Computational Social and Affective Neuroscience Preconference
Abstract
Social behavior and emotions are a ubiquitous component of our daily lives, but the computations that facilitate these processes remain poorly understood. The traditional theoretical constructs or experimental paradigms of cognitive science/neuroscience appear to have limited utility in understanding the dynamics of social interaction, which are likely the result of nonstationary and nonlinear, bidirectional processes. Emotions are a critical aspect of cognition and social behavior, but have proven to be difficult to measure and model. Thus, significant methodological advances and improved models of the computational processes are critical to furthering our understanding of social and affective behavior and their neurobiological basis. In addition, most trainees in this area are not exposed to the latest computational tools and have limited training opportunities at their host institutions. The goal of the Computational Social and Affective Neuroscience (CSAN) preconference is to disseminate computational approaches into the social and affective neuroscience community. The objective of this preconference is to facilitate the development of novel paradigms, models, and analyses to integrate the multiple people, spatiotemporal scales, and levels of analysis unique to social and affective neurobehavioral research. Greater utilization of computational tools will increase the field s impact in explaining human social and affective behavior. This preconference will also provide a mechanism to bridge related communities in computational neuroscience, cognitive science, human-machine interaction, and computational social science. The one day Computational Social and Affective Neuroscience preconference will be held on May 2nd, 2019 at the Surfcomber Hotel, Miami Beach, FL.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Apr 29, 2019
- Source ID
- W911NF1910101
Entities
People
- James Thompson
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- George Mason University
- United States Army