Books (RECENT) 1. Rothstein, S., & Skilters, J. (Eds.) (2016). Number: Cognitive, Semantic and Crosslinguistic Approaches. (Vol. 11. Baltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic and Communication). Manhattan, KS: New Prairie Press. 2. Krūmiņa, G., Šķilters, J., Burgmanis, Ģ., Laicāne, I., & Timrote I. (2016; in press). Visual perception in fatigue. Rīga, Latvija: Latvijas Universitāte 3. Glanzberg, M., Šķilters, J., & Svenonius, P. (Eds.) (2015) Perspectives on Spatial Cognition. Baltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic and Communication, Volume 10. Manhattan, KS: New Prairie Press. 4. Krūmiņa, G., Jakovļeva, J., Ekimāne, L., Šķilters, J., Lācis, I., Kassaliete, E., & Ikaunieks, G. (2013). Method of vision diagnostics in school children (Skolas vecuma bērnu redzes novērtēšanas metode.) Rīga: Latvijas Universitāte. ISBN 9789934517167 5. Partee, B.H., Glanzberg, M., & Šķilters, J. (Eds.) (2011). Formal Semantics and Pragmatics: Discourse, Context, and Models. (Vol. 6. Baltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic and Communication). Manhattan, KS: New Prairie Press. 6. Šķilters, J. (Ed.) (2011). Nacionālā identitāte un vide (National identity and environment). ISBN 978-9934-8194-3-8. Available at http://academia.lndb.lv/xmlui/handle/1/897. Rīga: LU SPPI. 7. Šķilters, J., & Lasmane, S. (Eds.) (2011). Nacionālās identitātes komunikācija Latvijas kultūras telpā (Communication of national identity in Latvian culture). ISBN 978-9984-49-212-4 /ISSN 1691-8142, available at: http://academia.lndb.lv/xmlui/handle/123456789/4, Rīga: LU SPPI. 8. Zuczkowski, A., & Šķilters, J. (Eds.) (2008). Relations and Structures in Language and Communication. Wien: Verlag W. Krammer (simultanously: Gestalt Theory, Vol. 30, No. 3) 9. Šķilters, J. (Volume Editor) (2008). Acta Universitatis Latviensis: Philosophy, Vol. 739. 10. Šķilters, J., Toccafondi, F., & Stemberger (2007). Complex Cognition and Qualitative Science: A Legacy of Oswald Külpe. Riga: University of Latvia Press. 11. Lapointe, S. & Šķilters, J. (Eds.) (2007). A Figure of Speech: Conference on Metaphor, Volume of Abstracts. Center for the Cognitive Sciences and Semantics: Riga. 12. Šķilters, J., Eklund, M., Jónsson, P.O., & Wiegand O.K. (Eds.) (2006). Paradox: Logical, Cognitive and Communicative Aspects. Riga & University of Latvia Press. 271. 13. Šķilters, J. (2004). Unbestimmtheitsphänomene in der menschlichen semantischen Artikulation: Abriss eines gestalttheoretisch orientierten Beitrags zur Bedeutungstheorie. Dr. Dissertation. Mainz: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
Publications Peer reviewed 1. Austers, I., Šķilters, J., & Ozoliņa, Ž. (2017a). Humour as a communication tool: designing framework for analysis (Chapter 1). In: NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence (Ed.), StratCom laughs. In search of an analytical framework (pp.6-45). Riga: NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence http://www.stratcomcoe.org/stratcom-laughs-search-analytical-framework 2. Austers, I., Šķilters, J., & Ozoliņa, Ž. (2017b).Conclusions and recommendations (Chapter 5 and Tool kit). In: NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence (Ed.), StratCom laughs. In search of an analytical framework (pp.140-156). Riga: NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence http://www.stratcomcoe.org/stratcom-laughs-search-analytical-framework 3. Skilters J., Zarina L. & Raita L. A representation of place attachment: A study of spatial cognition in Latvia. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 19, EGU2017-18284-1, 2017, EGU General Assembly 2017 4. Pladere, T., Skilters, J., & Krumina, G. (2017). Characteristics of grouping by similarity in conjunction visual search. Book of abstracts, p. 346. http://www.openreadings.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/OR2017_abstracts_book.pdf 5. Laicane, I., Skilters, J., Liakhovetckii, V., Zimasa, E., & Krumina (in review) G. Perception of biological motion in central and peripheral visual field. Proceedings of Latvian Academy of Science. 6. Laicane, I., Skilters, J., Lyakhovetskii, V., Zimasa, E., & Krumina, G. (2016) The perception of biological motion in central visual field and near periphery. Perception, 45(6), p.705-706. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0301006616632431 7. Pladere, T., Bete, D., Skilters, J., & Krumina, G. (2016). Visual grouping under isoluminant condition: impact of mental fatigue. Proc. SPIE 9971, Applications of Digital Image Processing XXXIX, 997133 (September 28, 2016); doi:10.1117/12.2236516; http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2236516 8. Serdjukova, J., Ekimane, L., Valeinis, J., Skilters, J., & Krumina, G. (2016). How strong and weak readers perform on the Developmental Eye Movement test (DEM): norms for Latvian school-aged children. Reading and Writing, 29, 1-20. DOI 10.1007/s11145-016-9671-7. 9. Šķilters, J., & Raita, L. (2016). Functional constraints in spatial language. In A. Kalnača,I. Lokmane, & L. Balode (Eds.) Abstracts of the International Scientific Conference “Baltic Languages and White Nights: Local Meanings in Language” (p.42). Riga: University of Latvia. 10. Šķilters, J., & Raita, L. (2016). Complementarity of geometric and functional impacts in spatial language. In A. Kalnača, & L. Leikuma (Eds.). Abstracts of the 52nd Arturs Ozols international conference “Grammatical and lexical variance in language system” (p. 60). Riga: University of Latvia. 11. Glanzberg, M., & Šķilters, J. (2015). Editors’ Introduction. Baltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic and Communication: Vol. 10, pp.1-3. http://dx.doi.org/10.4148/1944-3676.1102 12. Laicane, I., Skilters, J. & Lacis, I. (2015). Simple configuration effects on eye movements in horizontal scanning tasks. Journal of Eye Movement Research, 8(3):4, 1-12. 13. Austers, I., Reņģe, V., & Šķilters, J. (2015). Driving Instructors are Not Much Better (At Least Sometimes) in Explaining Driving Safety than Ordinary Drivers. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 6(2S1), 416-423. Retrieved from http://www.mcser.org/journal/index.php/mjss/article/view/5915 14. Laicane, I., Skilters, J., Liakhovetckii, V., & Krumina, G., (2015). The impact of perceptual grouping on performance of conjunction search task. Perception, 44, Supplement 1, p. 461–462. 15. Krumina, G., Liakhovetckii, V., & Skilters, J. (2015). Impacts of fatigue on mental rotation. Perception, 44, Supplement 1, p. 258. (DOI: 10.1177/0301006615598674) 16. Burgmanis, G., Skilters, J., & Raita, L. (2015). The impact of travel behavior on the cognitive representation of urban environment. Cognitive Processing (2015) 16 (Suppl 1):S1–S113 DOI 10.1007/s10339-015-0732-7, pp. S65–S66. 17. Šķilters (2015): Handbuch Kognitionswissenschaft. Philosophical Psychology, Vol. 28, No. 7, 1086-1090 (DOI: 10.1080/09515089.2014.927844) . 18. Laicane, I., Skilters, J., Lyakhovetskii, V., Zimasa, E., & Krumina, G. (2015). Perception of biological motion in central and peripheral visual field. Perception, 44, Supplement 1, p. 237. http://pec.sagepub.com/content/44/1_suppl/1.full.pdf+html 19. Laicane, I., Skilters, J., Jurcinska, I., & Krumina, G., (2015) The Effect of Fatigue on Eye Movements and Metaphor Comprehension in Reading. In U. Ansorge, T. Ditye, A. Florack, & H. Leder (Eds.). Abstracts of the 18th European Conference on Eye Movements, 2015, Vienna. Journal of Eye Movement Research, 8(4):1, p. 167. 20. Šķilters, J. (2015). RCC as a tool for formal modeling spatial relations. In B. Kabašinskaite & V. Kabašinskaite (Eds.). Abstracts. 12th International Congress of Balticists, Vilnius University, Lithuania, October 28-31, p. 167 (ISBN 978-609-459-592-9). 21. Šķilters, J., & Raita, L. (2015). Patterns of functional containment in Latvian. In B. Kabašinskaite & V. Kabašinskaite (Eds.). Abstracts. 12th International Congress of Balticists, Vilnius University, Lithuania, October 28-31, p. 168 (ISBN 978-609-459-592-9) 22. Bete, D., Skilters, J., Liakhovetckii, V., & Krumina, G. (2015). Influence of mental fatigue on visual grouping task. In J. Zaharans & M. Bruvelis (Eds.) Developments in Optics and Communications 2015 (11th International Young Scientist conference). Book of Abstracts. Riga: University of Latvia. ISBN: 978-9934-517-80-8 e-ISBN: 978-9934-517-81-5, p. 33. 23. Laicane, I., Skilters, J., Lyakhovetskii, V., Zimasa, E., & Krumina, G. (2015). Perception of biological motion in central and peripheral visual field. In J. Zaharans & M. Bruvelis (Eds.) Developments in Optics and Communications 2015 (11th International Young Scientist conference). Book of Abstracts. Riga: University of Latvia. ISBN: 978-9934-517-80-8 e-ISBN: 978-9934-517-81-5, p. 43. 24. Ziba, E., Skilters, J., Liakhovetckii, V., & Krumina, G. (2015). Impact of fatigue on spatial language and cognition. In J. Zaharans & M. Bruvelis (Eds.) Developments in Optics and Communications 2015 (11th International Young Scientist conference). Book of Abstracts. Riga: University of Latvia. ISBN: 978-9934-517-80-8 e-ISBN: 978-9934-517-81-5, p. 52. 25. Vevere, E., Skilters, J., Liakhovetckii, V., & Krumina, G. (2015). Speeded verification test in spatial perception under mental fatigue condition. In J. Zaharans & M. Bruvelis (Eds.) Developments in Optics and Communications 2015 (11th International Young Scientist conference). Book of Abstracts. Riga: University of Latvia. ISBN: 978-9934-517-80-8 e-ISBN: 978-9934-517-81-5, p. 53. 26. Arente, L., Skilters, J. Liakhovetckii, V. & Krumina, G. (2015). Impact of mental fatigue on perception of biological motion. In J. Zaharans & M. Bruvelis (Eds.) Developments in Optics and Communications 2015 (11th International Young Scientist conference). Book of Abstracts. Riga: University of Latvia. ISBN: 978-9934-517-80-8 e-ISBN: 978-9934-517-81-5, p. 54. 27. Ozola, K., Skilters, J., Liakhovetckii, V., & Krumina, G. (2015). Mental rotation test in condition of fatigue. In J. Zaharans & M. Bruvelis (Eds.) Developments in Optics and Communications 2015 (11th International Young Scientist conference). Book of Abstracts. Riga: University of Latvia. ISBN: 978-9934-517-80-8 e-ISBN: 978-9934-517-81-5, p. 56 28. Jurcinska, I., Laicane, I., Skilters, J. & Krumina, G. (2015). The Effect of Fatigue on Eye Movements and Metaphor Comprehension in Reading. In J. Zaharans & M. Bruvelis (Eds.) Developments in Optics and Communications 2015 (11th International Young Scientist conference). Book of Abstracts. Riga: University of Latvia. ISBN: 978-9934-517-80-8 e-ISBN: 978-9934-517-81-5, p. 58. 29. Laicāne, I., Šķilters, J., Lyakhovetskii, V., Zimaša, E., & Krūmiņa, G. (2015). Bioloģiskās kustības uztvere redzes lauka perifērijā. Referāts. LU 73. Zinātniskās konferences tēžu krājums (Rīga, Latvija, 2015. gada 20. februāris). Rīga: LU FMF, 11.–12. lpp 30. Jurčinska, I., Laicāne, I., Šķilters, J., & Krūmiņa, G. (2015). Noguruma ietekme uz acu kustībām un metaforu uztveri lasīšanas uzdevumos; stenda referāts. LU 73. Zinātniskās konferences tēžu krājums (Rīga, Latvija, 2015. gada 20. februāris). Rīga: LU FMF, 37.–38. Lpp 31. Burgmanis, Ģ., Krišjāne, Z., & Šķilters, J. (2014). Acquisition of spatial knowledge in different urban areas: evidence from a survey analysis of adolescents. Cognitive Processing, 15, 373–383 (DOI 10.1007/s10339-014-0607-3) 32. Skilters, J., Jakovleva, J., Ekimane, L., & Krumina, G. (2014). Visuospatial attention and reading performance. In: Book of Abstracts of the ESLP 2014, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, August 19-21, pp.39-40 33. Krumina, G., & Skilters, J. (2014). Reading difficulties as a result of weakness in stereopsis. In: Book of Abstracts of the ESLP 2014, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, August 19-21, pp.45-46. 34. Burgmanis, Ģ., Pinna, B., Deiana, K. & Šķilters, J. (2014). Functional prominence in generation of cognitive maps: Anchors and figure-ground relationship. In 10th International Symposium of Cognition, Logic and Communication ‘Perspectives on Spatial Cognition’, Riga, Latvia, September 12-13, 2014, Book of Abstracts, p.11. 35. Deiana, K., Raita, L. Pinna, B., & Šķilters, J. (2014). The principles and the syntax organization of space, shape and color in vision. In 10th International Symposium of Cognition, Logic and Communication ‘Perspectives on Spatial Cognition’, Riga, Latvia, September 12-13, 2014, Book of Abstracts, pp.12. 36. Skilters, J., Brice, L., Leskevica (Berzina), K., Kreile, M., Bojars, U., Selecka, M. (2014). Collaborative Recall and Extended Identity in Twitter Communication. [Abstract in:] Cognitive Futures in the Humanities, 2nd International Conference, University of Durham, Book of Abstracts. Durham: Durham University, p.28. 37. Sechi, G., Skilters, J., Selecka, M., Berzina, K., & Brice, L. (2013, November). The Impact Of Hybrid Infrastructure On Trust, Motivation And Knowledge Sharing In An Intentional Community: A Latvian Case Study. In ERSA conference papers (No. ersa13p521). European Regional Science Association. 38. Skilters, J., Brice, L., Berzina, K., Kreile, M., Bojars, U., Selecka, M. (2013). Collaborative recall effects and extended social identity in twitter communication [Abstract]. In M. Knauff, M. Pauen, N. Sebanz, I. Wachsmuth (Eds.), Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, (p. 4114), Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. 39. Sechi, G., Skilters, J., Selecka, M., Berzina, K., Brice, L. (2013). Generation of Social Assets and Sharing Knowledge in a Hybrid Intentional Community: Pilot Analysis from Latvia. Socialiniai tyrimai/Social Research, 2(31), 38–47. („Social Research” Šiauliai University, contained in the databases: CEEOL, EBSCO, Index Copernicus). 40. Knoks, A., & Šķilters, J. (2013). Logic in Latvia. In A. Schumann (Ed.), Logic in Central and Eastern Europe: History, science, and discourse (pp. 171–181). Lanham: University Press of America. 41. Sechi, G., Borri, D., De Lucia, C., & Skilters, J. (2012). Trust and economic wealth in regional communities: Evidence from Latvia. Plurimondi, V, 10, 2012, 49–64. 42. Lacis, I., Laicane, I., & Skilters, J. (2012). Effect of perceptual grouping by similarity on eye movements in processing simple visual stimuli. Proceedings of the 35th European Conference on Visual Perception, 2-6 September, Alghero, Italy, published as: Perception, Vol. 41, Supplement, p. 170. 43. Pencis, J., Skilters, J., Brice, L., Kreile, M., & Bojars, U. (2012). Collaborative recall effects and extended identity generation in Twitter communication – The case ‘to remember’, ‘to recall’, and ‘to forget’. In M. Ockenfeld, I. Peters, & K. Weller (Eds.). Social Media und Web Science. Das Web als Lebensraum. 2. DGI-Konferenz, 64. Jahrestagung der DGI. Dusseldorf 22-23.03. (DGI-Tagungen, Band 16) (pp. 19–31). Frankfurt am Main: Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Informationswissenschaft und Informationspraxis e.V. 44. Šķilters, J., Kreile, M., Bojārs, U., Brikše, I., Pencis, J., & Uzule, L. (2012). The pragmatics of political messages in Twitter communication. In R. García-Castro, D. Fensel, & G. Antoniou (Eds.). The Semantic Web: ESWC 2011 Workshops. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2012, Volume 7117/2012 (pp. 100–111). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-25953-1_9. 45. Skilters, J. & Laicane, I., & Lacis, I. (2012) Perceptual grouping by similarity in saccadic processing of simple visual stimuli. Proceedings of ESPP, 20th Meeting, August 28-31, University of London, p. 227. 46. Burgmanis, G., & Skilters, J. (2012). Spatial cognition and social identity generation. Talk presented in 4th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference, King’s College London, 10-12th July 2012, Abstract ID: 1407. 47. Skilters, J. Kreile, M., & Bojars, U. (2012). Extended identity and collaborative recall in Twitter communication. Talk presented in 4th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference, King’s College London, 10-12th July 2012, Abstract ID: 1516. 48. Sechi, G., Borri, D., De Lucia, C., & J. Skilters (2012). Community, Social Infrastructure, And Economic Wealth In Latvia: An Approach Based On Social Capital And Identity Theory. Proceedings of the 9th World Conference of the Regional Science Association International, Timisoara (Romania), May 9–12, 2012. 49. Sechi, G., Skilters, J., Borri, D., & De Lucia, C. (2012) Knowledge Exchange In Hybrid Communities: A Social Capital-Based Approach. Evidence from Latvia. Proceedings of the 52nd European Congress of the Regional Science Association, Bratislava (Slovakia), August 21-25, 2012. 50. Šķilters, J. (2011). Experience and perspectivity in perceptual generation of meaning. In B. Pinna (Ed.), The place of meaning in perception: towards a science of meaning, Vol. 1 (pp. 277-288). Wien: Krammer. Simultaneously: Gestalt Theory, Vol 22, No. 3/4, 277–288. 51. Glanzberg, M., Partee, B.H., & Šķilters, J. (2011). Editor’s introduction. In B.H Partee, M. Glanzberg, & J. Skilters (Eds.) (2011). Formal semantics and pragmatics. Discourse, context and models. The Baltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic and Communication, Vol. 6 (2010). (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4148/biyclc.v6i0.1561) Manhattan, KS: New Prairie Press. 52. Sechi, G., & Šķilters, J. (2011). Identitāte kā atkarīgais mainīgais, mērot socialo kapitālu: Sociālais kapitāls kā identitātes telpa. (Identity as Dependant Variable, Measuring Social Capital: Social Capital as Identity Space.). In J. Šķilters (Ed.). Nacionālā identitāte un vide (National identity and environment). (92.–99.lpp.). ISBN 978-9934-8194-3-8. Available at http://academia.lndb.lv/xmlui/handle/1/897. Rīga: LU SPPI. 53. Pencis, J., Šķilters, J., & Seņkāne, S. (2011). Paškategorizācija, es, piederība un nacionālā identitāte. (Self-Categorization, Self, Belonging and National Identity.). In J. Šķilters (Ed.). Nacionālā identitāte un vide (National identity and environment). (83.–91.lpp.). ISBN 978-9934-8194-3-8. Available at http://academia.lndb.lv/xmlui/handle/1/897. Rīga: LU SPPI. 54. Burgmanis, Ģ., & Šķilters, J. (2011). Identitāte, paškategorizācija un vide: Latvija 2010. (Identity, Self-categorization and Environment: Latvia 2010). In J. Šķilters (Ed.). Nacionālā identitāte un vide (National identity and environment). (16. –26.lpp.). ISBN 978-9934-8194-3-8. Available at http://academia.lndb.lv/xmlui/handle/1/897. Rīga: LU SPPI. 55. Šķilters, J., & Burgmanis, Ģ. (2011). Ģeogrāfiskā vide un identitāte. (Geographical environment and identity). In J. Šķilters (Ed.). Nacionālā identitāte un vide (National identity and environment). (4.–15.lpp.). ISBN 978-9934-8194-3-8. Available at http://academia.lndb.lv/xmlui/handle/1/897. Rīga: LU SPPI. 56. Šķilters, J. (2011). Preface. In J. Šķilters (Ed.). Nacionālā identitāte un vide (National identity and environment). (2. lpp.). ISBN 978-9934-8194-3-8. Available at http://academia.lndb.lv/xmlui/handle/1/897. Rīga: LU SPPI. 57. Šķilters, J. (2011). Semantic prominence and semantic segmenting: on the relations between cognitive semantics and gestalt theory. In: H. Metz-Göckel (Ed.), Gestalttheoretische Inspirationen – Anwendungen der Gestalttheorie. Handbuch zur Gestalttheorie. Band 2 (pp. 167-188). Wien: Verlag W. Krammer. 58. Šķilters, J., Kreile, M., Bojārs, U., Brikše, I., Pencis, J., & Uzule, L. (2011). The pragmatics of political messages in Twitter communication. In M. Rowe, M. Stankovic, & A.-S. Dadzie, & M. Hardey (Eds.), Making Sense of Microposts, #MSM2011, Proceedings of the ESWC2011 Workshop on ‘Making Sense of Microposts’: Big things come in small packages co-located with the 8th Extended Semantic Web Conference, ESWC2011, (pp. 69–80). CEUR-WS.org: Aachen, Tilburg, URL: http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-718/paper_18.pdf. ISSN 1613-0073. 59. Pencis, J., Burgmanis, Ģ., Apse, L., Krišjāne, Z., & Šķilters, J. (2011). Telpiskā kognīcija. Drošas un nedrošas vietas identitātes konstruēšana pilsētvidē: Rīgas piemērs (Spatial Cognition: Generation of a safe identity in urban environment). In J. Šķilters & S. Lasmane (Eds.). Nacionālās identitātes komunikācija Latvijas kultūras telpā (Communication of national identity in Latvian culture). (154–173. lpp.) ISBN 978-9984-49-212-4 /ISSN 1691-8142, available at: http://academia.lndb.lv/xmlui/handle/123456789/4, Rīga: LU SPPI. 60. Šķilters, J. (2011). Nacionālā identitāte semantiskajā telpā (National identity in semantic space). In J. Šķilters & S. Lasmane (Eds.) Nacionālās identitātes komunikācija Latvijas kultūras telpā (Communication of national identity in Latvian culture). (3–16. lpp.) ISBN 978-9984-49-212-4 /ISSN 1691-8142, available at: http://academia.lndb.lv/xmlui/handle/123456789/4, Rīga: LU SPPI. 61. Šķilters, J. (2010). Osvalds Kilpe, Baltija, 19. un 20. gadsimta mijas laikmeta filozofijas telpa un izaicinājums pozitīvismam psiholoģijā (Oswald Kuelpe, Baltics, the space of the 19th and 20th century philosophy and challenge to positivism in psychology). In R. Bičevskis (Ed.).Heidegger’s Autumn in Riga (pp. 257-267) Rīga: FSI. 62. Žogla, A. & Šķlters, J. (2010). Digitization of Historical Texts at the National Library of Latvia. In I. Skadiņa & A. Vasiļjevs (Eds.). The Baltic Perspective: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference Baltic HLT 2010 (pp. 177–184). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: IOS Press. 63. Pinna, B. & Skilters, J. (2010). Perceptual Semantics: A Three-Level Approach. In A.E. Hassanien, A. Abraham, F. Marcelloni, H. Hagras, M. Antonelli, & T.-P. Hong (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (pp. 772–777). Cairo, Egypt: IEEE. 64. Skilters, J., Pinna, B., & Tanca, M. (2010): The role of grouping in shape formation: New effects due to the directional symmetry, Journal of Vision, August 2, 2010 vol. 10 no. 7, 1188, doi: 10.1167/10.7.1188 (http://www.journalofvision.org/content/10/7/1188.short?cited-by=yes&legid=jov;10/7/1188#cited-by) 65. Pinna, B., Tanca M., & Skilters, J. (2010). From perceptual grouping to semantics. A three-level approach. Paper presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Psychology and Philosophy (ESPP), Bochum&Essen, August 25-28, 2010, published in: [book of abstracts] ESPP-2010, Ruhr-University Bochum, University of Duisburg-Essen, pp.88-90. 66. Apse, L., & Šķilters, J. (2010). Geometric structure, functional knowledge, and search domain determination: evidence from the system of spatial prepositions in Latvian. Poster presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Psychology and Philosophy (ESPP), Bochum&Essen, August 25-28, 2010, published in: [book of abstracts] ESPP-2010, Ruhr-University Bochum, University of Duisburg-Essen, pp. 198-200. 67. Apse, L., Burgmanis Ģ., Krišjāne, Z., & Šķilters, J. (2010). The structure of spatial cognition and perception of environment: Evidence from Latvia. Paper presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Psychology and Philosophy (ESPP), Bochum&Essen, August 25-28, 2010, published in: Abstracts, ESPP2010, Ruhr-University & University of Duisburg-Essen, pp. 166-167. 68. Apse, L., Skilters, J., & Chernorizh, M. (2010). Oppositions in the prepositional structure of space. Second World Congress of Logic, Square of opposition. Corsica, June 17-20, 2010. Published in J.-Y. Béziau, & K. Gan-Krzywoszyńska (Eds.), Hand Book of the Second World Congress of Logic, Square of opposition (p.21), Corte: University of Corsica (ISBN : 978-2-911285-32-5). 69. Šķilters, J., & Apse, L. (2010). Constraining spatial semantics of Latvian: geometrically embodied knowledge, functional knowledge and path/place-structure. In: July 6-8, 2010, Hertfordshire, 3rd UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference, University of Hertfordshire (abstract published in Book of Abstracts, pp.49-50). 70. Skilters, J., Tanca. M., & Pinna, B. (2010). The role of grouping in shape formation: New effects due to the directional symmetry. In: Vision Sciences Society, 10th Annual Meeting, Naples, Florida, May 7-12,2010, Book of Abstracts, p. 229. 71. Šķilters, J. (2009). Towards a non-representational semantics. In: Book of Abstracts: CTF09: Concept Types and Frames in Language, Cognition and Science, Düsseldorf, Germany, August 24-26, University of Düsseldorf, pp. 73-76. 72. Šķilters, J., & Vēbere, L. (2009). Epistemologically Founded Semantics of Gestalt Theory: Two Ways of Explicating the Concept of Representation. Plenary paper in Conference Neuroscience Meets Gestaltpsychology. University of Osnabrück, March 26-29, 2009; Society for Gestalt Theory and its Applications (GTA) Institute of Psychology & Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrück, Book of Abstracts, p. 16. 73. Žogla, A., Skilters J., Ante K., Straujums U., & Golde, J. (2008). Vēstures notikumveida struktūra: Formālsemantisks klasifikācijas modelis. (Event-based Structure of History: A Formal Semantic Model of Classification.) Acta Universitatis Latviensis: Philosophy. 202–216. 74. Šķilters, J. (2008). Loģikas minimālnosacījumi. (The Minimal Conditions of Logic: on the Relations between Language, Logic, and Mathematics.) Acta Universitatis Latviensis: Philosophy. 34–47. 75. Šķilters, J. (2008). Sprache, Gestalttheorie und Semantik. In H. Metz-Göckel (Ed.): Handbuch zur Gestalttheorie. Band 1 (pp. 203-231). Wien: W. Krammer Verlag. 76. Skilters, J. (2008). Frames as structured wholes: On the relations between frame theory and figure-ground semantics. In A. Zuczkowski, & J. Šķilters (Eds.), Relations and Structures in Language and Communication (pp. 357-366). Wien: Verlag W. Krammer. Simultanously: Gestalt Theory, Vol. 30, No. 3. 77. Skilters, J (2008). Relations between verbal and nonverbal structures. In A. Zuczkowski, & J. Šķilters (Eds.), Relations and Structures in Language and Communication (pp. 221-223). Wien: Verlag W. Krammer. Simultanously: Gestalt Theory, Vol. 30, No. 3. 78. Skilters, J. (2007). Oppositions Within a Frame. In J.-Y. Béziau, & G. Payette (Eds.), Hand Book of the First World Congress on the Square of Opposition. Montreux, Switzerland, June 1-3, 2007, University of Neuchatel, p. 48. 79. Skilters, J., & Böger, C. (2008). Semantic grounding of movement: Effects of movement execution on the semantic processing. The 9th Conference on Conceptual Structure, Discourse, and Language, Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) on 18-20 October, 2008, USA. Abstract available at Social Sciences Research Network: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1292853. 80. Skilters, J. (2008). Semantic prominence and semantic segmenting: on the relations between cognitive semantics and Gestalt theory. In: Language, Communication & Cognition, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK, August 4th-7th 2008. Published in: Book of Synopses: Language, Communication & Cognition, Brighton, University of Brighton, UK, August 4th-7th 2008, p. 39. 81. Skilters, J. (2007). [Mein Weg zur Gestalttheorie: Logik, Psychologie und Gestalttheorie]. DAGP/ÖAGP-Informationen, Ausgabe 1/2007-16. Jahrgang, 7–9. 82. Šķilters J. (2007). [Report – Bericht] Oswald Külpe: Aspekte einer qualitativen Wissenschaft. Gestalt Theory, Vol. 29, No. 1, 87–91. 83. Böger, C., & Skilters, J. (2007). Zeit und Bewusstsein bei Augustinus. Eine philosophiehistorische Betrachtung. Acta Universitatis Latviensis, 713, 31–39. 84. Skilters J. (2007). Frame-based meaning activation model of polysemy processing. In S. Loebner et al. (Eds.), Concept Types and Frames in Language, Cognition and Science, Düsseldorf, Germany, August 20-22, University of Düsseldorf, pp. 85-86. 85. Skilters, J., & Böger, C. (2007). Embodied semantic structures in movement execution and language. In United Kingdom Cognitive Linguistics Association 2nd Meeting: New Directions in Cognitive Linguistics-2, 27-30 August, Cardiff University, pp. 38-39. 86. Skilters, J. (2006). Das Spiegelproblem vom Standpunkt der kognitiven Semantik. Gestalt Theory, Vol. 28, 302–307. 87. Šķilters, J. (2006). Preface. In J. Šķilters, M. Eklund, P.O. Jónsson, & O.K. Wiegand (Eds.), Paradox: Logical, Cognitive and Communicative Aspects (pp. 5-8). Riga: University of Latvia Press. 88. Skilters, J. (2006). Aspekte der Figur-Grund-Strukturierung in der menschlichen semantischen Artikulation. In G.-J. Boudewijnse (Ed.), Das mentale Paradoxon / The Mental Paradox (pp. 201-222). Wien: Krammer Verlag. Simultaneously: Gestalt Theory, Vol. 28, No. 1/2. 89. Šķilters, J. (2006). Oswald Külpe: Qualitative Conception of Psychology. Humanities and Social Sciences. Latvia, 2(48), 28–43. Other papers 1. Šķilters, J. (2017). Telpa (Space). Studija, Nr. 113, 6-9. 2. Šķilters J. (2007). Īpašvārdu semantika un latviešu valoda (Semantic of proper names and Latvian). Karogs, 4., Apr. 2007, 82–88. 3. Šķilters, J. (2007). Atomistiskā, elementāristiskā un veseluma izpratne par zinātni (Atomic and wholistic conception of science). Kentaurs XXI, Nr. 42, 105–123 4. Šķilters, J. (2006). Alternatīva pieeja uztveres teorijās (An alternative in the theories of perception). Kentaurs XXI, Nr. 41, 4–5. 5. Šķilters, J. (2006). Zinātne un zinātniskās literatūras izdevējdarbība (Science and Publishing). Bibliotēku pasaule. Nr. 36, 48–52. 6. Šķilters, J. (2006). Krics: garīgā dzīve starp haosu un kārtību. Kultūras forums, Nr. 39 (228), 5. 7. Šķilters, J. (2005). Loģika, kognitīvās zinātnes un paradoksi. (Logic, Cognitive Sciences and Paradoxes.). Kultūras forums. Nr. 41 (181), 4. 8. Šķilters, J. (2005/2006). People and Institutions in Linguistics related to Gestalt theory, Gestalt Theory and Linguistics’ Project. In: The Official Webpage of International GTA e.V. (http://www.gestalttheory.net/linguistics/lpeople.html) 9. Šķilters, J. (2005/2006). Gestalt Theory and Linguistics – A Bibliography, Gestalt Theory and Linguistics’ Project. In: The Official Webpage of International GTA e.V. (http://www.gestalttheory.net/linguistics/lbiblio.html) 10. Šķilters, J. (2005). Gestalt Theory and Linguistics, Introduction to GT and Linguistics’ Project. In: The Official Webpage of International GTA e.V. (http://www.gestalttheory.net/linguistics/intro.html) 11. Šķilters, J. (2005). Loģika ir sava veida darbarīks. (Logic as a tool). Kultūras forums, Nr. 45 (185), 1, 3. 12. Šķilters, J. (2005). Vai, piemēram, Pāvests ir vecpuisis? Kultūras forums, Nr. 42 (182), 12. 13. Šķilters, J. (2004). Pārdomas par loģikas filozofijām (Philosophies of logic). In Demakova, H. (ed.). Sarunas V. Rīga: Academia Nova, 2004, 219–232. 14. Šķilters, J. (2004). Informācijas jēdziens kā „dežūrjēdziens”, kā bezcerīgs jēdziens vai kā „kas cits”. Semantiski orientētas pārdomas (The concept of information as an “ad hoc” concept, a hopeless concept or “something else”. Semantically oriented analysis.). Kentaurs XXI, 2004, August, Nr. 34, 9–24. 15. Šķilters, J. (2004). Pārdomas par loģikas filozofijām (Philosophies of logic). In Demakova, H. (ed.). Sarunas V. Rīga: Academia Nova, 2004, 219–232. 16. Šķilters, J. (2001). Semantikas teoriju attīstība: patiesuma un infomācijas nosacījumi (The development of the contemporary theories of semantics: truth conditions and conditions of information processing). Kentaurs XXI, Nr.24. 2001, 4–21. 17. Šķilters, J. (1999). Džons L. Ostins (John. L. Austin). Kentaurs XXI, 1999, Nr. 20, 80–83. 18. Šķilters, J. (1999). G. Frēge – Jēga un nozīme; tulkojums, komentāri (G. Frege – Sense and meaning; translation, commentary). Kentaurs XXI, 1999, Nr. 20, 50–57. 19. Šķilters, J. (1999). Ostina metode diskursā (Austin’s method in discourse). KentaursXXI, 1999, 20, 74–79. 20. Šķilters, J. (1999). G. Frēge: ievads (G. Frege: preface). Kentaurs XXI, 1999, Nr.47–49. 21. Šķilters, J. (1999). Valodas un esamības robežas: ieskats problēmas XX gadsimta beigu kontekstā (Boundaries of language and being – a glimpse into the problem under the context of the end of XX century). Kentaurs XXI, 1999, Nr. 20, 104–114. Papers presented (selection) 1. Balina, S., Skilters, J., Baumgarte, D., & Zarina, L. (2017). Factors Impacting the Low Usage of E-services in Latvia. In Conference “New Challenges of Economic and Business Development – 2017: Digital Economy” Faculty of Business, Management and Economics, University of Latvia, European Commission Representation in Latvia, and Latvian Information and Communications Technology Association, Riga, Latvia, May 18-20, 2017 2. Skilters J., Zarina L. & Raita L. (2017) A representation of place attachment: A study of spatial cognition in Latvia. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 23–28, 2017. 3. Pladere, T., Skilters, J., & Krumina, G. (2017) Characteristics of grouping by similarity in conjunction visual search. 60th International conference for students of physics and natural sciences, Vilnius, Lithuania, Open readings 2017, March 14-17, 2017. 4. Laicane, I., Skilters, J., Lyakhovetskii, V., Kulite, A., & Krumina, G. (2016) Perceptual grouping in central and peripheral visual field. AVA (Applied Vision Association) Christmas Meeting 2016, Queen Mary University of London, UK, December 19, 2016 5. Pladere, T., Bete, D., Šķilters, J., & Krūmiņa, G. (2016) Open-view system for measurements of accommodation and vergence. 1st International symposium on Visual physiology, Environment and Perception – VisPEP 2016, University of Latvia, October 6-8, 2016 6. Zariņa, L., Šķilters, J., Lyakhovetskii, V., & Krūmiņa, G. (2016) Influence of object size on recognition time in mental rotation test. 1st International symposium on Visual physiology, Environment and Perception – VisPEP 2016, University of Latvia, October 6-8, 2016 7. Laicāne, I., Šķilters, J., Lyakhovetskii, L., Kūlīte, A., & Krūmiņa, G. (2016) Perceptual grouping in central and peripheral visual field. 1st International symposium on Visual physiology, Environment and Perception – VisPEP 2016, University of Latvia, October 6-8, 2016 8. Pladere, T., Bete, D., Skilters, J., & Krumina, G. (2016) Visual grouping under isoluminant condition: the impact of mental fatigue. SPIE. Optics+Photonics 2016, San Diego Convention Center, USA, 28.08.-01.09.2016 9. Laicane, I., Skilters, J., Liakhovetckii, V., Zimasa, E., & Krumina, G. (2016) Biological motion processing in central and peripheral visual field. 12th International Young Scientist Conference „Developments in Optics and Communications 2016”, Riga, Latvia, March 21-23, 2016 10. Zarina, L., Skilters, J., Liakhovetckii, V., & Krumina, G. (2016) Figure recognition time in mental rotation task according to their size. 12th International Young Scientist Conference „Developments in Optics and Communications 2016”, Riga, Latvia, March 21-23, 2016 11. Matulevica, S., Skilters, J., Liakhovetckii, V., & Krumina, G. (2016) Gender differences in mental rotation test. 12th International Young Scientist Conference „Developments in Optics and Communications 2016”, Riga, Latvia, March 21-23, 2016 12. Gulbe, A., Skilters, J., Liakhovetckii, V., & Krumina, G. (2016) Handedness differences in mental rotation task. 12th International Young Scientist Conference „Developments in Optics and Communications 2016”, Riga, Latvia, March 21-23, 2016 13. Vevere, E., Skilters, J., Liakhovetckii,V., & Krumina, G. (2016) Spatial speeded verification test in condition of mental fatigue. 12th International Young Scientist Conference „Developments in Optics and Communications 2016”, Riga, Latvia, March 21-23, 2016 14. Tomilova, J., Skilters, J., Liakhovetckii, V., & Krumina, G. (2016) Pupil diameter changes within mental rotation task under fatigue conditions. 12th International Young Scientist Conference „Developments in Optics and Communications 2016”, Riga, Latvia, March 21-23, 2016 15. Laicane, I., Skilters, J., Liakhovetskii, V., Kulite, A., & Krumina, G. (2016) Perception of biological motion and perceptual grouping in central and peripheral visual field. 59th Scientific conference for students of physics and natural sciences “Open Readings 2016”, Vilnius, Lithuania, March 15-18, 2016 16. Pladere, T., Bete, D., Skilters, J., & Krumina, G. (2016) Impact of mental fatigue on visual grouping of isoluminant stimuli. 59th Scientific conference for students of physics and natural sciences “Open Readings 2016”, Vilnius, Lithuania, March 15-18, 2016 17. Laicane, I., Skilters, J. Lyakhovetskii, V., Zimasa, E., & Krumina, G. The perception of biological motion in central visual field and near periphery. AVA (Applied Vision Association) Christmas Meeting 2015, People’s Palace & Queen’s Building, Queen Mary University of London, December 21, 2015 18. Laicane, I., Skilters, J., Lyakhovetskii, V., Zimasa, E., & Krumina, G. (2015) Perception of biological motion in central and peripheral visual field. ECVP2015: European Conference on Visual Perception, August 23-27, 2015, University of Liverpool, UK. Abstract can be downloaded from http://easychair.org/smart-program/ECVP2015/2015-08-26.html 19. Krumina, G., Liakhovetckii, G., & Skilters, J. (2015). Impacts of fatigue on mental rotation. ECVP2015: European Conference on Visual Perception, August 23-27, 2015, University of Liverpool, UK. Abstract can be downloaded from http://easychair.org/smart-program/ECVP2015/2015-08-26.html 20. Šķilters, J. (2015). RCC as a tool for formal modeling spatial relations. 12th International Congress of Balticists, Vilnius University, Lithuania, October 28-31. 21. Šķilters, J., & Raita, L. (2015). Patterns of functional containment in Latvian. 12th International Congress of Balticists, Vilnius University, Lithuania, October 28-31. 22. Burgmanis, G., Skilters, J., & Raita, L. (2015) The impact of travel behavior on the cognitive representation of urban environment. Talk at the Sixth International Conference on Spatial Cognition (ICSC 2015): Space and Situated Cognition, Rome, September 7-11, 2015. 23. Šķilters, J., & Raita, L. (2015). Functional dependencies in spatial cognition: A study of some spatial configurations in Latvian. Language and Perception Conference: NordForsk Infrastructure Network. May 14-15, 2015, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. (Abstract available at https://www.ntnu.edu/langdevlab/events) 24. Laicane, I., Skilters, J., Liakhovetckii, V., & Krumina, G. (2014) The impact of perceptual grouping on performance of conjunction search task. AVA Xmas Meeting 2014 (University College London; December 16, 2014). 25. Sechi, G., Tatarko, A., & Skilters, J. (2014). Institutions, Civil Society, Trust and Quality of Life: A Social Capital- And Social Identity-Based Approach. Evidence from the Russian Federation. Paper provided by European Regional Science Association in its series ERSA conference papers with number ersa14p595 (https://ideas.repec.org/p/wiw/wiwrsa/ersa14p595.html and http://www-sre.wu.ac.at/ersa/ersaconfs/ersa14/e140826aFinal00595.pdf) 26. Skilters, J., Selecka, M., Berzina, K., Brice, L. (2013). Collaborative Recall in Social Media. 18. International Convention of GTA, section: Cognition and Communication: Problem Solving and Social Collaborative Cognition. University of Education Karlsruhe, 11.04.2013-14.04.2013. 27. Sechi, G., Skilters, J., Selecka, M., Berzina, K., Brice, L. (2013). Hybrid Communities as Life Space and Social Capital. 18. International Convention of GTA, section: Cognition and Communication: Problem Solving and Social Collaborative Cognition. University of Education Karlsruhe, 11.04.2013-14.04.2013. 28. Sechi, G., Skilters, J., Selecka, M., Berzina, K., Brice, L. (2013).The Impact of Hybrid Infrastructure on Trust, Motivation and Knowledge Sharing in an Intentional Community: A Latvian Case Study. 53rd ERSA Congress in Palermo (27.08. – 31.08.2013) section: Social capital and regional development. 29. Burgmanis, G., & Skilters, J. (2012). Spatial cognition and social identity generation. Talk presented in 4th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference, King’s College London, 10-12th July 2012. 30. Skilters, J. Kreile, M., & Bojars, U. (2012). Extended identity and collaborative recall in Twitter communication. Talk presented in 4th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference, King’s College London, 10-12th July 2012. 31. Sechi, G., Skilters, J., Borri, D., & De Lucia, C. (2012) Knowledge Exchange In Hybrid Communities: A Social Capital-Based Approach. Evidence from Latvia. 52nd European Congress of the Regional Science Association, Bratislava (Slovakia), August 21- 25, 2012. 32. Pencis, J., Skilters, J., Brice, L., Kreile, M., & Bojars, U. (2012). Collaborative recall effects and extended identity generation in Twitter communication – The case ‘to remember’, ‘to recall’, and ‘to forget’. 2. DGI-Konferenz, 64. Jahrestagung der DGI. Dusseldorf 22-23.03. 33. Skilters, J., Pencis, J., & Bojars, U. (2011). Extended selves in distributed social networks. Extended Cognition Workshop, Amsterdam, June 27th-28th 2011. 34. Šķilters, J., Kreile, M., Bojārs, U., Brikše, I., Pencis, J., & Uzule, L. (2011). The pragmatics of political messages in Twitter communication. Making Sense of Microposts, #MSM2011, Workshop on ‘Making Sense of Microposts’: Big things come in small packages co-located with the 8th Extended Semantic Web Conference, ESWC2011. 35. Skilters, J. & Burgmanis, G. (2012b). Cognitive anchors in spatial perception of large-scale environments. NordFosk Infrastructure Research Network Language and Perception, Workshop, August, 30-31st, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumbria University, UK. 36. Skilters, J., & Burgmanis, G. (2012a). Space as a part of social identity. Poster presented at Embodied & Situated Language Processing-2012, 28-30 August, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. 37. Laicane, I., Lacis, I., & Skilters, J. (2012) Perceptual grouping by similarity in saccadic processing of simple visual stimuli. ESPP, 20th Meeting, August 28-31, University of London. 38. Lacis, I., Laicane, I., & Skilters, J. (2012). Effect of perceptual grouping by similarity on eye movements in processing simple visual stimuli. 35th European Conference on Visual Perception, 2-6 September, Alghero, Italy. 39. Skilters, J., Sechi, G., Selecka, M., Brice, L. (2012). Hybrid communities as generators of socio-cognitive extension: evidence from National Library of Latvia users’ community. Paper presented at the Talk Action Interaction conference, University of Lodz (Poland), October 3-5, 2012. 40. Sechi, G., Borri, D., De Lucia, C., & J. Skilters (2012). Community, Social Infrastructure, And Economic Wealth In Latvia: An Approach Based On Social Capital And Identity Theory. 9th World Conference of the Regional Science Association International, Timisoara (Romania), May 9– 12, 2012. 41. Šķilters, J., Burgmanis, Ģ., Krišjāne, Z., & Apse, L. (2011). Spatial Cognition and Perception of Large Scale Object Constellations: Evidence from Search Domain Analysis in Urban Environment. Poster and published abstract in the 33rd annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, to be held in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Wednesday, July 20 – Saturday July 23, 2011. P, 1133, (ISBN 978-0-9768318-7-7) 42. Šķilters, J. (2010). Semantics in Visual Perception: Methodological Remarks, Issues and Perspectives. Keynote talk given in workshop ‘Methods in Language & Cognition’, November 4-5, 2010, Aarhus University, Denmark. 43. Pinna, B. & Skilters, J. (2010). Perceptual Semantics: A Three-Level Approach. 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA 2010), Cairo, Egypt, November 20-December 1. Proceedings of ISDA 2010, published by IEEE. 44. Žogla, A., & Šķilters, J. (2010). Digitization of Historical Texts at the National Library of Latvia. The Fourth International Conference. Human Language Technologies – The Baltic Perspective, Riga, Latvia. 45. Škilters, J., & Apse. L. (2010). Search domain in spatial semantics: evidence from prepositions in Latvian. In: 4th International Conference of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association, University of Bremen, October 7-9, 2010. 46. Pinna, B., Tanca M., & Skilters, J. (2010). From perceptual grouping to semantics. A three-level approach. Paper presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Psychology and Philosophy (ESPP), Bochum&Essen, August 25-28, 2010, published in: [book of abstracts] ESPP-2010, Ruhr-University Bochum, University of Duisburg-Essen, pp.88-90. 47. Apse, L., & Šķilters, J. (2010). Geometric structure, functional knowledge, and search domain determination: evidence from the system of spatial prepositions in Latvian. Poster presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Psychology and Philosophy (ESPP), Bochum&Essen, August 25-28, 2010, published in: [book of abstracts] ESPP-2010, Ruhr-University Bochum, University of Duisburg-Essen, pp. 198-200. 48. Apse, L., Burgmanis Ģ., Krišjāne, Z., & Šķilters, J. (2010). The structure of spatial cognition and perception of environment: Evidence from Latvia. Paper presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Psychology and Philosophy (ESPP), Bochum&Essen, August 25-28, 2010, published in: Abstracts, ESPP2010, Ruhr-University & University of Duisburg-Essen, pp. 166-167. 49. Burgmanis, Ģ., Krišjāne, Z., Apse, L., Šķilters, J., & Strautmanis, N. (2010). Perceptual mapping onto spatial cognition of environment. Las Navas 2010: Cognitive and Linguistic Aspects of Geographic Space July 4. – 8., 2010, Las Navas del Marques, Avila, Spain. 50. Šķilters, J., & Apse, L. (2010). Constraining spatial semantics of Latvian: geometrically embodied knowledge, functional knowledge and path/place-structure. In: July 6-8, 2010, Hertfordshire, 3rd UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference, University of Hertfordshire (abstract published in Book of Abstracts, pp.49-50). 51. Skilters, J., Tanca. M., & Pinna, B. (2010). The role of grouping in shape formation: New effects due to the directional symmetry. In: Vision Sciences Society, 10th Annual Meeting, Naples, Florida, May 7-12,2010, Book of Abstracts (http://www.visionsciences.org/2010/VSS2010_Abstracts_Final.pdf, P. 229). 52. Šķilters, J. (2010). Uztveres invarianti semantikā (Perceptual Invariants in Semantics). Talk given in the 68th Scientific Congress of the University of Latvia, Epistemology and Cognitive Sciences’ section. 53. Šķilters, J. (2010). Reprezentējamības robežas: dabiskas un mākslīgas kognitīvu sistēmu sintakses atveides specifika. (Borders of Representability: Natural and Artificial Cognitive Systems). Talk given in the 68th Scientific Congress of the University of Latvia, Computer Sciences’ and IT section. 54. Šķilters, J. (2009). Towards a non-representational semantics. In: Book of Abstracts: CTF09: Concept Types and Frames in Language, Cognition and Science, Düsseldorf, Germany, August 24-26, University of Düsseldorf, pp. 73-76. 55. Šķilters, J., & Vēbere, L. (2009). Epistemologically Founded Semantics of Gestalt Theory: Two Ways of Explicating the Concept of Representation. Plenary paper in Conference Neuroscience Meets Gestaltpsychology. University of Osnabrück, March 26-29, 2009; Society for Gestalt Theory and its Applications (GTA) Institute of Psychology & Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrück, Book of Abstracts, p. 16. 56. Skilters, J., & Böger, C. (2008). Semantic grounding of movement: Effects of movement execution on the semantic processing. The 9th Conference on Conceptual Structure, Discourse, and Language, Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) on 18-20 October, 2008, USA. Abstract available at Social Sciences Research Network: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1292853. 57. Skilters, J. (2008). Semantic prominence and semantic segmenting: on the relations between cognitive semantics and Gestalt theory. In: Language, Communication & Cognition, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK, August 4th-7th 2008. Published in: Book of Synopses: Language, Communication & Cognition, Brighton, University of Brighton, UK, August 4th-7th 2008, p. 39. 58. Skilters, J. (2008). Coherence generation and semantic segmenting: knowledge effects in utterance interpretation. Accepted presentation in international DECOS Conference, University of Zadar, Croatia. 59. Skilters J. (2007). Frame-based meaning activation model of polysemy processing. In S. Loebner et al. (Eds.), Concept Types and Frames in Language, Cognition and Science, Düsseldorf, Germany, August 20-22, University of Düsseldorf, pp. 85-86. 60. Skilters, J., & Böger, C. (2007). Embodied semantic structures in movement execution and language. In United Kingdom Cognitive Linguistics Association 2nd Meeting: New Directions in Cognitive Linguistics-2, 27-30 August, Cardiff University, pp. 38-39. 61. Šķilters, J. (2007). Frames as Structured Wholes. Congress: Relations and Structure. University of Macerata, Italy, May 2007. 62. Šķilters, J. (2006). Apziņas nenovērojamo saturu problēma 19. un 20. gs. mijas psiholoģijā (Non-observable contents in the psychology of 19th and 20th century). Materialien der Internationalen Tagung (Universität Lettlands, Österreichische Botschaft): Traum und Wirklichkeit in der globalisierten Gesellschaft. 63. Skilters, J., & Böger, C. (2006). Zur Wechselwirkung von Bedeutung und Bewegung: Wurzeln der semantischen Artikulation in der Wahrnehmung. In: H.-J. Schmid, & M. Engelhardt (Eds.), Abstractband von Second International Conference of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association, 5.-7.10.2006. München: LMU- München, ICCLS, 2006, S. 138. 64. Böger, C., & Skilters, J. (2006). Semantic Articulation and Movement Execution. Queen’s University Belfast, Annual Meeting of European Society of Philosophy and Psychology, 24-27. August. 65. Skilters, J. (2005). Aspekte der Figur-Grund-Strukturierung in menschlicher semantischer Artikulation. Plenary Talk. 14th Scientific Convention of GTA „Values, Meaning and Facts“, Medical University Graz & University of Applied Sciences Joanneum, Graz, Austria, February 24 – 27, 2005.