New Perspectives on the Emergence of Meaning

How humans perceive the world, acquire language skills, form semantic networks, and build and retain memories are some of the topics that will be discussed tomorrow (Wednesday, Aug. 10) at a workshop titled “Emergent Meaning: Neural, Social and Computational Perspectives.”

The one-day event, which is sponsored and organized by the cognitive science program and the department of psychology, is being held in the STEPS building. It is part of the annual conference of the Cognitive Science Society, which is being held Aug. 10-13 in Philadelphia.

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