THE ACADEMY OF APHASIA - 36th ANNUAL MEETING
CALL FOR PAPERS - GENERAL GUIDELINES
NOVEMBER 1-3, 1998
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO

The meeting of the Academy of Aphasia has both platform and poster sessions. The platform sessions include: Scientific papers(original research that has not yet been published); and Symposia(a number of papers focusing on a common theme - these papers may report on previously published research). Poster sessions include scientific papers that can be presented primarily in a visual format. The Academy considers poster sessions to be as scientifically meritorious as platform sessions. Poster sessions will not conflict with platform sessions.

Both members and non-members of the Academy are encouraged to submit papers and symposia for the annual meeting. Student papers need to be co-authored by a member of the Academy. All submissions will be given equal consideration on the basis of their scientific merit and fitness for the Academy. The Program Committee welcomes all types of experimental and theoretical papers from any field that contributes to the study of language and its disruption, including linguistics, neurology, psychology, computational models, and speech-language pathology.

Attendance at the Conference: The meeting is open to anyone interested in attending. However, meeting space is limited, and Academy of Aphasia members, authors of accepted papers, and the first authors of rejected papers will have preference if space limitations restrict the number of registrants.

Guidelines for Submission: The submitted abstract should provide a concise statement of the problem or hypothesis, procedures and analyses conducted, results obtained, and final conclusion drawn. In the case of symposia, the symposium organizer should submit an abstract summarizing the topic of the symposium and an abstract for each of the individual presentations (including the names and affiliations of the participants). More than one abstract may be submitted by an individual, but an individual can be listed as first author on only one submission.

Please note the following guidelines: Abstracts may include a maximum of 1000 words (including references) as well as one camera-ready figure/table. The Abstracts will be printed in Brain and Language,so the text and figure/table should be prepared in accordance with its published specifications (including reference format). We are asking that you submit your abstract electronically to TerryW@WES-SCS.com. Please send all files as attachments, preferentially saved in Microsoft Word or WordPerfect format. An 8-letter filename should be used. Charts and graphs should be embedded in the document as a chart or graph. Alternatively, you may mail a disk and 8 hard copies of your Abstract to:

Academy of Aphasia
Winnett Exposition Services
1090 Adams Street
Suite D
Benicia, CA 94510

Please include the corresponding address at the end of each Abstract. For each electronic or disk submission, please include the information sheet that is enclosed. This can also be obtained at the Academy of Aphasia web site. The Program committee will notify you of its decision by email, so your email address must be included with the Abstract. To receive notification by surface mail, a typed label with the corresponding author's address must accompany the Abstract. Submissions that do not meet these guidelines will not be reviewed.

Abstracts must be received no later than May 1, 1998. There will be absolutely no exceptions to this deadline. The Program Committee will review the abstracts anonymously. Selection of papers will be based on scientific merit, on appropriateness for the Academy of Aphasia, on the representation of topics in the program, and on space and time restrictions. Unfortunately, not all papers can be accepted. We will send out notification of the decision by the Program Committee by mid-summer.

Please email abstracts to TerryW@WES-SCS.com Additional information from: Murray Grossman Department of Neurology - 3 Gates University of Pennsylvania Medical Center 3400 Spruce Street Philadelphia PA 19104-4283

Program Committee: Dana Boatman (Baltimore) Jack Gandour (W. Lafayette) Murray Grossman, Chair (Philadelphia) Peter Hagoort (Nijmegen) Malcolm McNeil (Pittsburgh) Lorraine Tyler (London)