science
University of Connecticut Center for the Ecological Study of Perception and Action
University of Houston Cognitive Sciences Center
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Director Rodney A. Brooks
The University of Southwestern Louisiana - Institute of Cognitive Science
University of Minnesota The Center for Cognitive Sciences
University of Indiana (Bloomington, Indiana) The Cognitive Science Program
University of Indiana (Bloomington, Indiana) Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition
Tufts University Center for Cognitive Studies Director Daniel C. Dennett.
Georgia Tech Cognitive Science at Georgia Tech
Ohio State University The Center for Cognitive Science
Princeton University Cognitive Science Laboratory
State University of New York (SUNY) , Buffalo Center for Cognitive Science
Canisius College, Buffalo New York
Cognitive Science Program Director Shaun Gallagher
Phenomenology and Cognitive Science Working group
University of Rochester Brain and Cognitive Science
Carnegie Mellon University - The University of Pittsburgh Center for Neural Basis of Cognition
Florida Atlantic University Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences Director Scott Kelso, Professor of Psychology and Biological Sciences
Rice University Cognitive Sciences
The State University of New Jersey, Rutgers
Rutgers University Center for Cognitive Science (RuCCS)
Rutgers Research Group on Evolution and Higher Cognition - Director Stephen Stich
University of Oregon
Center for the Cognitive Science of Metaphor Mark Johnson's group at the Institute of Cognitive and Decision Sciences
Postgraduate studiesCity University of New York Cognitive Science Concentration Graduate School
Fordham University (New York City)
Masters Program in Cognitive Technology and Education
Rutgers University Cognitive Science Certificate Program
University of Texas, Dallas
Applied Cognition and Neuroscience (M.S.)
Cognition and Neuroscience (Ph.D.)
Washington University Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology Program
State University of New York (SUNY) , Buffalo Ph.D. in Cognitive Science
Indiana University Program of Cognitive Science
CoursesEarlham College Philosophy of Minds & Machines Peter Suber
Michigan State University Cognitive Science Program
New York University
Research seminar on language and mind Thomas Nagel e Ned Block
Minds and machines Ned Block
Philosophy of Mind Seminar(G83.2294) Stephen Schiffer and Christopher Peacocke.
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Philosophy of Psychology Colin Allen
University of California, San Diego Experimental Philosophy Lab
Texas University A&M Special Topic: Animal Cognition Colin Allen
Washington University Courses Taught William Bechtel
Valdosta University Philosophy of Mind Ron Barnette
The Association for the Scientific Studies of Consciousness (ASSC)
"The Association for the Scientific Studies of Consciousness promotes rigorous analytic research on consciousness. The official purpose the organization is to encourage research within cognitive science, neuroscience, philosophy, and other relevant disciplines in the sciencesand humanities, directed toward understanding the nature, function, andunderlying mechanisms of consciousness."
Association for Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
"On October 1, 2000, a new, international association was formed for purposes of organizing colloquia and larger conferences devoted to themes that explore the intersection of phenomenology and the cognitive sciences. Recent and upcoming meetings and workshops - Board of Advisors
Evan Thompson, Co-director (York University)
Dan Zahavi, Co-director (University of Copenhagen)
Yoko Arisaka (University of San Francisco)
Jonathan Cole (Southampton University)
Natalie Depraz (University of Paris - Sorbonne)
Shaun Gallagher (Canisius College)
Piet Hut (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University)
Eduard Marbach (University of Bern)
Josef Parnas (University of Copenhagen)
Jean Petitot (CREA, Paris)
S. Kay Toombs (Baylor University)
Francisco Varela (LENA-Neurosciences Cognitives, Paris)"ARCo (Association pour la Recherche Cognitive) - French Association for Cognitive Science
European Society for the Cognitive Science of Music
Society for Philosophy and Psychology (SPP)
"The stated purpose of the SPP is to promote interaction betweenphilosophers and psychologists on issues of common concern. The SPP heldits first meeting October 24-26, 1974 at MIT. It met for a second time Spring 1976 at Cornell University. At this second meeting, conferees passeda Constitution and elected officers. Jerry Fodor, then of MIT, was thefirst SPP president. A list of current SPP officers and past officers is available on this web collection."
"The Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), founded in 1973, is a research foundation, an educational institution,and a membership organization with more than 50,000 members around the world.
The noetic sciences study the mind and its diverse ways of knowingin a truly interdisciplinary fashion."European Society For Philosophy and Psychology
"The aim of the Society is to promote interaction between philosophersand psychologists on issues of common concern". Psychologists, neuroscientists, linguists, computer scientists and biologists areencouraged to report experimental, theoretical and clinical work that they judge to have philosophical significance. In recent years ESPP sessions have covered such topics as spatial concepts, simulation theory, attention, problems of consciousness, emotion, perception,early numerical cognition, memory and time, motor imagery, externalism, connectionism, and the interpretation of neuropsychological results."
International Cognitive Linguistics Association (ICLA)
"ICLA offers a forum for research within the perspective of cognitive linguistics. This perspective subsumes a number of concerns and broadly compatible theoretical approaches that share a common basis: the idea that language is an integral part of cognition which reflects the interaction of cultural, psychological, communicative, and functional considerations, and which can only be understood in the context of a realistic view of conceptualization and mental processing.Topics of interest for cognitive linguistics include the structural characteristics of natural language categorization (such as prototypicality, metaphor, mental imagery, and cognitive models), the functional principles of linguistic organization (such as iconicity and naturalness), the conceptual interface between syntax and semantics, the experiential and pragmatic background of language-in-use, and the relationship between language and thought."
International Society for Group Theory in Cognitive Science
Society for Chaos Theory in Psycology & Life Sciences
"The Society is an international forum bringing together researchers, theoreticians, and practitioners interested in applying dynamical systems theory, far-from-equilibrium thermodynamics, self-organization, neural nets, fractals cellular automata, and related forms of chaos, catastrophes, bifurcations, nonlinear dynamics, and complexity theories to psychology and the life sciences."
American Psychological Society
Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology (SSPP)
"The Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology was founded in 1904. Its stated purpose is to promote philosophy and psychology in the Southern section of the United States by facilitating the exchange of ideas among those engaged in these fields of inquiry, by encouraging investigation, by fostering the educational function of philosophy and psychology, and by improving the academic status of the subjects. The first SSPP President was James Mark Baldwin, who served from 1904 to 1907."
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