[CogSci] Workshop on Spatial Cognition and Spatial Communication in Ageing.

Sun Nov 23 06:44:07 PST 2025

Workshop on Spatial Cognition and Spatial Communication in Ageing.

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)
CNR Central Building, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 7 – Rome, Italy.

20th and 21st May, 2026.

We invite submissions for this international workshop on all aspects of spatial communication and spatial cognition development and change throughout the lifespan, from early development through to the oldest old (focusing on both typical and atypical development).

Submission topics include:

  *   Spatial language and spatial cognition in typical development (e.g. the acquisition of spatial terms in spoken and sign languages; development of navigation in infancy, etc.)

  *   Spatial language and spatial cognition in atypical development (e.g. ASD, William’s, etc.)

  *   Spatial language and spatial cognition in typical ageing (e.g. changes in spatial cognition and spatial communication in later life)

  *   Spatial language and spatial cognition in atypical ageing and atypical older adults (e.g. spatial cognition/spatial communication in dementia, PD, etc.)

Keynote speakers:

Linda Smith, Indiana University, USA

Albert Postma, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

Beyza Sümer, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Submissions
Submissions are welcomed for two formats:

  *   Standard talk (15 minutes plus 5 for questions)
  *   Speed talk (5-minute pitch with one slide)

Submissions (in the form of 150-word abstracts) should specify preferred format(s) (“Standard”/ “Speed”)

Deadline for submissions: 15th January, 2026

Notification: 1st February, 2026

To submit, please send your abstract to scala24 at uni-muenster.de<mailto:scala24 at uni-muenster.de> by no later than 12pm CET, 15th January, with the subject heading ‘Rome Workshop’.

Cost
The workshop registration fee is 150 euros (payable by 1st May, 2026), plus 50 euros for conference dinner on 21st May (payable by 1st May, 2026).

The organising team:
Olga Capirci (local organiser), CNR, Rome, Italy
Kenny R. Coventry, University of East Anglia, UK
Mila Vulchanova, NTNU, Norway
Mikkel Wallentin, Aarhus University, Denmark
Holger Diessel, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
Matthias Pawlowski, University Hospital Münster, Germany

Conference site: https://scala-project.eu/2025/11/22/workshop-on-spatial-cognition-and-spatial-communication-in-ageing/

Professor Kenny R. Coventry PhD CPsychol FBPsS FRSA SFHEA

Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research (APVCR) and Professor of Psychology,

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Lawrence Stenhouse Building,

University of East Anglia,

Norwich Research Park,

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United Kingdom

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