Developmental Division
Winter 2012 Seminar Schedule
Thursdays, 12:30- 2:00
ABC Room (PAS 3026)
| Date | Presenter | Topic |
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| January 26, 2012 | Reading Group |
Articles on Publication Bias |
| February 2, 2012 | Karly Neath | Developmental course of attention orienting by gaze and its modulation by facial expressions |
| February 9, 2012 | Angela Nyhout | Once upon a time at my house: Do children draw from familiar environments to represent stories? |
| February 16, 2012 | LOVE conference |
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| February 23, 2012 | Reading week |
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| March 1, 2012 |
Julie Scott |
The LUI over time: Tracking the patterns of growth in children's pragmatic language from 2 to 3 years |
| March 8, 2012 |
Mathieu Le Corre |
How form affects meaning: The acquisition of number words in Mexican Sign Language |
| March 15, 2012 |
Shaylene Nancekivell | Who owns what? -Preschoolers use of object history to explain ownership |
| March 22, 2912 10:30am |
Job Talk | |
| March 29, 2012 2pm
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Daniel Ansari University of Western Ontario (Guest Speaker) |
The Numerate Brain: Development, Enculturation, and Individual Differences |
| April 5, 2012 |
Eiling Yee Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (Guest Speaker) |
How are concepts represented? Neural and behavioral evidence for distributed, sensorimotor-based representations |
| April 12, 2012 | Amanda Pogue | Which is worse...? A Look at Abstract Magnitude Systems and Moral Decision Making |
Fall 2011 Seminar Schedule
| Date | Presenter | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| September 22, 2011 | Ori Friedman |
Young children's reasoning about the ownership of artifacts and natural kinds |
| September 29, 2011 | Meghan Dale |
Number syntax and grouping objects by quantity |
| October 6, 2011 | Amanda Pogue | When is 'a lot' more than 'a few'? |
| October 20, 2011 | MASc Students | Project Proposals |
| October 28, 2011 (Friday) 1:30 - 3pm PAS 1229 |
Richard Aslin University of Rochester (Guest Speaker) |
What eye-tracking (and neuroimaging) can reveal about infants' language processing and visual attention |
| November 17, 2011 | Pierina Cheung | Who has more blocks?: The development of discrete number comparison in 2- to 4-year-olds |
| December 15, 2011 3pm PAS 3026 |
Ageliki Nicolopoulou LeHigh University (Guest Speaker) |
Promoting narrative abilities in low-income preschoolers: Challenges and opportunities |

