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Welcome to the SARMAC 2009 Home Page

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The eighth biennial meeting of
the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition

News

We are calling for the papers. Please visit The Official SARMAC Japan Webpage to submit your papers.
(October 1st, 2008)

SARMAC 2009

1. Venue: Hotel Heian Kaikan, Kyoto, Japan

• Access to Venue
• Hotel Reservation

2. Date: Sunday 26th - Thursday 30th, July 2009

3. Invited Speakers

• Paula Hertel, Trinity University
• Randall Engle, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Cordelia Fine, a research fellow at University of Melbourne and a writer
• Saul Kassin, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
• Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University
• Ryuta Kawashima, Tohoku University

4. Program Commitee Members

• Amy Bradfield Douglass, Bates College
• Maryanne Garry, Victoria University of Wellington
• Harlene Hayne, University of Otago
• Emily Holmes, University of Oxford
• Christian Meissner, University of Texas at El Paso
• Kazuo Mori, Tokyo University of agriculture and Technology
• Makiko Naka, Hokkaido University
• Aldert Vrij, University of Portsmouth

5. Local Organizing Commitee Members

• Yukio Itsukushima, Nihon University, Chair
• Jun Kawaguchi, Nagoya University, Vice-Chair
• Yuji Itoh, Keio University, Secretary General
• Kazuo Mori, Tokyo University of agriculture and Technology
• Makiko Naka, Hokkaido University
• Masanobu Takahashi, University of Sacred Heart
• Yuji Hakoda, Kyushu University
• Etsuko Harada, Hosei University
• Tomoyoshi Inoue, Doshisha University
• Shinji Kitakami, Nagoya University
• Sayako Masuda, Keio University
• Ken Matsuda, Yamaguchi University
• Toshiaki Miura, Osaka University
• Miya Muroi, Hyogo Medical University
• Yoshiaki Nihei, Tohoku University
• Masayoshi Shigemori, Railway Technical Research Institute
• Kazumitsu Shinohara, Osaka University
• Masao Yogo, Doshisha University

6. Program

• Keynote speeches (Titles will be announced later.)
  • Paula Hertel, Trinity University
  • Randall Engle, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Cordelia Fine, a research fellow at University of Melbourne and a writer
  • Saul Kassin, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
  • Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University
  • Ryuta Kawashima, Tohoku University
• Plenary symposia (Titles are tentative.)
  • The presidential symposium, convened by Maryanne Garry
  • Recent Developments in Clinical Cognition, convened by Paula Hertel
  • Developments in Applied Memory Research: New Techniques for Extracting More Accurate Information from Witnesses , convened by Lorraine Hope
  • Cognitive Technology, convened by Steve Fiore
  • Development of Autobiographical Memory, convened by Martin Conway and Harlene Hayne
  • False Confessions in Japanese Criminal Courts, convened by Makiko Naka & Yuji Itoh
• Individual papers and posters
  • We are calling for the papers here.
  • For Japanese students, please visit this page before you submit your papers.

7. Registration

• Registration page is here.

8. Tourist attractions

• The Parade of Hanagasa, a part of Gion Matsuri Festival, is scheduled on July 24th every year, just before the conference.
• Traditional Noh masks and costumes will be displayed at Kongo Noh Hall on Saturday and Sunday, 25th and 26th of July (the schedule is tentative). Kongo Noh Hall is just one block North of Heian Kaikan. Admission is 1,000 yen. See Wikipedia what Noh is.
• Kyoto Imperial Palace is on the other side of street of Heian Kaikan. There are English guided tours twice a day, from 10 am and 2 pm. The tour takes about an hour. You must register in advance to attend this guided tour. The tour is free.
• There are many sightseeing spots in Kyoto. However, there are scattered among center and suburbs of Kyoto. Kaz's recommendation of where you should visit while you stay in Kyoto is here.

9. Sponsors

• Kitaooji Shobo Publishing
  A small but influential publisher in Kyoto, Japan. It publishes many books in psychology and related areas. Their ambitious publishing attempts include a series of introductory psychology books in manga.

For further information about SARMAC 2009, please send an inquiry
to kaz-mori@cc.tuat.ac.jp , or to yitoh@flet.keio.ac.jp.