Thematic Programs

Seminar on psychology and brain sciences related to hearing and multisensory processing


Information

Date

October 20, 2018 – October 22, 2018

Venue

Sakura Hall, Katahira Campus, Tohoku University [Access]
[Campus Map] The building is shown as "E01" in the map.

Tutorial lecturers

Maria Chait (University College London)
Shin’ya Fujii (Keio University)
Charles Spence (University of Oxford)
Shin’ya Yamamoto (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)

Invited lecturers

Ercan Altinsoy (TU Dresden)
Chia-huei Tseng (Tohoku University)

Time Schedule  [Oct. 19, 2018 Updated]

Saturday, October 20, 2018
*SESSIONS in JAPANESE
12:30 –
Registration
Tutorial lecture 1
13:00 – 14:00
Shin’ya Yamamoto (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
14:15 – 15:45
Cross-modality design workshop
16:00 – 18:00
Poster and demo session
19:00 – 21:00
Social time
Sunday, October 21, 2018
*SESSIONS in JAPANESE
9:00 –
Registration
9:30 – 11:00
Prof. Sugita memorial session
Tutorial lecture 2
11:00 – 12:00
Shin’ya Fujii (Keio University)
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch
13:00 – 15:00
Poster and demo session
*SESSIONS in ENGLISH
Mind Seminar: Invited lecture
15:00 – 16:00
Chia-huei Tseng (Tohoku University)
Interpersonal Communication on the Japanese Concept of "MA"
Mind Seminar: Tutorial lecture
16:00 – 17:00
Charles Spence (University of Oxford)
Crossmodal correspondences: Looking for links between sound symbolism & synaesthesia, & their application to multisensory marketing
Mind Seminar: IYL session
17:00 – 17:40
Takuya Koumura (NTT Communication Science Laboratories)
Chimeric sounds with shuffled "texture" and "content" synthesized by a model of the auditory system
Shu Imaizumi (University of Tokyo, JSPS)
Explicit and implicit agency over auditory and visual action-outcomes
Monday, October 22, 2018
*SESSIONS in ENGLISH
Mind Seminar: IYL session
9:15 – 9:55
Yuta Furukawa (Sophia University, SONY CSL, JSPS)
Distinct internal model improves timing perception in musicians
Lise Hobeika (Sorbonne Université)
Social impact on audiotactile integration near the body
Mind Seminar: Invited lecture
10:00 – 11:00
Ercan Altinsoy (TU Dresden)
Perceptual Features of Everyday Push Button Sounds and Audiotactile Interaction
Mind Seminar: Tutorial lecture
11:00 – 12:00
Maria Chait (University College London)
Does auditory processing rely on encapsulated, or domain-general computational resources?

WEB

Multisensory Seminar (Japanese)

Contact

UAC2018 Organizing Committee
e-mail: uac2018*riec.tohoku.ac.jp (change * to @)

Organizing institutions

・Universal Acoustical Communication International Symposium Organizing Committee
・Tohoku Forum for Creativity, Organization for Research Promotion, Tohoku University
・Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University

Program co-sponsors

・Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
・Graduate School/Faculty of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University
・Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University
・School of Engineering, Tohoku University
・Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Tohoku University
・School of Medicine, Tohoku University
・Brain Science Center, Tohoku University

Supporting organizations

・Acoustical Society of Japan
・The Virtual Reality Society of Japan
・Japanese Multisensory Research Forum
・National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
・The Kajima Foundation
・Kayamori Foundation of Informational Science Advancement
・Support Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technology Research, Foundation
・Intelligent Cosmos Scientific Foundation