Programme

The conference will take place at the Humanities Research Institute (34 Gell Street, Sheffield S3 7QW) at the University of Sheffield (see map — opens in a new window).

FRIDAY, 11 SEPTEMBER 2009

• 11.00 – 1.00:
  Coffee & Registration
• 1.00 – 2.00:
  Tamsin German (Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara)
  Domain specific mechanisms in theory of mind: Just how dedicated are they?
• 2.00 – 2.30:
  Open Discussion
• 45 minute break, with coffee
• 3.15 – 4.15:
  Michael Chandler (Psychology, University of British Columbia)
  Surviving Time: Suicide & the persistence of individual and group identities in the face of radical cultural & developmental change: Searching for essentialism where the Enlightenment is brightest
• 4.15 – 4.45:
  Open Discussion
• 30 minute break, with coffee
• 5.15 – 6.15:
  György Gergely (Psychology, Central European University)
  Why imitation is not rational: The role of rationality, resonance, and relevance in imitative learning
• 6.15 – 6.45:
  Open Discussion

SATURDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 2009

• 9.00 – 10.00:
  Tara Callaghan (Psychology, St. Francis Xavier University)
  Early social cognition in three cultural contexts
• 10.00 – 10.30:
  Open Discussion
• 30 minute break, with coffee
• 11.00 – 12.00:
  Barry Hewlett (Anthropology, Washington State University)
  Folk psychology and epistemology of human responses to high mortality epidemics (Ebola) and infant care among hunter-gatherers
• 12.00 – 12.30:
  Open Discussion
• 2 hour lunch break — lunch not provided
• 2.30 – 3.30:
  Jennie Pyers (Psychology, Wellesley University)
  Interactions between language and theory of mind: Evidence from learners of an emerging sign language in Nicaragua
• 3.30 – 4.00:
  Open Discussion
• 30 minute break, with coffee
• 4.30 – 5.30:
  David Lancy (Anthropology, Utah State University)
  Pedagogy Without Teaching
• 5.30 – 6.00:
  Open Discussion

SUNDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2009

9.00 – 10.00:
Ayse Uskul (Psychology, Essex University)
Eco-cultural basis of cognition: Evidence from farmers, herders, and fishermen in the Black Sea Region of Turkey

• 10.00 – 10.30:
  Open Discussion
• 30 minute break, with coffee
• 11.00 – 12.00:
  Douglas Medin (Psychology, Northwestern University)
  Cultural Processes and Psychological Distance
• 12.00 – 12.30:
  Open Discussion

 

• End of Conference