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Andrew Olney, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Institute for Intelligent Systems
The University of Memphis
365 Innovation Drive
Memphis, TN 38152


Abstract:

Time perception is unlike the perception of distance or color.  We have organs to sense light and sound but we don’t have a sensory organ for time.  In this talk we are going to explore how time perception is related to consciousness and cognition. Instead of asking “How can time be perceived?,” we should ask “How is a sense of time produced by a cognitive system?.”  In other words, time is something that the cognitive process constructs.

This shift in the way we are used to viewing time opens the door to addressing many time related questions.
- How is the stream of time perceived?
- How are time value concepts like “one second” grounded?
- How long does our sense of the “immediate present” last?
- Is our perception of time as being continuous correct?

These questions will be discussed both from a theoretical point of view and from a more practical one.

Finally, we will describe how these ideas can be put in context and implemented in a broad, comprehensive, cognitive model as LIDA.


Bio:

Javier is an Electronics Engineer, with an honorary degree from the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. He works as a computer software consultant, particularly for Java projects. He is a certified Java instructor as well. Among his clients are enterprises like Sun and Oracle. His primary research interests concern cognitive systems and consciousness. Javier’s work with LIDA is related to implementing time perception and production.
Contact: javiersna@gmail.com