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SCSMI2017 Helsinki

The annual conference of the Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image (SCSMI) welcomes you to the Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland, June 11th – 14th, 2017

SCSMI2017 Helsinki program is under construction and changes are to occur. Meanwhile you may complete your personal information with a photo and some tags, so the other attendees and speakers will get to know more of you and your interests, and vice versa.

Go to registration or check practical information about accommodation etc. at http://scsmi2017.aalto.fi/

Adriano D’Aloia

International Telematic University UNINETTUNO
Assistant professor
Rome & Milan, Italy

https://adrianodaloia.net

I am an assistant professor in cinema, photography and television at the International Telematic University UNINETTUNO, Rome. I am the author of a book that combines aesthetics, Gestalt psychology and cognitive neuroscience as a model of film experience analysis. I co-curated with Ruggero Eugeni Cinéma&Cie special issue on Neurofilmology. Audiovisual Studies and the Challenge of Neuroscience.

10:10 EEST

Opening SCSMI 20 years by Dr Murray Smith Aalto Big Hall, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (1st floor)Murray Smith

10:20 EEST

SCSMI KEYNOTE by Dr Paisley Nathan Livingston: On cinema as philosophy: the Kaila–Bergman connection revisited Aalto Big Hall, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (1st floor)Paisley Nathan Livingston

14:15 EEST

Neurocinematics - a follow-up Aalto Big Hall, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (1st floor)Pia Tikka

14:45 EEST

KEYNOTE by Dr Lauri Nummenmaa: Emotions, cinema and the Brain Aalto Big Hall, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (1st floor)Lauri Nummenmaa

16:15 EEST

KEYNOTE by Dr. Asta Kärkkäinen, NOKIA: 3D audio in immersive movies Aalto Big Hall, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (1st floor)Asta Kärkkäinen

18:30 EEST

Get-together at Allas Sea Pool Bar Allas Cafe & Restaurant

20:00 EEST

Get-together at Allas Sea Pool SAUNA Allas Sea Pool

09:30 EEST

LP Mehul Bhatt, Jakob Suchan and Omar Moussa. What can Artiﬁcial Intelligence do for Cognitive Media Studies? -- Integrated Analytical-Empirical Methods from the Viewpoint of Visuo-Auditory Cognition A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Mehul Bhatt • Omar Moussa • Jakob Suchan

10:30 EEST

SP Jakob Suchan, Mehul Bhatt, Rocio Varela and Johanna Arens: Obsessed by Symmetry: -Wes Anderson and his Visuo-Cinemato-graphic Scene Structures and their Perceptual Reception A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Mehul Bhatt • Jakob Suchan

11:00 EEST

SP Einar Egeland, Tor Endestad and Bruno Laeng. Different editing styles influence eye movements, pupilometry and emotional experience of a film scene. A neuro- cognitive approach to a film editor’s decision... A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Einar Egeland

11:30 EEST

SP Brendan Rooney, Katalin Balint, Colin Burke, Sharon Chi Tak Lee, Caroline Mantei and Tess O'Leary: The effect of engagement-mode and character eye-gaze on viewers of a virtual reality ﬁlm. A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Katalin Bálint • Brendan Rooney

13:00 EEST

LP Joerg Fingerhut and Katrin Heimann. Film and 4EA cognition. Movies as part of our artifactual mind A-306 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Joerg Fingerhut

14:00 EEST

LP John Bateman, Janne Kauttonen, Chiao-I Tseng and Pia Tikka. Textual analysis of event patterns and neural functions of narrative constructions in ﬁlm A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Janne Kauttonen • Chiao-I Tseng

15:30 EEST

LP Chiao-I Tseng, Jochen Laubrock, Jessie Nixon and John Bateman. Constraining film narrative interpretation through combinations of cohesion in film and eye-tracking A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Jochen Laubrock • Chiao-I Tseng

17:00 EEST

PP/DP Marie-Laure Cazin. Cinema and neuroscience, the case of emotive cinema A-301 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Marie-Laure Cazin

17:30 EEST

Stephen Hinde & Tim Smith: Experiment session - test volunteers wanted! A-301 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Dr Stephen J. Hinde

14:00 EEST

SP Hauke Meyerhoff, Frank Papenmeier and Markus Huff. Visual activity of movie clips biases time perception A-306 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Hauke Meyerhoff

14:30 EEST

SP Maria Poulaki. Transformative continuity A-301 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Maria Poulaki

15:00 EEST

SP Kata Szita. Movies on Smartphones: The Physiological Effects of Screen Size, Physical Connection, and the Active Environment A-306 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Kata Szita

16:00 EEST

SP Stephen Hinde, Tim Smith and Katrin Heimann. Experimental psychology in cinema using mobile technologies. A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Dr Stephen J. Hinde

16:30 EEST

LP Hector J. Perez and Maria Jesus Ortiz. Emotional and Cognitive Effects of Multiplot Structure in TV Serial Narratives A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Maria J. Ortiz • Hector J. Perez LP James Cutting: Pace and the evolution of popular film form A-306 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)James Cutting

18:00 EEST

GET-TOGETHER AT THE FAMOUS CORONA BAR Corona Bar - Conference Club

20:00 EEST

CONFERENCE DINNER (PRE-PAID) Lasipalatsi Restaurant

09:30 EEST

LP Torben Grodal. Aesthetics and emotions in animated ﬁlms A-306 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Torben Grodal

10:30 EEST

SP Jelena Rosic and Olli Aho. Montage as a narrative landscape of affordances A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Olli Aho • Jelena Rosic

11:00 EEST

SP Helane Rosenberg and Nathaniel Epstein. The Mental Imaging of the Filmmaking Team: How Directors, Cinematographers, and Editors Create, Modify, and Finalize their Filmic Images A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Helane Rosenberg

11:30 EEST

SP Ed Tan and Katalin Bálint. The phenomenology of characterisation. From social cognition of real persons to the construction of ﬁctional human-like ﬁgures in narrative. A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Katalin Bálint • Ed Tan SP Gal Raz, Oﬁr Shany and Tal Gonen. We’re chained in action: A Neuroscientiﬁc Model of Motivational Empathy A-306 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Gal Raz

13:00 EEST

SP Katalin Balint, Chantal Schoft and Brendan Rooney. The Effect of Formal Features on Viewers’ Narrative Engagement in Quentin Tarantino’s Violent Scenes A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Katalin Bálint • Brendan Rooney

13:30 EEST

SP Sermin Ildirar and Tim J. Smith. Action Prediction Across Match-on-Action Cuts in Infancy A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Sermin Ildirar • Tim J. Smith

14:00 EEST

SP Sampsa Huttunen. Right-Handed Action for Right-Handed Audiences: Does Handedness Affect the Film- Watching Experience? A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Sampsa Huttunen

14:30 EEST

SP Kaisu Lankinen. Studying brain activity during movie viewing with magnetoencephalography A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Kaisu Lankinen