British Psychological Society
2007 Developmental Section Conference

We are pleased to announce that the 2007 Annual Conference of the BPS Developmental Psychology Section will be held at the University of Plymouth, UK, from 29 - 31 August. Members of the organising committee are: John Clibbens, Allegra Cattani, Frederique Arreckx, Kirsten Abbot-Smith, Pedro Guijarro-Fuentes, Caroline Floccia, Simon Handley and Becky Mckenzie.

The conference schedule is now available, a separate programme is also available for poster presentations.

This year's keynote speakers are:

Jay Belsky
Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Social Issues
Birkbeck, University of London

Annette Karmiloff-Smith
Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development
School of Psychology
Birkbeck, University of London

Henry Markovits
Department of Psychology
University of Quebec at Montreal

Invited symposia

Phonological representations of early words Convenor: Nivedita Mani, University of Oxford Presenters: Introduction: Emily Mather, University of Oxford Nivedita Mani, University of Oxford Thierry Nazzi¹, Caroline Floccia², & Joseph Butler² ¹CNRS Universite-Paris-Descartes, ²University of Plymouth Marilyn May Vihman, University of York Discussant: Kim Plunkett, University of Oxford	Joint action and communication in early childhood Convenor: Tanya Behne, University of Manchester Presenters: Tanya Behne, University of Manchester Claire Hughes, Alex Marks, Rosie Ensor, University of Cambridge Sue Leekam, Durham University Danielle Matthews¹, Elena Lieven¹ ² & Michael Tomasello² ¹University of Manchester, ²Max Planck Institute, Leipzig Hannes Rakoczy, Max Planck Institute, Leipzig Discussant: Stephen Butterfill, Warwick University
Developments in Children's Counterfactual Thinking Convenor: Sarah Beck, University of Birmingham Presenters: Sarah Beck¹, Sarah Gorniak¹, Kevin Riggs². ¹University of Birmingham, ²London Metropolitan University Frederique Arreckx¹, Simon Handley², & John Clibbens² ¹The College of St. Mark and St. John, ²University of Plymouth Eva Rafetseder & Josef Perner University of Salzburg Jennie Ferrell¹, Dominic Abrams², Adam Rutland² Joe Pelletier², & Rob Guttentag3 ¹University of Bedfordshire, ²University of Kent, 3University of North Carolina at Greensboro Clare Walsh, Simon Handley, & Samantha Slater University of Plymouth, UK Discussant: Henry Markovits, Université du Quèbec á Montréal, Canada	Exemplar based approaches to language development Convenor: Danielle Matthews, University of Manchester Presenters: Danielle Matthews¹ & Colin Bannard² ¹University of Manchester, ² Max Planck Institute, Leipzig Caroline Rowland, Ben Ambridge, University of Liverpool Andrea Krott¹, Christina Gagné² & Elena Nicoladis² ¹University of Birmingham, ²University of Alberta Gert Westermann Oxford Brookes University Discussant: Anna Theakston, University of Manchester
Tracking first words in the infant’s brain Convenor: Guillame Thierry, University of Wales Presenters: Valesca Kooijman University Nijmegen and Max Planck Institute, Nijmegen Guillaume Thierry¹ & Marilyn Vihman² ¹University of Wales, ²University of York Manuela Friedrich Max Planck Institute, Leipzig Discussant: Marilyn Vihman University of York	How inductive reasoning develops: From categories and category relations to scientific reasoning in the classroom Convenor: Aidan Feeney & Catherine Wilburn, University of Durham Presenters: Naomi Sweller, & Brett Hayes University of New South Wales, Australia Catherine Wilburn & Aidan Feeney University of Durham Anna Vitkin, Nadya Vasilyeva & John Coley Northeastern University, USA Michelle Ellefson, Rebecca Abrasheff, & Christian Schunn, University of Pittsburgh, USA