BPS Developmental Conference deadline extension and invited symposia

[Kirsten Abbot-Smith]

BPS Developmental Conference (University of Plymouth, 29th-31st August 2007)
 
Due to the large number of requests, the call for abstract submission to the BPS Developmental Section Conference (2007) is still open! 
** The deadline for abstract submissions has been extended to the 30th April **
 
The website of the conference http://www.bpsdevsec07.org <http://www.bpsdevsec07.org/>  is now being updated with the details of the invited symposia, which are the following;
 
1.	Phonological representations of early words 
Convenor: Nivedita Mani 
Presenters:
Marilyn Vihman
Nivedita Mani
Thierry Nazzi, Caroline Floccia, & Joseph Butler
Emily Mather
Discussant:     Kim Plunkett
 
2.	Exemplar based approaches to language development 
Convenor: Danielle Matthews 
Participants:
Danielle Matthews & Colin Bannard  
Caroline Rowland & Ben Ambridge  
Andrea Krott, Christina Gagné & Elena Nicoladis
Gert Westermann 
	Discussant: Anna Theakston
	 
3.	Tracking first words in the infant's brain 
Convenor: Guillaume Thierry 
Participants:
Valesca Kooijman  
Guillaume Thierry & Marilyn Vihman
Manuela Friedrich
	Discussant: Marilyn Vihman
	 
4.	Joint action and communication in early childhood 
Convenor: Tanya Behne
Presenters:
Tanya Behne
Claire Hughes, Alex Marks, Rosie Ensor 
Sue Leekam 
Danielle Matthews, Elena Lieven & Michael Tomasello 
Hannes Rakoczy
 
5.	How inductive reasoning develops: From categories and category relations to scientific reasoning in the classroom 
Convenor: Aidan Feeney & Catherine Wilburn
Presenters:
Naomi Sweller, & Brett Hayes
Catherine Wilburn & Aidan Feeney
         Aidan Vitkin, Nadya Vasilyeva & John Coley
Michelle Ellefson, John Abrasheff, & Christian Schunn
 
6.	Counterfactual Thinking and Reasoning: A developmental perspective 
Convenor:        Sarah Beck
 Participants:     Eva Rafetseder & Josef Perner
                        Kevin Riggs
                        Clare Walsh & Simon Handley
                        Jennie Ferrell
		Sarah Gorniaki
		Frederique Arreckx
		John Clibbens
 
For paper and poster presentations, please submit an abstract of 200 words max (excluding references), selecting whether you wish your submission to be considered as a presentation or a poster. Depending on the number of abstract submissions, some papers might be accepted as a poster presentation. 
For symposia presentations please submit an overall description of the theme of the symposium, together with a 200 word abstract for each presentation.
Further information relating to submission of abstracts and symposia proposals can be found here:
http://www.bpsdevsec07.org/default.asp?page=submit
 
 
Dr Kirsten Abbot-Smith
School of Psychology
University of Plymouth
Room B213 Portland Square
Drake Circus
Plymouth PL4 8AA
Tel: +44 1752 233152
www.plymouth.ac.uk/staff/kabbotsmith
 

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