Scope
There is more to perception than mere sensory contents: we typically have the feeling that what we perceive is real and not, for example, merely imagined. We have a sense of reality. This sense is often taken for granted, but what makes an experience feel real? How do we distinguish between reality, imagination, and hallucination?
This workshop aims to bring together early-career and senior researchers from across disciplines whose work contributes in any way to the understanding of the sense of reality in perception, memory, imagination and, more broadly, cognition.
We welcome research across the cognitive sciences, including philosophy (and phenomenology), experimental psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and related fields. Possible topics include but are not limited to:
Reality monitoring in perception and memory
Sense of reality and its subjective markers
The feeling of perceptual presence
Differences between perception, imagination, episodic remembering, and hallucinations
Mental imagery, especially as it relates to differentiating between perception and imagination
Hallucinations, delusions, and derealization in psychiatric disorders
Sense of reality in virtual and augmented reality
Consciousness (science) as it relates to reality monitoring
Epistemology of perception and imagination
Submissions
If you would like to present your work at the workshop (30 minutes, including Q&A), please submit your abstract of 300 words (excluding references) here:
The deadline for submissions is 1st August 2024.
Decisions will be communicated by 15th August 2024.
General inquiries can be directed to senseofreality.workshop@gmail.com
Unfortunately, due to limited funding, we will not be able to cover travel or accommodation costs for the submitted contributions. Please keep that in mind when you decide whether you would like to present your paper remotely or in person. The preferred way of participating will not be a factor in evaluating the abstracts.
Registration
Attendance is free for everyone, but we highly recommend registration if you aren't submitting an abstract (especially for in-person participation) as seats are limited.
To register, please send an email indicating your name, career stage, preferred manner of participation (online or in person), and institutional affiliation to the workshop email address by September 1st: senseofreality.workshop@gmail.com