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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">A reminder that poster submissions and student bursary applications for the final seminar in our series on neurodevelopmental disorders close on Friday 8<sup>th</sup> February
2013. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Registration (without a student bursary application) will close 13<sup>th</sup> March 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">One day workshop: Visual attention and eye movements in developmental disorders
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On Wednesday 20</span><sup><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">th</span></sup><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> March 2013 there will be a one day workshop
which will discuss issues related to the study of visual attention and gaze behaviour in neurodevelopmental disorders. The seminar will be hosted by the School of Psychology, Newcastle University.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">PROGRAMME NOW AVAILABLE:</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> The programme is now available online
<a href="http://www.neurodevelopmentaldisorders-seminarseries.co.uk/index.php/seminar-3/">
http://www.neurodevelopmentaldisorders-seminarseries.co.uk/index.php/seminar-3/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN:</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> To register for this seminar please follow the link
<a href="http://neurodevelopment3.eventbrite.com/">http://neurodevelopment3.eventbrite.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">TO SUBMIT A POSTER ABSTRACT:</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> To submit an abstract for a poster on any area of developmental disorders please email your
abstract to <a href="mailto:info@neurodevelopmentaldisorders-seminarseries.co.uk">
info@neurodevelopmentaldisorders-seminarseries.co.uk</a>. Abstracts should be no more than 300 words and please provide all details of authors and affiliations. The closing date for poster abstract submission is Friday 8</span><sup><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">th</span></sup><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
February 2013. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This workshop is part of a seminar series entitled 'Neuro-developmental disorders: Exploring sensitive methods of assessment across development' which explores recent findings in neurodevelopmental
disorders, with a particular focus on 1) the new research tools and methods used, 2) discussion of the wider applicability of these new tools and methods across different neurodevelopmental disorders, 3) identifying future challenges or controversies when
studying neurodevelopmental disorders using a developmental approach.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The seminar series hopes to bring together specialists and established researchers as well as post-graduates, post-doctoral researchers and early career researchers in neurodevelopmental disorders.
The first workshop of the series, held in June 2012 at Kingston University, was very successful in meeting our aims. We enjoyed an exciting day of talks, which generated some very interesting discussion. The second workshop on 11</span><sup><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">th</span></sup><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
January 2013<span style="color:#1F497D"> w</span>as a complete sell out and equally engaging.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The series is sponsored by the British Psychological Society and the Williams syndrome Foundation UK and is being organised by Dr Jo van Herwegen, Dr Emily Farran and Dr Debbie Riby.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">More information about the seminar series can be obtained from:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.neurodevelopmentaldisorders-seminarseries.co.uk/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">http://www.neurodevelopmentaldisorders-seminarseries.co.uk/</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Professor Letitia Naigles
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Preferential looking reveals both strengths and weaknesses in the language development of children with autism<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dr Marco Hessels (University of Geneva)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Eye movement registration evidences construct validity in dynamic assessment: People with intellectual disabilities can reason by analogy, but you have to tell them to do so.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Miss Hayley Mace (CEREBRA, Birmingham University)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Eye tracking to explore spontaneous emotion discrimination and face processing in ASD, Fragile X syndrome, Cornelia de Lange syndrome and Rubinstein Taybi syndrome<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dr Sue Fletcher-Watson (Edinburgh University)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Eye tracking in infancy: Looking for early signs of autism and atypical development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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