Brownbag Seminar
Autumn 2009
Green 104 ~ 12 PM
September 28
YOM KIPPUR--No Meeting
October 5
Shannon Pruden Dick, University of Chicago
The Development of Spatial Language in Children
October 12
Claire Vallotton, Michigan State University
In the mind of the beholder, and of the gesturer: Effects of infants' symbolic gestures on their own and others' minds
October 19
Mike Stieff, University of Maryland
Multi-method Designs for Identifying Spatial Thinking in Scientific Problem Solving
October 26
Dedre Gentner, Northwestern University
Why we're so smart -- How language and analogical processing bootstrap cognitive development
November 2
Susan Goldin-Meadow, University of Chicago
Gesture's Role in Creating and Learning Language
November 9
Liz Gunderson, University of Chicago
The Development of Math & Spatial Skills: Interactions between Anxiety, Working Memory, and Achievement
November 16
Banchiamlack Dessalegn, University of Chicago
Mechanism, development and consequence of an interaction between language and vision
November 23
David Barner, University of California at San Diego
Exact units of meaning in language acquisition
November 30
Özlem Ece Demir, University of Chicago
Development of Narrative Skills: The Role of Individual and Environmental - Level Factors
