8th International Summer School

in

Cognitive Science

 Sofia, New Bulgarian University

July 9 – 28, 2001

Organized by: New Bulgarian University, 

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, and Bulgarian Society for Cognitive Science

Endorsed by: the Cognitive Science Society

Sponsored by: New Bulgarian University, 

Central and East European Center for Cognitive Science, 

Robert J. Glushko & Pamela Samuelson Foundation of San Francisco.

International Advisory Board

• Kalina Christoff (Stanford University, USA) – Cognitive Neuroscience of Executive and Prefrontal Function
• Barbara Finlay (Cornell University, USA) – Development and Evolution of the Brain
• Maurice Grinberg (New Bulgarian University, BG) – Introduction to Connectionist Modeling
• Stella Vosniadou (University of Athens, GR) – Conceptual Change in Physical Knowledge
• Michael Thomas (NCDU, ICH, UK) – Connectionist Models of Developmental Disorders
• Csaba Pleh  (University of Seget, HU) – Language Understanding in Children, Adults and Patients
• Robert Goldstone (Indiana University, USA) – Human learning and adaptive systems
• Jeff Elman (University of California at San Diego, USA) – Connectionist approaches to psycholinguistics, language acquisition, and linguistic theory
• Susan Epstein (City University of New York, USA) – Cognitive Modeling and the Development of Expertise