The biennial conference for the Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image will be held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from June 11-14, 2008.  Information about the conference, including its schedule and roster of presenters, is available at our website at www.scsmi-online.org.  The webpage also features information about conference registration, hotel accommodations, and things to do in Madison.

SCSMI is an interdisciplinary organization made up of scholars interested in cognitive, philosophical, neurophysiological, and evolutionary-psychological approaches to the analysis of film and other moving-image media.  Members of SCSMI seek to understand, among other things, the ways in which perceptual and neural processing relate to spectators affective responses, to viewers comprehension of film narratives, and to the saliency of particular formal features of films. Members also raise questions about how artistic strategies, such as narrative construction, audio-visual technique, and the creation of emotional responses, may be amenable to naturalistic explanations in a cognitive framework. Members are likewise interested in the implications of empirical findings for conceptual analysis, theory clarification, and philosophical inquiry related to film

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Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the
University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu