TUESDAY, AUGUST 2
5:30 PM-6:00 PM Welcome reception
6:00 PM Conference dinner
7:30 PM-9:00 PM Poster Session 1
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3
7:00 AM-8:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM-10:15 AM Keynote Speaker: Russell Epstein, Ph.D. Introduction by Steven Weisberg
10:15 AM-10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:30 AM-12:00 PM Paper Session 1: Development and Education (4 papers—see list below)
12:00 PM-1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM-2:30 PM Poster Session 2
2:30 PM-4:00 PM Panel Discussion: Conceptualizing Space, Moderator: Mary Hegarty (Panel: Werner Kuhn, Nora Newcombe, Dan Montello, Anjan Chatterjee)
4:00 PM-4:30 PM Break
4: 30 PM-6:00 PM Paper Session 2: Individual Differences (4 papers—see list below)
7:00 PM Barbecue Dinner
THURSDAY, AUGUST 4
7:00 AM-8:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM-10:15 AM Keynote Speaker: Benjamin Kuipers, Ph.D., Introduction by Daniel Montello
10:15 AM-10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:30 AM-12:00 PM Panel Discussion: Using VR in Studying Navigation, Moderated by Christoph Holscher and Steve Weisberg (Panel: Elizabeth Charastil, Thomas Wolbers, Nicholas Giudice and Sarah Creem-Regehr)
12:00 PM-1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM-2:30 PM Poster Session 3
2:30 PM-4:20 PM Paper Session 3: Navigation (5 papers—see list below)
4:20 PM-5:00 PM Break
5:00 PM-6:00 PM Open Discussion: The Future of the SC Conferences, Moderated by Christoph Holscher and Daniel Montello
7:00 PM Conference Dinner
FRIDAY, AUGUST 5
7:00 AM-8:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM-10:30 AM Keynote Speaker: Asifa Majid, Ph.D., Introduction by Nora Newcombe
10:30 AM-12:20 PM Paper Session 4: Language and Space (5 papers—see list below)
Paper Sessions
Paper Session 1: Development and Education
Chair: Holly Taylor
Hilary Miller and Vanessa Simmering. Multiple Factors Contributing to Children’s Use of the Intrinsic Reference Frame in Spatial Recall
Emily G. Peterson, Adam Green, Bob Kolvoord, Daniel Goldman, Emily Hollenback and David Uttal. Childhood & Adolescent Spatial Activities, Spatial Ability, and Spatial Habits of Mind
Wenke Möhring Masami Ishihara and Andrea Frick. Interaction Between Space and Number Representations in 1st-Graders
Michal Berkowitz and Elsbeth Stern. The Predictive Power of Spatial Abilities among High Ability STEM Students
Paper Session 2: Individual Differences
Chair: Tim McNamara
Aaron Gardony and Holly Taylor. Oscillatory EEG Dynamics Reveal Cognitive Strategies in the Mental Rotation Task
Ineke van der Ham, Suze de Zeeuw and Merel Braspenning. Is Order Memory of Routes Temporal or Spatial? An Individual Differences Study
Alexander Boone, Xinyi Gong, David Sañosa and Mary Hegarty. Individual Differences in Navigation Efficiency and Strategy using the Dual Solution Paradigm
Kyle Gagnon, Sarah Creem-Regehr, Jeanine Stefanucci and Elizabeth Cashdan. Do Sex Differences in Mobility Explain Sex Differences in Navigation?
Paper Session 3: Navigation
Chair: Thomas Wolbers
Helen Elizabeth Davis and Elizabeth Cashdan. Spatial Cognition and Learning Among Children and Adults in a Traditional and Transitioning Population, the Tsimane of Bolivia.
Verena Schnitzler, Iva Barisic and Christoph Hölscher. Indoor Navigation with Digital Mobile Maps: Map Interactions, and Influence on Visual Attention, Spatial Learning and Wayfinding Efficiency
Hengshan Li and Nicholas Giudice. Assessment of Multi-Level Structural and Topological Properties on Cognitive Map Development in Multi-Level Built Environments
Elizabeth Chrastil, Katherine Sherrill, Sarah Izen and Chantal Stern. Neural Mechanisms of Human Path Integration
Michael Craig, Michaela Dewar, Matthew Harris, Sergio Della Salla and Thomas Wolbers. A Neurobiologically Inspired Approach to Enhance Navigational Abilities in Humans
Paper Session 4: Language and Space
Chair: Heather Burte
Kevin Holmes, Kelsey Moty and Terry Regier. Categorical Perception of Spatial Relations: A Cross-Linguistic Difference
Thora Tenbrink and Holly Taylor. How Cultural Background Affects Running Route Descriptions
Stacy Doore, Kate Beard and Nicholas Giudice. A Room with a (Verbal) View: Spatial Linguistic Structures Supporting Indoor Scene Descriptions
Nikhil Krishnaswamy and James Pustejovsky. Multimodal Semantic Simulations of Linguistically Underspecified Motion Events
Miles Hatfield, Caroline Reilhac, Hannah Cowley and Michael McCloskey. A Developmental Deficit Impairs Representation of the Left and Right Sides of the Body