FECHNER DAY 201632 nd Annual Meeting

of the International Societyfor Psychophysics

MOSCOW, RUSSIA15-20 August, 2016

ORGANIZERS

Alexey N. GusevGalina M. Menshikova

Psychology DepartmentMoscow Lomonosov State University

Irina G. Skotnikova Institute of Psychology

Russian Academy of Sciences

SPONSORS

� Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR)� Russian Foundation for Humanities (RFH)

VENUE

� Psychology Department, Moscow Lomonosov State University

� Old campus in the city center, opposite to the Red Square and Kremlin

Venue:LECTURETHEATERS

Venue: SEMINAR ROOMS

Students’Diningroom

August isbetterthanOctober

� The end of October is rather cold and rainy in Moscow. Also, accommodation prices are noticeably lower in August than in October

� We therefore suggested to hold the meeting in the 2nd half of August,when it is warm and rather dry as a rule

� August was chose for FD’2016at Business Meeting of FD’2014 in Lund

Accommodation� Hotel “Academicheskaya” (3*)

in the Russian Academyof SciencesDonskaya Street 1

� 320 rooms � Buffet breakfast� ca. 10-15 minutes by bus

from the PsychologyDepartment

Pricespernight� Currencyon January 9,2016:$ 1 = Rub 75, € 1= Rub 80

� August 2015 October 2014� Single standard $ 65 € 59 $ 148 € 109

� Single comfortable $ 79 € 71 $ 187 € 243

� Double economy 2 beds $ 79 € 71 $ 187 € 243

� Double standard 2 beds $ 104 € 94 $ 221 € 287

� Double business 1 bed $ 104 € 94 $ 240 € 312

� There are different kinds of half-luxe and luxe rooms as well

� Obviously the prices became more then twice lower in 2015 than in 2014

Accommodation(cntd.)� Also, there are more expensive hotels

in .2 -.4 km from the Psychology Department, e.g. Hotel “National”:

Double standard room with 2 beds:$150 / €134 (August 2015) $370 / €273 (October2014)

� We are exploring less expensive hotel options in the center of MoscowThere are many 2-3 stars hotels in .7- 2 km from the Psychology Department

� This August prices are $33- 55/ €30-50 per night for a standard single or double room

� (see http://www.fechnerday.org/fd2016).The prices are lower in case of groups of guests

� We plan to suggest our bus to transfer participants from 2-3 hotels to the Meeting place and back

� We also plan to suggest the postgraduated students hotel (in the main MSU building on Vorob’evy Hills)to young scientists as a financial supportThis place is connected by a straight metro line with the Psychology Department

Conferencefee

�We intend to keep the registration fee comparable to the registration fee at FD’2015 in Quebec:

�215 Euro before the deadline, �and 285 Euro after;

�and 105 Euro for students

Travelling�International airport Domodedovo

+ “Aeroexpress” (ca. 45 min. to a metro station in central Moscow)�International airport Sheremetyevo

+ “Aeroexpress”(ca. 35 min. to a metro station in central Moscow)�Airport Vnukovo

+ “Aeroexpress”(ca. 35 min. to a metro station in central Moscow)

�Railway stations: Belorusskii, Kievskii, Leningradskii, Yaroslavskii (ca. 10-15 min. from Faculty of Psychology)

�Tourist visa is required (about €50 for 7 days now). It is rather easy to receive tourist visa in Russian embassies in most countriesAt the same time assistance is suggested in Moscow to receive it

Scientificprogramme:Proposedsessionsandconfirmedtalks

� August 15-18, 2016

� Theme Sessions

� Non-Traditional Approaches in Psychophysics� 1. Psychophysics of environmental perception.� Lawrence Ward (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada) ?� 2. Psychophysics of perceived quality.

Valery Nosulenko (Institute of Psychology, Moscow, Russia)� 3. Subject’s Activity-Oriented Approach

Irina Skotnikova (Institute of Psychology, Moscow, Russia) &Alexey Gusev (Moscow Lomonosov State University, Russia)

� 4. Psychophysics of Gestalt PerceptionAndrey Khudyakov (Pedagogical State University, St. Petersburg, Russia)

Organized by Irina Skotnikova (Institute of Psychology, Moscow, Russia) &Alexey Gusev (Moscow Lomonosov State University, Russia)

� Decision Making and Confidence in Sensory Tasks� Organized by Stephen Link (University of California, San Diego, USA)

� Sensory Measurements

� Psychophysical Approaches to Attention and Working Memory� Organized by Jeremy M. Wolfe

(Harvard Medical School, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Cambridge, MA, USA) ? & Igor’ Utochkin (National ResearchUniversityHigherSchool of Economics, Moscow, Russia)

� Applied Psychophysics

� Animal PsychophysicsOrganized by Edward A. Wasserman or Lazareva Olga F.

(Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City , USA) ? & Lubov’ Selivanova (Institute of Evolutional Morphology, Moscow, Russia)

SatelliteMeeting

� August 19, 2016

� Psychophysics and Neuroscience�

Evgeny N. Sokolov, psychophysiologist of the 20th century

� Organized by ? & Alexander Chernorizov (Moscow Lomonosov State University, Russia)

Keynotelectures

� ?

� Boris M. Velichkovsky (National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”,Moscow Lomonosov State University, Moscow, Russia, and Technische Universitaet Dresden, Germany)

� Scientific psychology in the North-East of Europe:From Sechenov, Bechterev and Pavlov to the 21st century

converging science and technology

Sightseeingprogramme:GuidedTours

� August 15-19, 2016 (evenings)� Moscow historical places and landmarks

� Moscow Kremlin(http://www.kreml.ru/en-Us/museums-moscow-kremlin/);

� Moscow metro: 80 years of the world’s most beautiful underground (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Metro)

� New campus of Moscow Lomonosov State University on Vorobyevy Hills (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_State_University);

� Panoramic view of Moscow city from the 33rd floor of the University building

� August 20, 2016 ( full day)

� Russian icons and architecture of the 15th-16th centuries:Andrei Rublyov Museum of Ancient Russian Art (http://www.moscow.info/museums/andrei-rublev-museum-of-ancient-russian-art.aspx);

� Kolomenskoye Reserve, UNESCO World Heritage Site (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolomenskoye)

We look forward to meeting you

at Fechner Day 2016 in Moscow