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HOW DO SCIENTISTS FIND OUT WHAT BABIES THINK?

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Organisation:	School of Psychology, University of Birmingham
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Date of Event:	Start Date: 16/09/2010 End Date: 16/09/2010
Time of Event:	Start time: 10:00 - End time: 12:00
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Event Summary:	It is often supposed that if you asked a baby what they thought, they would not have much to say even if they could tell you. However, using new techniques scientists are finding that babies recognise faces and objects; count small numbers; learn words long before they can say them; and perform remarkable feats of imagination, causing us to re-consider what thoughts babies can and cannot think.
Audience level:	5. Adults with some knowledge of the topic
Event Category:	What makes us human?
Keyword:	cognitive science; weekly pass
Booking information:	Included in weekly pass
Venue:	MB108, Aston University

Event Agenda

16/09/2010 10:00 - 12:00	Can babies count and do sums? Dr Ian Apperly -	Talk
	Babies' spontaneous behaviour reveals impressive mathematical abilities: they are sensitive to the number of objects in a set, and also track additions and subtractions. These abilities may be "primal" in that they are shared with other non-human species. However, these abilities are restricted to very small sets, and this limit is only overcome once children learn an explicit number system.

16/09/2010 10:00 - 12:00	Imagination in infants and young children Dr Sarah Beck -	Talk

16/09/2010 10:00 - 12:00	Blah blah blah Dr Sotaro Kita -	Talk

16/09/2010 10:00 - 12:00	What do babies think about other people? Dr Joe McCleery -	Talk
	Dr. Joe McCleery - Talk: Infants exhibit special attention to, and specialised knowledge of, peoples' faces, voices, and body movements from very early in life. This talk will cover research using cutting edge techniques, such as eye-tracking and brainwave/EEG recordings that help us to understand what typically developing babies and babies with autism think about people.

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