SoA 2010 Conference program
Friday, August 27
17:00-20:00 Early registration
19:00 Welcome reception
Saturday, August 28: first conference day
9:15-9:45 Conference opening and inauguration of the new phase of Erasmus Mundus at the University of Potsdam (Masters program in Clinical Linguistics, EMCL)
Session 1: The biolinguistics program
Invited presentation
09:45-10:30
Cedric Boeckx, Barcelona, E
Biolinguistic contributions to neurocognition
Coffee
Invited presentations
11:00-11:45
Ray Jackendoff, Tufts, USA
A biolinguistics that attends to the brain
11:45-12:30
David Poeppel, NYU, USA
How to put the bio in biolinguistics
12:30-13:15
Hubert Haider, Salzburg, A
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Lunch
14:30-15:30 Contributed papers 1-3
Coffee
16:00-17:00 Contributed papers 4-6
17:00-17:30 Round table discussion
Sunday, August 29: second conference day
Session 2: Normal and lesioned animal communication
8:50-9:00 Introduction to the session
Invited presentations
09:00-09:45
Sverker Johansson, Jönköping, S
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09:45-10:30
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Coffee
11:00-13:00 Contributed papers 7-9
Lunch
14:30-15:30 Poster session I
Coffee
Invited presentations
16:00-16:45
Constance Scharff, Berlin, D
Genes and language? FoxP2 is required for vocal learning in songbirds
16:45-17:30
Erich Jarvis, Duke, USA
Evolution of brain pathways for complex behavioral traits: song learning in birds and spoken language in humans
17:30-18:00 Round table discussion
Monday, August 30: third conference day
Session 3: Normal and lesioned language processing I
8:50-9:00 Introduction to the session
Invited presentations
09:00-09:45
Gabriele Miceli, Trento, I
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09:45-10:30
Michael Ullman, Washington D.C., USA
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Coffee
Invited presentations
11:00-11:45
Roelien Bastiaanse, Groningen, NL
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11:45-12:30
Liina Pylkkänen, NYU, USA
The Neuromagnetism of Combinatory Semantics
12:30-13:00 Round table discussion
Lunch
Social program in the afternoon
Tuesday, August 31: fourth conference day
Session 4: Normal and lesioned language processing II
8:50-9:00 Introduction to the session
Invited presentations
09:00-09:45
Malatesha Joshi, Texas, USA
The role of orthography in literacy acquisition in monolinguals and bilinguals
09:45-10:30
Brendan Weekes, Hongkong, CN
Acquired dyslexia and dysgraphia: cross script comparisons
Coffee
11:00-13:00 Contributed papers 10-15
Lunch
14:30-15:30 Poster session II
Coffee
Invited presentations
16:00-16:45
Sam Po Law, Hongkong, CN
Orthographic representation of Chinese characters: data from acquired dyslexia and writing development
16:45-17:30
Riitta Salmelin, Helsinki, FIN
Neural processes of reading
17:30-18:00 Round table discussion
Wednesday, September 1: fifth conference day and departure
Session 5: Wrapping it up
9:30-10:30 Poster session III
Coffee
11:00-12:30 Looking back and looking forward (David Howard, David Poeppel, Ria De Bleser and Roelien Bastiaanse)
Lunch and departure