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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>BPS Developmental Conference
</span></font></b></span><span class=apple-style-span><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>(</span></font></b></span><span
class=apple-style-span><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>University</span></font></b></span><span
class=apple-style-span><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> of </span></font></b></span><span
class=apple-style-span><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Plymouth</span></font></b></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><span class=apple-style-span><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>29th-31st August 2007</span></font></b></span><span
class=apple-style-span><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>)</span></font></b></span></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Due to the large number of requests,
the call for abstract submission to the BPS Developmental Section Conference (2007)
is still open! </span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>** The deadline for abstract
submissions has been extended to the 30th April **</span></font></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span class=apple-style-span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The website of the conference</span></font></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="http://www.bpsdevsec07.org/">http://www.bpsdevsec07.org</a> <span
class=apple-style-span>is now being updated with the details of the invited
symposia, which are the following;</span></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></span></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Phonological representations of early
words</span></font></b></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Convenor: Nivedita Mani </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Presenters:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Marilyn Vihman</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Nivedita Mani</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=IT style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thierry Nazzi<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>,</span></i> </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=IT style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Caroline Floccia</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=IT style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>,
& </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=IT style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Joseph Butler</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Emily Mather</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Discussant: Kim Plunkett</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<ol start=2 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Exemplar
based approaches to language development</span></font></b></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Convenor: Danielle Matthews </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Participants:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Danielle Matthews</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> & Colin
Bannard<i><span style='font-style:italic'> </span></i> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Caroline Rowland & Ben Ambridge
</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=IT style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Andrea Krott,<i><span
style='font-style:italic'> </span></i>Christina Gagné & Elena Nicoladis</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Gert Westermann </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Discussant: Anna Theakston</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.0pt'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<ol start=3 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Tracking first words in the infant’s
brain</span></font></b></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Convenor: Guillaume Thierry </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Participants:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Valesca Kooijman<i><span
style='font-style:italic'> </span></i></span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Guillaume Thierry</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> &
Marilyn Vihman</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=IT style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Manuela Friedrich</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Discussant: Marilyn Vihman</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.0pt'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<ol start=4 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Joint action and communication in
early childhood</span></font></b></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Convenor: </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Tanya Behne</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Presenters:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Tanya Behne</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Claire Hughes, Alex Marks, Rosie Ensor
</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sue Leekam </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Danielle Matthews, </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Elena
Lieven</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> & </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Michael Tomasello</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hannes Rakoczy</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<ol start=5 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>How inductive reasoning develops: From
categories and category relations to scientific reasoning in the classroom</span></font></b></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Convenor: Aidan Feeney & Catherine Wilburn</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Presenters:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Naomi Sweller, & Brett Hayes</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;
text-indent:36.0pt;text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Catherine Wilburn & Aidan Feeney</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Aidan Vitkin, Nadya Vasilyeva
& John Coley</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:18.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Michelle Ellefson, John Abrasheff,
& Christian Schunn</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Counterfactual Thinking and Reasoning:
A developmental perspective</span></font></b></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Convenor: Sarah
Beck</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> Participants: Eva Rafetseder
& Josef Perner</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>
Kevin Riggs</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Clare Walsh</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> & </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Simon Handley</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>
Jennie Ferrell</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sarah Gorniaki</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Frederique Arreckx</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>John Clibbens</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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. </span></font></span></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:10.5pt'><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>For symposia presentations
please submit an overall description of the theme of the symposium, together
with a 200 word abstract for each presentation.</span></font></span></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:10.5pt'><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Further information
relating to submission of abstracts and symposia proposals can be found here:</span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.bpsdevsec07.org/default.asp?page=submit">http://www.bpsdevsec07.org/default.asp?page=submit</a></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dr </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Kirsten Abbot-Smith</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>School</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> of </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Psychology</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>University</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> of </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Plymouth</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Room </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>B213 Portland Square</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Drake Circus</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Plymouth</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> PL4 8AA</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Tel: +44 1752 233152</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/staff/kabbotsmith">www.plymouth.ac.uk/staff/kabbotsmith</a></span></font></p>
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