1. Research Methods in Cognitive Studies an Interdisciplinary Winter School Erasmus Intensive Programme 14-27 February 2010 Zakopane, Poland

2. Aims REMICS 2 (Research Methods In Cognitive Studies) is a winter school aimed at teaching advanced research methods and topics to international students (website under construction: www.remics2010.pl) It is funded as an Erasmus Intensive Programme In 2010 it is organized by nine partner institutions from UK, Germany, France, Spain and Poland The coordinating institution is Interdisciplinary Center for Applied Cognitive Studies, Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities

3. Partner Institutions ( 16 foreign PhD and master’s students have been already enrolled see website: www.remics2010.pl ) Warwick University, UK Cardiff University, UK Potsdam University, Germany Greifswald University, Germany Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany University of Burgundy, Dijon, France National University for Long Distance Education (UNED), Madrid, Spain Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland

4. Teachers and Seminars at REMICS 2010 (preliminary list) Prof. Elizabeth Maylor, Warwick University Psychology of Aging Examples of Current Aging Projects Prof. Soledad Ballesteros, UNED, Madrid Behavioral and Neuroimaging Studies of Repetition Priming Spatial Working Memory, Modality Effects and Aging Prof. Jose Manuel Reales, UNED, Madrid Formal modeling in psychology Prof. Pierre Barrouillet, University of Geneva, and Prof. Valerie Camos, University of Burgundy, Dijon, Time-controlled evaluations of working memory capacity: developmental and individual differences approach

5. Teachers and Seminars at REMICS 2010 (preliminary list) Prof. Ulrich von Hecker, Cardiff University Prof. Grzegorz Sedek, SWPS Cognitive Functioning in Depressed Mood Prof. Alfons Hamm, Greifswald University Psychophysiology of emotion Prof. Eduard Kraft, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich Studying Neurological Patients using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Examples of studies on the functional anatomy of domain specific working memory in Parkinson’s Disease

6. Organisational issues The School lasts two weeks (all students must stay for the two weeks – it is an Erasmus requirement) All accommodation and transport costs are covered by the organizers All students and teachers are accommodated at a nice and cozy three star Hotel Czarny Potok in Zakopane http://www.czarnypotok.pl/en/index.htmlhttp://www.czarnypotok.pl/en/index.html Transport costs will be reimbursed after the School

7. Location and Activities Zakopane is the most popular Polish winter resort, located in Tatra Mountains. The scenery is beautiful and there are many opportunities to do downhill and cross country skiing and walking. All skiing equipment can be rented at skiing stations. The School daily shedule is so arranged as to allow for sport activities (or for individual work if one wishes:) in the morning to early afternoon.