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1. Location
The conference will be held at the Tsukuba International Congress Center, in the center of Tsukuba Science City, the location of many government and industrial research facilities and the University of Tsukuba
(http://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/index-e.html).
The city of Tsukuba is situated about 50 kilometers northeast of Tokyo and about 40 kilometers northwest of Narita International Airport, the arrival point for most international flights to Japan. There are direct bus services between Tsukuba and Tokyo and between Tsukuba and Narita Airport
(timetable information available at
http://www.info-tsukuba.org/english/traffic/index.html).
2. Conference schedule
The conference will be held on January 11,12 and 13,2003.
A detailed program of the conference presentations will be available at the website from around the beginning of December 2002.
Each talk: 80 min., [English: 45 min., Japanese: 25 min., Q&A: 10 min.]
Chairs : Nobuo Ohta, University of Tsukuba, Japan and Chizuko Izawa, Tulane University, USA
Saturday, January 11
9:00-9:30 Registration
9:30-9:50 Opening remarks, Nobuo Ohta, University of Tsukuba, Japan
9:50-11:10 Jeroen Raaijmakers, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands (Yayoi Miyaji,Kobe College  )
"Modeling implicit and explicit memory"
11:10-12:30 Chizuko Izawa, Tulane University, USA
"Optimization of learning and retention in context of learners' comfort levels"
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:20 Charles Brainerd, University of Arizona, USA
(Takafumi Terasawa, Tazuko Aoki, Okayama University  )
"Fuzzy-trace theory."
15:20-16:40 Valerie Reyna, University of Arizona, USA
(Shigeru Ono, Tokyo Metropolitan University  )
"Fuzzy-trace theory, judgment, and decision making"
17:00-19:00 Reception with Cash bar
Sunday, January 12
9:00-9:20 Registration
9:20-10:40 Michael Humphreys, University of Queensland, Australia
(Ryuta Iseki, University of Tsukuba  )
"Recollection and familiarity"
10:40-12:00 Richard M. Shiffrin, Indiana University, USA
(Hideaki Shimada, University of Tsukuba  )
"Modeling human memory" (Keynote Speech)
12:00-13:30 Lunch & Poster preparation
13:30-14:50 Alice Healy, University of Colorado, USA
(Hama Watanabe, Nagoya University  )
"Optimizing the speed, durability, and transferability of training"
14:50-16:10 Douglas Nelson, University of South Florida, USA
(Kazuo Mori, Shinsyu University  )
"Implicitly activated memories,the missing links of remembering"
16:20-18:20 Poster session
Monday, January 13:
9:00-9:10 Registration
9:10-10:30 Nelson Cowan, University of Missouri, USA
(Satoru Saito, Kyoto University  )
"Working-memory capacity limits in a theoretical context"
10:30-11:20 Jun Kawaguchi, Nagoya University, Japan
"Interaction between memory and environment: Automatic and intentional processes"
11:20-12:40 Robert Solso, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
(Hiroshi Yama,Kobe College  )
"The evolution of consciousness, memory, and art"
12:40-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:20 Lynn Hasher, University of Toronto, Canada
(Etsuko Harada, Hosei University  )
"Circadian rhythms and inhibitory control of cognition"
15:20-15:40 Closing remarks, Chizuko Izawa, Tulane University, USA
Invited Posters
Laura Ciccarelli
William Hockley, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
Remo Job
Maria Korsnes and Svein Magnussen, Stanford University, USA
Benise S.K. Mak, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Timo Mantyla, Umea University, Sweden
Andre Mayers, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke (Quebec) Canada
Cathy McEvoy, University of South Florida, USA
Martijn Meeter, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Debra Sue Pate, State University of New York, Potsdam, USA
Eric-Jan Wagenmakers, Northwestern University, USA
Michael J.Wenger, University of Notre Dame, USA
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