IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca

Wednesday, May 22nd- Friday, May 24th

AISC midterm conference 2019​

From brain to behavior: neuroscience and the social sciences

Confirmed invited speakers

Carlos Alós-Ferrer (University of Zurich)
 Sarah Genon (Institute of Neurosciences and Medicine, Jülich)
Francesco Guala (University of Milan)
Marco Tamietto (University of Turin, University of Tilburg, University of Oxford)

STREAMING 
We are planning to broadcast the sessions in Cappella Guinigi (i.e. the main lecture room) at the following links:
22 May: https://unito.webex.com/unito-en/onstage/g.php?MTID=ebee2870b0e1dc4ab9f857a125c48c68b
23 May: ​https://unito.webex.com/unito-en/onstage/g.php?MTID=e4fa24e2c03c0c4fdbc0ced0ff4579825

Presentation
The 2019 Italian Association of Cognitive Science (AISC) midterm Conference will be held in Lucca on May 22nd-24th and will be hosted by the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca. We welcome contributions from any area of cognitive science, with special emphasis on the interaction between disciplines studying the brain/mind and the social sciences (broadly understood).

In recent years, the exploration of the cognitive and neurobiological foundations of rational behavior and decision-making has undergone significant changes and has raised methodological and theoretical challenges in many fields, including philosophy, psychology, economics, linguistics, computer science, and ethics. Cognitive neuroscience, behavioral economics, and other approaches like neuroeconomics and neuroethics are casting new light on traditional issues while also raising additional problems and questions.

We are interested in exploring questions such as: How can neuroscience inform research on phenomena such as social behavior, norms, and institutions? What can we learn about these phenomena from computational models? Which challenges do cognitive science raise to established theoretical frameworks, and what new paths do they open? How do cognitive and social sciences fields interact? Is there (or could there be) a common language through which the findings from one field can be made relevant to other disciplines? Are cognitive and social sciences incommensurable to some degree? Should psychology take the middle ground between brain data and social sciences, or can there be a direct ‘leap’ from brain to (economic, moral, etc.) behavior?

Venue
The conference will take place in the newly restored San Francesco Complex, located within the IMT School for Advanced Studies’ campus in Lucca. IMT is a public university and research center and one of Italy’s six Schools of Excellence, with a focus on neuroscience, (behavioral) economics and the analysis of complex systems. 

Areas of interest
We accept submission in all areas of cognitive science, including (but not limited to):

cognitive neuroscience
neuroanatomical foundations of behavior
neuroeconomics
behavioral economics
cognitive economics
reasoning, rationality and cognition
epistemology and philosophy of science
artificial intelligence and cognition
neuroethics
neurolinguistics
collective behavior and collective rationality
complex and distributed systems
language and cognition
language representation and comprehension
conceptual spaces
cognitive psychology
psychology of reasoning
social cognition
cognitive robotics
cognitive architecture
cognitive modeling
cognition and simulation
cognitive linguistics
embodied and grounded cognition
philosophy of cognitive science
philosophy of neuroscience
philosophy of mind and cognition
philosophy of language
cognitive ontology
history of cognitive science


Organizing Committee
Gustavo Cevolani (chair, IMT Lucca)
Ennio Bilancini (co-chair, IMT Lucca)
Emiliano Ricciardi (co-chair, IMT Lucca)
Fabrizio Calzavarini (Turin)
Marco Viola (Turin)

Important dates
Submission are closed.
Conference dates: May 22nd - 24th

For information please contact: [email protected] 

Papers
Paper presentations will be 30 minutes long including discussion.

Registration
In order to register, please fill the registration form (available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OLUB_vU8VejvvRsaPZ1ksQjvdK6E260I/view?usp=sharing) and follow the instructions included therein for payment (30€). Optionally, it is also possible to register for Social dinner (35€).
Please notice that in order to attend the conference, it is also mandatory to register as members of AISC (http://www.aisc-net.org/home/registration/). However, reduced fees apply to those who attend the conference: 30€ for non-faculties, 70€ for faculties.

Scientific Committee
Gustavo Cevolani (chair, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca)
Emiliano Ricciardi (co-chair, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca)
Ennio Bilancini (co-chair, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca)
Gabriella Airenti (University of Turin)
Cristina Amoretti (University of Genoa)
Giulia Andrighetto (ISTC-CNR, Rome)
Pierluigi Barrotta (University of Pisa)
Francesco Bianchini (University of Bologna)
Guido Caldarelli (IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca)
Fabrizio Calzavarini (University of Turin)
Raffaella Campaner (University of Bologna)
Marco Cruciani (University of Trieste)
Vincenzo Crupi (University of Turin)
Luisa Damiano (University of Messina)
Edoardo Datteri (University of Milan Bicocca)
Francesca D’Errico (University of Roma Tre)
Filippo Domaneschi (University of Genoa)
Mario De Caro (University of Roma Tre)
Francesco Gagliardi (AISC board)
Mirko Garasic (UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights)
Alessandro Innocenti (University of Siena)
Andrea Lavazza (Centro Universitario Internazionale, Arezzo, Italy)
Antonio Lieto (University of Turin)
Nicola Lattanzi (IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca)
Matteo Motterlini (University of Milan San Raffaele)
Fabio Paglieri (ISTC-CNR, Rome)
Pietro Pietrini (IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca)
Alessandra Rampinini (IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca)
Massimo Riccaboni (IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca)
Raffaella Rumiati (SISSA Trieste)
Giacomo Sillari (LUISS Rome)
Guglielmo Tamburrini (University of Naples)
Riccardo Viale (University of Milano Bicocca, LUISS Rome)
Marco Viola (University of Turin)