The DFG-funded research consortium “FOR 2812 – Constructing scenarios of the past” (https://for2812.rub.de) is proud to announce a call for papers for its first workshop on generative episodic memory (https://for2812.rub.de/gem2021). This workshop will take place in virtual space and is free of charge. We invite submissions for talks and posters.

Episodic memories are widely regarded as memories of personally experienced events. Early concepts about episodic memory were based on the storage model, according to which experiential content is preserved in memory and later retrieved. However, overwhelming empirical evidence suggests that the content of episodic memory is – at least to a certain degree – constructed in the act of remembering. Even though very few contemporary researchers would oppose this view of episodic memory as a generative process, it has not become the standard paradigm of empirical memory research. This is particularly true for studies of the neural correlates of episodic memory. Further hindering progress are large conceptual differences regarding episodic memory across different fields, such as neuroscience, philosophy, and psychology. This interdisciplinary workshop therefore aims to bring together researchers from all relevant fields to advance the state of the art in the research on generative episodic memory.

FOR 2812 “Constructing scenarios of the past: A new framework in episodic memory” consists of 9 researchers. Seven from the Ruhr University Bochum and two from the University of Münster. The consortium adopts an interdisciplinary approach and investigates generative episodic memory from a conceptual, modeling, and experimental perspective using a common conceptual framework: scenario construction.

Submission Guidelines

Abstracts must be submitted in English and be no longer than 1 page. Submitted work must be original and unpublished. Abstracts must be submitted electronically through the GEM 2021 paper submission site on EasyChair. Authors will receive confirmation of receipt of their abstracts including an ID number after submission. You can edit your submission at any time before the deadline. We will consider only the final version.

Deadlines

All deadlines are GMT +1 (CET)

• Abstract submission - 30.11.2020
• Notification of acceptance - 31.12.2020

Committees

Program Committee

• Nikolai Axmacher - Faculty of Psychology - Ruhr University Bochum
• Sen Cheng - Institute for Neural Computation - Ruhr University Bochum
• Gerald Echterhoff - Faculty of Psychology - University of Münster
• Albert Newen - Faculty of Philosophy - Ruhr University Bochum
• Ricarda Schubotz - Faculty of Psychology - University of Münster
• Markus Werning - Faculty of Philosophy - Ruhr University Bochum
• Laurenz Wiskott - Institute for Neural Computation - Ruhr University Bochum
• Oliver Wolf - Faculty of Psychology - Ruhr University Bochum

Organizing committee

• Sen Cheng - Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

Keynote Speakers

• Karl-Heinz Bäuml - University Regensburg, Germany
• Dorthe Berntsen - Aarhus University, Denmark
• Amy Criss - University of Syracuse, USA
• Dorothea Debus - University of Konstanz, Germany
• David Huber - University of Massachusetts, USA
• Sarah Robins - University of Kansas, USA

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to for2812@rub.de

Coordinator: Vinita Samarasinghe - +49 (0)234 32 27996 - NB 3/26

Secretary: Christiane Dahl - +49 (0)234 32 26739 - GA 04/42