The Thirteenth Annual Pitt-CMU Psychology Conference

June 23, 1995

9:00    Coffee and Continental Breakfast
        1st floor conference room, LRDC

9:30    Opening Address
        Professor Alan Lesgold, University of Pittsburgh

9:45    Paper Session I: Physiological psychology (more or less)
        (All paper sessions are in the LRDC 2nd floor auditorium)
        
        Stress, intrusive  thoughts, and sleep.
        Tica Hall, University of Pittsburgh

        Visual search for static and dynamic stimuli: Absolute (2D) 
        and relative (differential) information type: Implications
        for the nature of visual information processing.  
        Mark Pimm-Smith, University of Pittsburgh

        A parametric study of human working memory using functional
        MRI.
        Todd Braver, Carnegie Mellon University

10:45   Coffee Break

11:05   Paper Session II: Affect and decision making

        If only things had been different: Counterfactual thinking in 
        response to a negative event.
        Tonya Sieverding, Carnegie Mellon University

        Fear and decision making: Should we fear fear?
        Joseph Ciarocchi, University of Pittsburgh

        Informal reasoning in early elementary grades.
        Jennifer Wiley, University of Pittsburgh
                       
12:15   Luncheon, 9th Floor, LRDC
Posters will be open for viewing throughout lunch. Presenters will be 
at their posters for questions and comments following lunch.

1:00    Poster Session, 9th floor, LRDC

A       Does language help one "read" a face: The effects of 
        verbalization on perception of emotion. 
        Zara Ambadar, University of Pittsburgh

B       ITS authoring tools: The next generation.
        Stephen Blessing, Carnegie Mellon University

C       The effects of burnout on the social influence strategies 
        used by therapists with their clients.
        Wanda McCarthy, University of Pittsburgh

D       The acceptability of a nicotine nasal spray in aiding initial 
        smoking cessation
        James Grobe, et al., University of Pittsburgh

E       Some Issues in the design of effective peer collaboration in 
        the classroom.
        Molly Johnson, Carnegie Mellon University

F       Artistic style-learning and inversion.
        Aaron Kozbelt, Carnegie Mellon University

G       Now you see it, now you don't: Object permanence and 
        implications for the study of brain development and cognition.
        Yuko Munakata, Carnegie Mellon University

H       Combined error-driven and associative learning as a source of 
        neocortical learning 
        Randy O'Reilly, Carnegie Mellon University

I       Learning to spell: Variability in strategy use.
        Bethany Rittle, Carnegie Mellon University

J       Supportive interactions at work: Is who you are related to 
        how and why you are helped?
        Laura Schmidt, University of Pittsburgh
        
1:30    Paper Session III: Learning and reasoning

        The effects of different kinds of mapping during learning on 
        transfer.
        Bob Ryan, University of Pittsburgh

        Reciprocal tutoring used to develop articulation and 
        checking skills.
        Lisa Scott, Carnegie Mellon University

        Dynamic skill acquisition in the domain of air traffic 
        control.
        Frank Lee, Carnegie Mellon University

        Children ponder the lemonade stand: The development of 
        economic understanding.
        Douglas Thompson, Carnegie Mellon University

2:50    Short Break

3:05    Paper Session IV: A concluding philosophical issue

        Is cognitive science truly interdisciplinary? The case of 
        interdisciplinary collaborations.
        Chris Schunn, Carnegie Mellon University

3:25    Closing Remarks 
        Professor Martha Alibali, Carnegie Mellon University

4:00    "The last session:" Picnic in Schenley Park
        Bring family and friends for food (i.e., burgers, wieners)
        socializing and recreation (e.g., Frisbee, volleyball)! We'll 
        convene this session somewhere near the top of Flagstaff Hill.

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  Joseph Melcher
     melcher@vms.cis.pitt.edu
     joe@lrdc2.lrdc.pitt.edu
        (412) 624-7074 (office)
        (412) 247-0113 (home)
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