Speakers
 Professor Marc Hauser Marc Hauser’s research sits at the interface between evolutionary biology and cognitive neuroscience and is aimed at understanding how the minds of human and nonhuman animals evolved. By studying monkeys and apes in both the wild and in captivity, as well as human infants and adults, Hauser’s work has unlocked some of the mysteries of language evolution, conceptual representation, social cooperation, communication, and morality. He is a Harvard College Professor, Professor in the Departments of Psychology, Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, and Biological Anthropology, Co-Director of the Mind, Brain and Behavior Program, Director of the Cognitive Evolution Laboratory, and the author of more than 200 papers and five books, including “The Evolution of Communication” (1996, MIT) , “Wild Minds” (2000, Holt), and most recently “Moral Minds: How nature designed our universal sense of right and wrong” (2006, Harper Collins/Ecco). In addition to his research and teaching at Harvard, he spends a significant amount of time giving public lectures and interviews for national and international radio and newspaper Hauser received a BS from Bucknell University and a PhD from UCLA. He has taught at Makerere University, Uganda, University of California, Davis, and Harvard University. He is the recipient of a National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award and Guggenheim Fellowship, as well as several awards from Harvard for his teaching. |
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 Dr Andrew MeltzoffDr. Andrew N. Meltzoff holds the Job and Gertrud Tamaki Endowed Chair and is the Co-Director of the University of Washington Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences. A graduate of Harvard University, with a PhD from Oxford University, he is an internationally recognized expert on infant and child development. His discoveries about infant imitation have revolutionized our understanding of early cognition, personality, and brain development. His research on the effects of television viewing on infants has helped shape policy and practice. Dr. Meltzoff's 20 years of research on young children has had far-reaching implications for cognitive science, especially for ideas about memory and its development; for brain science, especially for ideas about common coding of perception and action and "mirror neurons"; and for early education and parenting, particularly for ideas about the importance of role models, both adults and peers, in child development. He is the co-author of two books about early learning and the brain: The Scientist in the Crib: Minds, Brains, and How Children Learn (Morrow Press, 1999) and Words, Thoughts and Theories (MIT Press, 1997). He is also co-editor of The Imitative Mind: Development, Evolution and Brain Bases (Cambridge University Press, 2002), a unique, multidisciplinary volume combining brain science, evolutionary theory, and developmental psychology. Dr. Meltzoff is the recipient of the Merit Award of the National Institutes of Health for outstanding research. He has been inducted into the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, is the recipient of the James McKeen Cattell Sabbatical Award, and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Psychological Association, and the American Psychological Society. He serves on the board of directors of the Washington Foundation for Early Learning (chaired by Washington State's First Lady Mona Locke), the European Research Foundation (EURESCO) board, and the national advisory board of Parents Magazine. He has served on the board of directors of the University Child Development School, and on the National Advisory Committee of the March of Dimes Foundation. Dr. Meltzoff has appeared on the PBS programs Scientific American Frontiers and NOVA, on ABC's World News Now, NBC's Today Show, the CBC Discovery series, and on numerous national radio programs. His research has been featured in the Encyclopedia Britannica, The New York Times, Time, Newsweek, National Geographic, and in science museums worldwide. He is married to Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, and they have one daughter. |
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Dr Rachel Mayberry Rachel I. Mayberry investigates critical period effects on language development and processing with the goal of constructing a model of language comprehension that takes into account the factors of experience in early life and sensory-motor modality. She studies first- and second-language acquisition of signed and spoken languages begun at varying ages and asks whether and how this affects language processing and reading proficiency in adulthood using ASL (American sign Language), LSQ (Langue des signes québécoise), English and French. She is also fascinated by the gesture used by children and adults as they speak spontaneously and thinks that the study of gesture can reveal a great deal about the structure and processing of language and thought. |
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 Professor Núria Sebastián Gallés Núria Sebastián Gallés is Professor of Psychology (Catedrático de Universidad), Department of Psychology, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain. In 2000, she was awarded the James S. McDonnell Foundation. Bridging Mind, Brain and Behavior Program. “Early language acquisition and bilingualism” Her current and past research areas of interest are reading (in shallow orthographies), speech perception and production, bilingualism, brain representation, and language development (infant studies). |
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Information for Symposia Presenters:AV Instructions for Chairs & SpeakersChairs/Speakers Guidelines The chairperson’s role is to facilitate the smooth running of the session and encourage and monitor debate when appropriate. We would ask that you ensure that speakers strictly observe the time allocated to them. Audio/Visual Arrangements Students will be assigned to each session to assist with the roving microphones. PC/Mac Users It this is not possible, and you wish to run your presentation directly from your own PC, please make sure you also have your presentation backed up onto a memory stick. This way, if anything goes wrong with your laptop, you can use the PC in situ. PLEASE NOTE that the data projectors only connect directly to PC laptops – NOT Macs! If you can only show your presentation from a Mac laptop, you must provide your own laptop and the correct VGA adaptor to connect your Mac to the projector. Please be aware that there are 4 different kinds of adaptors and it is your responsibility to ensure you have the correct adaptor. Please remember to use embedded files, and do not use files linked to other files as they will not appear in your presentation. This is particularly important if you are showing video clips within your presentation. Please ensure your presentation is loaded in the coffee break/lunch break prior to your session taking place. For presentations taking place in the first session of the day, the rooms will be open 30 minutes prior to the session start time. If you have any difficulties loading your presentation, please contact the Student Helpers, who will be easily identifiable and present in each lecture room, and they will contact a technician.Information for Poster Presenters:Instructions for Poster PresentationsAuthors are requested to put up their poster at the following times:
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