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Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society Kenneth Forbus, Dedre Gentner and Terry Regier Editors August 4-7, 2004 Chicago, Illinois USA FOREWORD These proceedings hold the talks, posters, tutorials, and symposia presented at the 26th annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. The conference took place in Chicago, Illinois, at the Westin River North Hotel, August 4-7, 2004. Each year, the CogSci conference chairs highlight a particular area of cognitive science – we chose to highlight higher-order cognition. This is reflected in our choice of Susan Goldin-Meadow and Doug Medin as our two plenary speakers, and Larry Barsalou and Art Markman for a debate on embodied cognition, as well as in the themes of the invited symposia: language and thought, qualitative reasoning, higher-order cognitive neuroscience, and large-scale representation systems. The rest of the program was determined by the submissions we received, and by the reviewers’ enthusiasm for them. In total, we received 370 submissions of 6-page papers, publication-based abstracts, and symposia. Of these, 115 were accepted for presentation as a talk or symposium, and 150 were accepted for poster presentation. We also received over 150 member abstract submissions, which by design were only lightly reviewed, and almost all of which were accepted. Chairing a CogSci conference is a lot of work! We couldn’t have done it without a lot of help from many people. We would especially like to thank the following: The Governing Board, for inviting us to chair the meeting. The Program Committee, for managing the review process. The almost 500 reviewers, for providing professional reviews. Wayne Gray, for helpful advice on all aspects of conference organization. Chris Schunn and Rick Alterman, for their advice as chairs from earlier years. Frank Ritter, for organizing and coordinating the tutorial program. Frank Lee, for coordinating the student volunteers. Deborah Gruber, for her help with local arrangements and the proceedings. Jonathan Cohen and Jennifer Stedillie, for coordinating conference preparation. James Stewart, for heroic responsiveness in operating the reviewing website. The student volunteers at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago, especially Fey Parrill (UC) and Kate Lockwood (NU). Dan Veksler, for producing a roommate-matching website at very short notice. Ken Nielsen, for designing the poster. Rebecca Asburst, for creating the logo, and Kathleen Braun, for designing the T-shirt. Our sponsors: The Robert J. Glushko and Pamela Samuelson Foundation; Northwestern University; ONR; DARPA; AFRL; the University of Chicago; CHI Systems; and Trends in Cognitive Sciences. The plenary speakers, Susan Goldin-Meadow and Doug Medin. The debaters, Larry Barsalou and Art Markman. And above all, the authors, symposium participants, and attendees. Kenneth D. Forbus, Dedre Gentner, and Terry Regier Conference chairs, CogSci 2004 Conference Chairs Kenneth D. Forbus, Northwestern University Dedre Gentner, Northwestern University Terry Regier, University of Chicago Conference Program Committee Martha Alibali Robert French Naomi Miyake Colleen Seifert Erik Altmann Adele Goldberg Michael Mozer Stuart Shapiro Bruno Bara John Goldsmith Laura Namy Steve Sloman Lawrence Barsalou Rob Goldstone Srini Narayanan Steven Small Miriam Bassok Wayne Gray Nancy Nersessian Linda Smith William Bechtel Jim Greeno Partha Niyogi Michael Spivey Paul Bloom James Hampton Ken Paller Keith Stenning Morten Christiansen Stephen Jose Hanson David Plaut Josh Tenenbaum Gary Cottrell Muhammad Ali Khalidi Naomi Quinn Barbara Tversky Gary Dell Boicho Kokinov Michael Ramscar David Uttal Judy DeLoache David Leake Paul Reber Janet Werker Kevin Dunbar Vera Maljkovic Frank Ritter Amanda Woodward Shimon Edelman Barbara Malt Brian Ross Susan Epstein Art Markman Franz Schmalhofer Fernanda Ferreira Laura Michaelis Christian Schunn Local arrangements: Deborah Gruber Tutorials coordinator: Frank Ritter Conference software coordinator: Wayne Gray Registration website: Thomas B. Ward Conference website: Kenneth D. Forbus Roommate-matching website: Dan Veksler Proceedings: Deborah Gruber Cognitive Science Society Governing Board Nancy J. Nersessian (Chair) Program in Cognitive Science, College of Computing Georgia Institute of Technology 2001-2006 Keith Stenning (Past Chair) Centre for Human Communication & Informatics, Edinburgh University2000-2005 Wayne D. Gray (Chair-Elect) Department of Cognitive Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2003-2008 Thomas B. Ward (Executive Officer) Center for Creative Media, University of Alabama, 2003- 2005 Arthur B. Markman (Past Executive Officer) Department of Psychology, University of Texas, 2004 William Bechtel Department of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego 2002-2007 Peter Cheng Department of Cognitive Science, University of Sussex 2004-2009 Dedre Gentner Department of Psychology, Northwestern University 1999-2004 Robert L. Goldstone (Journal Editor) Department of Psychology, Indiana University 2001-2005 Edwin Hutchins Department of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego 2001- 2006 James L. McClelland Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, Carnagie Mellon University Ex- Officio member of board as chair of the Rumelhart Prize Committee Douglas L. Medin Department of Psychology, Northwestern University 1999-2004 Naomi Miyake School of Computer and Cognitive Sciences, Chukyo University 2004-2009 Johanna Moore Human Communication Research Centre Edinburgh University 2002-2007 Michael Mozer Computer Science Department, University of Colorado 2000-2005 Linda B. Smith Department of Psychology, Indiana University 2003-2008 Barbara Tversky Department of Psychology, Stanford University 2003-2008 Richard M. Young Psychology Department, University of Hertfordshire 2002-2007 CogSci 2004 Sponsors The Robert J. Glushko and Pamela Samuelson Foundation Northwestern University Office of Naval Research, Cognitive, Neural, and Social S&T Division Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Information Processing Technology Office Air Force Research Laboratory, Human Effectiveness Directorate University of Chicago CHI Systems, Inc. Trends in Cognitive Sciences About the Society The Society is a non-profit professional organization, and its main activities are sponsoring an annual conference, publishing the journal Cognitive Science, and promoting research interactions across traditional disciplinary boundaries. The Society was incorporated as a non-profit professional organization in Massachusetts in 1979. The Cognitive Science Society, Inc. brings together researchers from many fields that hold a common goal: understanding the nature of the human mind. The Society promotes scientific interchange among researchers in disciplines comprising the field of Cognitive Science, including Artificial Intelligence, Linguistics, Anthropology, Psychology, Neuroscience, Philosophy, and Education. You may contact the Society at: Cognitive Science Society, Inc. University of Texas at Austin Department of Psychology 1 University Station A8000 Austin, TX 78712 [email protected] (512) 471-2030 CogSci 2004 Reviewers Agnar Aamodt John Bullinaria Barry Devereux Louis Gomez Herve Abdi Judee Burgoon Mike Dickey Charles Goodwin Mark Ackerman Denis Burnham Eric Dietrich Alison Gopnik Mauro Adenzato Bruce Burns Kristien Dieussaert Mike Gorman Woo Kyoung Ahn Jerome Busemeyer Peter-Ford Dominey Arthur Graesser Adam Albright Mike Byrne Leonidas Doumas Laura Granka Gary Allen Ellen Campana Yoshimochi Ejima Jonathan Gratch Kai Alter Thomas Carr Michelle Ellefson Jackie Griego Richard Alterman Nicholas Cassimatis Randi A. Engle Zenzi Griffin Eric Amsel Anne Castles Blanzieri Enrico Thomas Griffiths Hanne Andersen Richard Catrambone Richard Epstein Maurice Grinberg Patric Andersson David Chalmers Michael Erickson Jonathan Grudin Sachiko Aoshima S. Chandrasekharan Zachary Estes Sabine Gueraud Shlomo Argamon Franklin Chang Hany Farid Markus Guhe Mark Aronoff Nancy Chang Aidan Feeney Glenn Gunzelmann Kevin Ashley Nick Chater Michele Feist Frank Guo Richard Aslin Xiang Chen Jerome Feldman Prahlad Gupta Janet Astington Zhe Chen Lisa Feldman-Barrett C. Hadjichristidis Harald Baayen Patricia Cheng David Feldon Verena Hafner William Badecker Paolo Cherubini Christopher Fennell York Hagmayer Collin Baker Micki Chi Ron Ferguson Ulrike Hahn Benjamin Balas Yoonsuck Choe Victor Ferreira Rogers Hall Sasha Barab Jessica Choplin Leo Ferres Christine Halverson Elizabeth Baraff Marvin Chun Anna Fisher Joy Hanna Brigid Barron John Clapper Cynthia Fisher Andrew Hanson Karen Bartsch John Clement Joan Fisher David Hardman Laurie Bauer Jonathan Cohen Alan Fiske Uri Hasson Eric Baum Mark Cohen Nick Flor Giyoo Hatano Cristina Becchio John Coley Peter Foltz Bruce Hayes Roman Belavkin Eliana Colunga Joao Fonseca Mary Hegarty Aaron Benjamin Louise Connell Kenneth Forbus Julie Heiser Benjamin Bergen Anne Cook Ken Forster Seth Herd Robert Berwick Rick Cooper Malcolm Forster Henry Hexmoor Susan Birch Robin Cooper Craig Fox Graeme Hirst V. Blackwell-Hardie Fintan Costello Michael Frank Cindy Hmelo-Silver Mark Blair Anna Cox Nancy Franklin Stephen Hockema Isabelle Blanchette Richard Cox Michael Freed John Hoeks Volker Blanz Matthew Crocker Eric Freedman Alex Holcombe Enrico Blanzieri Fred Cummins Daniel Freudenthal Keith Holyoak Stephen Blessing Suzanne Curtin Wai-Tat Fu Terry Horgan Sergey Blok Florin Cutzu Jonathan Fugelsang Alexandra Horowitz Jean-Francois Bonnefon Delphine
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