New Generation Computing - Call for Papers on "Multifaceted Nature of the Body and Its Prospect: From the Perspectives of Cognitive Science, Interaction Studies, Ecological Psychology, and Expression Studies"
Paper Submission Deadline
30th April 2023
Aim and Scope
The body is the foundation of our perception, action, and imagination. It exists as a hub linking them together in multiple ways. It is also strongly related to our development and growth, interactions with people and environments, and cultural activities. This special issue tries to recapture the above features of our body based on recent exploratory scientific attempts in cognitive science, interaction studies, ecological psychology, and research of expression. Through the bird’s-eye view of this research, we aim to summarize and propose the multifaceted features of the body and future perspectives on these kinds of research. The findings from this issue will also help consider embodiment and physicality in artificial intelligence and robotics. We accept manuscripts discussing the features, utilities, movements, and significant roles of the body in various domains and topics of interest.
Relevant domains include, but are not limited to:
- Cognitive Science
- Ecological Psychology
- Motor Science
- Anthropology
- Art
- Robotics
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Embodied Cognition
- Multimodal Interaction Analysis
- Motor Development
- Skill Acquisition
- Skills and Knowledge in Life
- Learning of Embodied Skills and Knowledge
- Symbol Grounding
- Affordance
- Dynamical Systems Approach
- Fine Arts
- Performing Arts
- Gesture Studies
- Conversation Analysis
- Ethnography
- Ethnomethodology
- Fieldwork
- Participant Observation
- Interview
- Naturalistic Task
Important Dates
The schedule from submission to publication is as follows. Please note that the schedule, except for the initial submission deadline, is only tentative and may change. Depending on the progress of the peer review, it may not be possible to publish a paper in time for the special issue. However, we will continue the peer review process as a regular paper.
Deadline for submission: 30th April 2023
Return of initial peer review results: Late August 2023
Deadline for submission of revised manuscripts: Early October 2023
Return of second review results: Early December 2023
Deadline for submission of the final manuscript: Late January 2023
Publication of papers Online-first: Early February 2023
Submission Guidelines
Authors should prepare their manuscript according to the submission guidelines (this opens in a new tab). All papers must be submitted to the journal's submission system (this opens in a new tab).
During the submission stage, please select “Yes” for the question “Does this manuscript belong to a special feature?” in the Additional Information tab, then select the special feature “S.I. : Multifaceted Nature of the Body and Its Prospect”.
Guest Editors
Daichi Shimizu, Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Human Development and Environment
Kobe University
E-mail: daichi at people.kobe-u.ac.jp
Hikaru Nozawa, Project Researcher
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
The University of Tokyo
E-mail: nozawa521 at gmail.com