CALL FOR PAPERS
Academy of Aphasia 46nd 46thAnnual
Meeting
October 19-21, 2008 Turku, Finland
(Turku, Finland)
Dear Colleague:
This mailing includes the Call for Papers for the 46st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Aphasia at the Spa Hotel Caribia in Turku, Finland. The Academy of Aphasia welcomes submissions of original experimental, clinical, theoretical and historical research from any field that contributes to the study of aphasia, including Speech-Language Pathology, Psychology, Neurology, Neuroscience, Linguistics, History and Computational Modeling. The Academy of Aphasia encourages submissions for platform papers, poster presentations, proposals for symposia that bring together researchers from different laboratories reporting on a common research theme, and mini-workshops with a methodological emphasis in which a unique approach to a timely topic may be presented by a single research group. Submissions are accepted from both members and non-members of the Academy of Aphasia and all submissions are given equal consideration.
You will find enclosed attached the
General Guidelines for Submission for
the electronic submission of abstracts as well as a copy of the Abstract
Information Sheet, which should accompany
your submission. A separate information sheet must accompany each abstract and
must be received by 12:00 noon Central Standard Daylight Time
(CSDT)
on Tuesday April 1, 2008. All of these
forms are also available on the Academy web site (http://www.academyofaphasia.org).
Although it is discouraged, you may bypass electronic submission and mail a 3.5"
floppy diskCD with 8 hard copies of your abstract
to:
Academy Of Aphasia
Frances Laven, Director
PO Box 26532
Minneapolis MN 55426, USA
This tooThe CD must be
received by 12 noon CSDT on Tuesday April
1, 2008. Due to abstract publication requirements, there will be no
exceptions to this submission deadline. The Program Committee will notify you of its decision by
e-mail; therefore, your e-mail address must accompany each submission.
Sincerely,
Frances Laven, Director of the Academy
Hugh Buckingham, Chair
Matt Goldrick Asst. Chair Program Committee (Chair, Oct. 2009)
Lise Menn
Ana Ines Ansaldo
Lynn Maher
Carol Leonard
Sarah Christman, ex officio
Matti Laine, Local Arrangements
Hugh Buckingham (Chair)
Matti Laine, Local Arrangements
The
Academy of Aphasia 46thth xxnd
Annual Meeting
October
19 - 21xx- xx,
2008x
(Turku, Finland)Place of the Meeting)
The annual meeting of the Academy of Aphasia has both platform and poster sessions. The platform sessions include: Scientific papers (original research that has not yet been published), Symposia (a number of papers from researchers representing different laboratories and focusing on a common theme - these papers may report on previously published research), and Mini-Workshops (a methodologically oriented session including a number of papers that may be from a single research group reporting a unique approach to a timely topic). Poster sessions include scientific papers that can be presented primarily in a visual format. The Academy considers poster sessions to be as scientifically meritorious as platform sessions. Poster sessions will not conflict with platform sessions.
Both members and non-members of the Academy are encouraged to submit papers, symposia and mini-workshops for the annual meeting. Student papers need to be co-authored by a member of the Academy. All submissions will be given equal consideration on the basis of their scientific merit and fitness for the Academy. The Program Committee welcomes all types of experimental and theoretical papers from any field that contributes to the study of language and its disruption, including (but not limited to) linguistics, neurology, psychology, computational modeling, and speech-language pathology.
Attendance at the Conference: The meeting is open to anyone interested in attending. However, meeting space is limited, and Academy of Aphasia members, authors of accepted papers, and the first authors of rejected papers will have preference if space limitations restrict the number of registrants.
Guidelines for Submission: The submitted abstract should provide a concise statement of the problem or hypothesis, procedures and analyses conducted, results obtained, and final conclusion drawn. In the case of symposia and mini-workshops, the organizer should submit an abstract summarizing the topic and an abstract for each of the individual presentations (including the names and affiliations of the participants). To help the planning of the program, it is recommended that organizers of symposia and mini-workshops contact the Chair of the Program Committee by email (name and email address) about their plans no later than March 15 in order to get feedback on organizational issues. More than one abstract may be submitted by an individual, but an individual can be listed as first author on only one submission.
Please note the following guidelines: Abstracts may include
a maximum of 1000 500 words
(including references) as well as one camera-ready figure/table. The
abstracts will be printed in Brain and Language, Tso
the text and figure/table should be prepared in accordance with its
published the specifications Instructions
for authors in Brain and
Language (including reference format). They will be
published online and on a separate CD. Please submit your abstract
electronically to: contact@academyofaphasia.org. Please send all files
as attachments, saved in either Microsoft Word or RTF format. Please send
two copies of the abstract, one prepared normally and the other with all identifying
information removed (for anonymous review). For both versions, please use a
one-word filename with the author's last name and initials separated by a
period. Use suffix "1" for the regular version and "2" for
the anonymous version (e.g., smith.ab.1, smith.ab.2). Charts and graphs should
be embedded in the document as a chart or graph. Alternatively, you may mail a disk CD and
8 hard copies of your abstract to: Academy Of Aphasia, Frances Laven, Director,
P.O.
Box 26532, Minneapolis MN 55426, USA.
Please include the corresponding address at the
end of the normally prepared abstract. For each electronic or disk CD submission,
please include the information sheet that is enclosed. The Program committee will notify you of its
decision by email, so your email address must be included with the normally
prepared abstract. To receive notification by surface mail, a typed label with
the corresponding author's address must accompany the abstract. Submissions
that do not meet these guidelines will not be reviewed.
Abstracts must be received no later than 12:00
noon Central Standard Daylight Time on Xxday Tuesday, April
1, 200x8. There will be absolutely no exceptions to this
deadline. The Program Committee will review the abstracts anonymously.
Selection of papers will be based on scientific merit, on appropriateness for
the Academy of Aphasia, on the representation of topics in the program, and on
space and time restrictions. Unfortunately, not all papers can be accepted. We
will send out notification of the decision by the Program Committee by
mid-summer. You will be notified by e-mail; therefore, your e-mail address must
accompany each submission.
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Please email abstracts to: contact@academyofaphasia.org |
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Additional information from: Academy Of Aphasia Frances Laven, Director PO Box 26532 Minneapolis MN 55426 USA PHONE: 952-920-0484 FAX: 952-920-6098 EMAIL: contact@academyofaphasia.org
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Matt Goldrick, Vice Chair Lise Menn Ana Ines Ansaldo Lynn Maher Carol Leonard Sarah Christman, ex officio Matti Laine, Local Arrangements
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ABSTRACT INFORMATION SHEET
The
Academy of Aphasia 46th46thxxnd
Annual Meeting
October 19 - 21ber xx- xx,
2008 Turku,
Finland
x
(Turku, FinlandPlace of the
Meeting)
Please return one information sheet for each submission
TITLE OF ABSTRACT:
AUTHORS (list names and mailing addresses of all authors):
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR (include email address or a typed mailing label for each submission if you prefer to be notified by surface mail):
Name:
Address:
Phone: Fax: Email:
____ PLEASE INDICATE IF THE FIRST AUTHOR IS A STUDENT AND WISHES TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE STUDENT PAPER AWARD.
FORMAT PREFERENCE (we cannot guarantee to honor preferences, but we will try):
____ Poster session preferred
____ Platform session preferred
____ Symposium or Mini-Workshop preferred, but platform or poster session for individual papers otherwise
____ Only poster
session acceptable
_____ Only
platform session acceptable
____ Only Symposium or Mini-Workshop acceptable
____ No strong preference
TIME REQUIRED (Platform papers, Symposia, and Mini-Workshops): The standard time allotment for Platform papers is 15 minutes for presentation and 15 minutes for discussion. Symposia and Mini-Workshops usually contain no more than 4 papers respecting the same time allotment, along with some time for introduction and general discussion. Total time for Symposia and Mini-Workshops is between 2 and 2 ¼ hours.
AUDIO-VISUAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS:
____ Digital projector (e.g., Powerpoint) ____ Slide projector (2 inch slides) ____ Overhead projector ____ Other (please specify as precisely as possible, and we will try to accommodate):