News
May 25, 2007
Wiley Blackwell is sponsoring a prize for the best poster presentation. They are offering a $150 gift certificate, which can be used for any books published by Wiley Blackwell. The winner will be decided at the conference based on content and aesthetics. Good luck to everyone!
April 2, 2007
The Hilton Garden Inn in Auburn is offering a discounted rate for conference attendees. See our Accommodations page for details and contact information.
January 31, 2007
Notifications regarding accepted proposals were sent out January 31, 2007. Thanks for all of the submissions!
January 4, 2007
Cognitive Technology Presents
Speaker: Craig Anderson
Title: Violent Video Game Effects on Cognition, Affect, and Behavior
Abstract:
Researchers, public policy officials, and the lay public have been
interested in understanding the effects of exposure to media violence
for nearly a century. Recently, considerable debate has surrounded the
issue of whether exposure to violent video games, a relative newcomer to
the media arena, lead to changes in intrapersonal and interpersonal
indicators of aggression. Recent experimental, correlational,
longitudinal, and meta-analytic findings on the effects of exposure to
violent video games will be presented. The evidence strongly supports
the conclusion that exposure to video game violence leads to increases
in aggressive thoughts, feelings, and behaviors; increases in
physiological arousal; and decreases in prosocial behavior. Results will
be framed from the perspective of the General Aggression Model.
September 1, 2006
Conference speakers announced!
Several prominent and exciting cognitive researchers will present keynote addresses at SARMAC VII. Dr. Norbert Schwarz, University of Michigan, will present a talk entitled "The Intricacies of Setting People Straight: Metacognitive experiences in debiasing and public information campaigns." In addition, Dr. Mark Howe, Lancaster University, will present some of his new research on children's memory and Dr. Suparna Rajaram will speak on amnesia.
July 10, 2006
Online registration is now available!
See our Call for Papers information (PDF format), or check out the Papers section for information about submitting your proposal for a paper, poster or symposium.
April, 2006
SARMAC VII website goes live!
Bates College and the Department of Psychology are pleased to host the seventh biennial meeting of SARMAC. Bates is a highly selective liberal arts college enrolling 1700 undergraduate students and employing some 150 faculty members. It was founded in 1855 by Maine abolitionists and was one of the first co-educational colleges on the East Coast. Consequently, our graduates have always included men and women from diverse racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. The College is consistently ranked among the best small schools in the country and was the Princeton Review’s “Best Value” based on outstanding academics, low costs, and generous financial aid in 2005.
The Department of Psychology at Bates consists of nine full time faculty members whose active research programs include women’s cardiovascular health, self and culture, racial and ethnic identity development, prejudice and stereotyping, child development, attention and perception, eyewitness testimony, drug addiction, and neural bases of psychological disorders. Psychology typically enrolls 50 senior majors per year and is consistently one of the largest majors at Bates. All of our seniors conduct either empirical or service-learning theses. Some of these projects culminate in peer-reviewed publications with undergraduates and faculty as co-authors.
The Department is housed in a new academic facility, Pettengill Hall, which will serve as the location for most of the conference meetings. (See no. 64, on the Central Campus Detail Map on the College's website.)
On the College's Web Site you will also find a full campus map and driving directions to the campus, as well as general information about the College. There, you can take an on-line tour of the campus. The SARMAC Conference coincides with the College's summer break, which means parking will be plentiful both in the College parking lots and on the streets around the campus.