Conference: Interdisciplinary and International Perspectives for Research in Cognition

人们很早就认识到，文化可以影响记忆、感知和决策等认知过程。然而，对文化的考虑在认知心理学中并不突出。随着研究变得更加全球化和协作性，以及对跨子学科更大多样性和包容性的呼吁，有机会发现不同人群中不同个体的认知过程可能存在差异的方式。该奖项旨在为认知科学家考虑文化影响提供动力，并促进研究人员、人群和研究主题的多样性。在接下来的两年里，将举办一系列三次文化与认知会议。其目的是1)促进跨文化认知的研究；2)建立研究人员社区；3)为受训者提供网络和支持。其中两次会议将作为心理学会年会的前期会议，其核心受众是认知心理学家。第三个独立会议将促进世界各地文化和认知研究人员之间的联系。会议将包括多种形式，包括研究报告、小组讨论、圆桌会议、海报和网络招待会。重点将是所有职业阶段的与会者，包括受训者的互动和积极参与。这些会议将探讨在认知研究中定义文化的跨学科观点，受邀发言者代表一系列学科，包括认知心理学、社会心理学、发展心理学以及人类学。该计划还将包括来自不同文化背景的科学家，他们在不同的地理位置工作。为了建设基础设施，将创建一个网站和邮件列表，以支持研究人员和学员社区的发展、信息的传播，并为在所创造的势头基础上建立基础。支持由感知、行动和认知计划以及文化人类学计划提供。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

It has long been recognized that culture can influence cognitive processes such as memory, perception, and decision making. However, a consideration of culture has not been prominent in cognitive psychology. As research becomes more global and collaborative, with calls for greater diversity and inclusion across sub-disciplines, there is an opportunity to uncover ways in which cognitive processes can differ across individuals in diverse populations. This award seeks to gather momentum for cognitive scientists to consider cultural influences and to advance the diversity of researchers, populations, and topics under study.A series of three Culture and Cognition conferences will be organized over the next two years. The aims are to 1) advance research on cognition across cultures; 2) build a community of researchers; and 3) provide networking and support for trainees. Two of these meetings will operate as pre-conferences of the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, with its core audience of cognitive psychologists. A third, standalone meeting will facilitate connections among culture and cognition researchers worldwide. Meetings will include a mixture of formats, including research presentations, panel discussions, roundtables, posters, and networking receptions. The emphasis will be on interaction and active participation of attendees from all career stages, including trainees. The meetings will explore interdisciplinary perspectives on defining culture in the study of cognition, with invited speakers representing a range of disciplines that includes cognitive, social, and developmental psychology, as well as anthropology. The program will also include scientists who are themselves from culturally diverse origins working in geographically diverse locations. To build infrastructure, a website and mailing list will be created, which will support the development of the community of researchers and trainees, the dissemination of information, and provide a foundation for building on the momentum created.Support is provided by the Perception, Action, and Cognition Program and the Cultural Anthropology Program.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.