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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><B><FONT FACE="Arial">BPS Developmental Conference</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(University of Plymouth</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">29th-31st August 2007)</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Due to the large number of requests, the call for abstract submission to the BPS Developmental Section Conference (2007) is still open!</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> </SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">** The deadline for abstract submissions</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> has been extended to the 30th April **</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The website of the conference</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.bpsdevsec07.org/"><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://www.bpsdevsec07.org</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">is now being updated with the details of the invited symposia, which are the following;</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><B><FONT FACE="Arial">1. </FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><B> <FONT FACE="Arial">Phonological representa</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">tions of early words</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Convenor: Nivedita Mani</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> </SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Presenters:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Marilyn Vihman</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Nivedita Mani</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="it"><FONT FACE="Arial">Thierry Nazzi</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><I></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><I></I></SPAN><I><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"><FONT FACE="Arial">,</FONT></SPAN></I><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"><FONT FACE="Arial"> Caroline Floccia, & Joseph Butler</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Emily Mather</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Discussant: Kim Plunkett</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><B><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">2. </FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><B> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">Exemplar based approaches to language development</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Convenor: Danielle Matthews</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> </SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Participants:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Danielle Matthews & Colin Bannard</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><I></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><I><FONT FACE="Arial"> </FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> </SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Caroline Rowland & Ben Ambridge </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> </SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="it"><FONT FACE="Arial">Andrea Krott,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><I></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><I></I></SPAN><I><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"><FONT FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN></I><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"> <FONT FACE="Arial">Christina Gagné & Elena Nicoladis</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Gert Westermann</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> </SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Discussant: Anna Theakston</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><B><FONT FACE="Arial">3. </FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><B> <FONT FACE="Arial">Tracking first words in the infant</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">’</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">s brain</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Conve</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">nor: Guillaume Thierry</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> </SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Participants:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Valesca Kooijman</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><I></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><I><FONT FACE="Arial"> </FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> </SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Guillaume Thierry & Marilyn Vihman</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="it"><FONT FACE="Arial">Manuela Friedrich</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Discussant: Marilyn Vihman</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><B><FONT FACE="Arial">4. </FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><B> <FONT FACE="Arial">Joint action and communication in early childhood</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Convenor: Tanya Behne</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Presenters:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Tanya Behne</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Claire Hughes, Alex</FONT> <FONT FACE="Arial">Marks, Rosie Ensor</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> </SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Sue Leekam</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> </SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Danielle Matthews, Elena Lieven & Michael Tomasello</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> </SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Hannes Rakoczy</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><B><FONT FACE="Arial">5. </FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><B> <FONT FACE="Arial">How inductive reasoning develops: From categories and category relations to scientific reasoning in the classroom</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Convenor: Aidan Feeney &</FONT> <FONT FACE="Arial">Catherine Wilburn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Presenters:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Naomi Sweller, & Brett Hayes</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Catherine Wilburn & Aidan Feeney</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial"> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"> Aidan Vitkin, Nadya Vasilyeva & John Coley</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Michelle Ellefson, John Abrasheff, & Christian Schunn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><B><FONT FACE="Arial">6. </FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><B> <FONT FACE="Arial">Counterfactual Thinking and Reasoning: A developmental p</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">erspective</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Convenor: Sarah Beck</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial"> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">Participants: Eva Rafetseder & Josef Perner</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial"> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"> Kevin Riggs</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial"> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"> Clare Walsh & Simon Handley</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial"> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"> Jennie Ferrell</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Sarah Gorniaki</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Frederique Arreckx</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">John C</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">libbens</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="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, som</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">e papers might be accepted as a poster presentation.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> </SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">For symposia presentations please submit an overall description of the theme of the symposium, together with a 200 word abstract for each presentation.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Further information relating to submission of abst</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">racts and symposia proposals can be found here:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><A HREF="http://www.bpsdevsec07.org/default.asp?page=submit"><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://www.bpsdevsec07.org/default.asp?page=submit</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
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