Program:
Friday, March 24th at 9:45am
Welcome
10:00 - 11:30 Session 1: Memory and Imagination
Daniel Schacter, "Constructive Memory and Imagining the Future"
Alan Richardson, "Memory, Imagination, and Jane Austen"
Coffee Break
11:45 - 1:15 Session 2: Memory and Emotion
Mara Mather, "How emotion makes us remember what stands out and forget the rest"
Laura Otis, "Making Sensations Memorable: What Fiction-Writers Can Teach Scientists about the Binding Problem"
Lunch (Provided free to conference attendees)
2:30 - 4:00 Session 3: Memory and Autobiography: Childhood Memory
Evelyne Ender, "Inside Out: When Childhood Memories Matter"
Patricia Bauer, "Developing a Personal Past: Remembering and Forgetting"
Saturday, March 25th at 10:00am
10:00 - 11:30 Session 4: Voluntary and Involuntary Remembering and Forgetting
Cathy Caruth, "Memory between Death and Life"
Michael Anderson, "Keeping a Spotless Mind: The Neuroscience of Motivated Forgetting"
11:30 Closing Remarks
Friday, March 24th at 9:45am
Welcome
10:00 - 11:30 Session 1: Memory and Imagination
Daniel Schacter, "Constructive Memory and Imagining the Future"
Alan Richardson, "Memory, Imagination, and Jane Austen"
Coffee Break
11:45 - 1:15 Session 2: Memory and Emotion
Mara Mather, "How emotion makes us remember what stands out and forget the rest"
Laura Otis, "Making Sensations Memorable: What Fiction-Writers Can Teach Scientists about the Binding Problem"
Lunch (Provided free to conference attendees)
2:30 - 4:00 Session 3: Memory and Autobiography: Childhood Memory
Evelyne Ender, "Inside Out: When Childhood Memories Matter"
Patricia Bauer, "Developing a Personal Past: Remembering and Forgetting"
Saturday, March 25th at 10:00am
10:00 - 11:30 Session 4: Voluntary and Involuntary Remembering and Forgetting
Cathy Caruth, "Memory between Death and Life"
Michael Anderson, "Keeping a Spotless Mind: The Neuroscience of Motivated Forgetting"
11:30 Closing Remarks