A couple of updates! One of them: Keynote 2: Prof. Nicole Müller "Discourses of Cognition and Cognition as Discursive Processes"
We have compiled a few updates to share with you regarding our conference.
1) Conference Programme: Click here to download the current programme.
2) Keynote 2: Prof. Nicole Müller: "Discourses of Cognition and Cognition as Discursive Processes"
The circumstance that Donald Trump attained a perfect score on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) earlier this year was perceived as worthy of attention by many media outlets. Such media attention illustrates the wide-spread conceptualization of cognition as something that lives in our individual heads and is amenable to measurement by way of assessing modular splinter skills, which in turn somehow adds up to a valid picture of cognitive skills (or deficits). Modular concepts of cognition are enshrined in cognitive screening tests. I would argue that the widespread and uncritical use of such tests, particularly in the context of diagnosing and determining the severity of dementia, leads at best to a very inadequate view of cognition, and oftentimes to considerable distress on the part of the people whose cognitive skills are examined with these tools. What is often overlooked clinically and in the setting of research priorities is that persons with a diagnosis of dementia can possess considerable cognitive skills relating to interactive, contextualized problem solving. In order to adequately capture such skills, it is necessary to remove the artificial boundary between cognition and interaction, and look at cognition as a complex of discursive, dialogic processes. This perspective is not new – there is a considerable body of work in philosophy and cognitive science on ‘Cognition in the Wild’ (Hutchins, 1995), that is, human cognition as embodied, embedded, extended, and memories as collaborative, interactive processes (Meade et al., 2018). What is as yet lacking is systematic application of this work in the clinical sciences and clinical practice.
3) Conference Dinner: We are happy to announce that our dinner will be accompanied by live music. For delegates taking part in the dinner, there will also be a tour through the Glucksman Gallery. For details regarding the current exhibition, please follow this link.
1) Conference Programme: Click here to download the current programme.
2) Keynote 2: Prof. Nicole Müller: "Discourses of Cognition and Cognition as Discursive Processes"
The circumstance that Donald Trump attained a perfect score on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) earlier this year was perceived as worthy of attention by many media outlets. Such media attention illustrates the wide-spread conceptualization of cognition as something that lives in our individual heads and is amenable to measurement by way of assessing modular splinter skills, which in turn somehow adds up to a valid picture of cognitive skills (or deficits). Modular concepts of cognition are enshrined in cognitive screening tests. I would argue that the widespread and uncritical use of such tests, particularly in the context of diagnosing and determining the severity of dementia, leads at best to a very inadequate view of cognition, and oftentimes to considerable distress on the part of the people whose cognitive skills are examined with these tools. What is often overlooked clinically and in the setting of research priorities is that persons with a diagnosis of dementia can possess considerable cognitive skills relating to interactive, contextualized problem solving. In order to adequately capture such skills, it is necessary to remove the artificial boundary between cognition and interaction, and look at cognition as a complex of discursive, dialogic processes. This perspective is not new – there is a considerable body of work in philosophy and cognitive science on ‘Cognition in the Wild’ (Hutchins, 1995), that is, human cognition as embodied, embedded, extended, and memories as collaborative, interactive processes (Meade et al., 2018). What is as yet lacking is systematic application of this work in the clinical sciences and clinical practice.
References:
Hutchins, E. (1995). Cognition in the wild: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1995.
Meade, M., Harris, C. B., Barnier, A. J., Van Bergen, P., & Sutton, J. (Eds.). (2018). Collaborative remembering. Theories, research and applications. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
3) Conference Dinner: We are happy to announce that our dinner will be accompanied by live music. For delegates taking part in the dinner, there will also be a tour through the Glucksman Gallery. For details regarding the current exhibition, please follow this link.
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