UC Berkeley Conference on Neurocognitive Development
Berkeley City Club, July 12-14, 2009

Sunday, July 12

8:00-9:00 ????????Registration & refreshments
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I. Perception
Chair: Joe Campos, UC Berkeley

9:00-9:30 ?????????????????Foundations of visual cognition
Anthony Norcia, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute

9:30-9:45 ?????????????????Longitudinal quantitative assessment of vision function in children with CVI
Tonya Watson, UC Berkeley

9:45-10:15 ?????????????????Development of the ventral stream from middle childhood through
adolescence into adulthood
Kalanit Grill-Spector, Stanford University

10:15-10:30 ?????????????????Spatial resolution of conscious visual perception in infants
Faraz Farzin, University of California at Davis

10:30-10:45 ?????????????????Developmental changes in structural and functional connectivity within the face-processing network
Suzy Scherf, Carnegie Mellon University

10:45-11:00 ?????????????????Discussion
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Break: 11:00-11:15am
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II. Language
Chair: Amy Finn, UC Berkeley
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11:15-12:00 ?????????????????Integrating vision and language: Cognitive neuroscience reading development
Bruce McCandliss, Vanderbilt University

12:00-12:15 ?????????????????Learning a second language with the wrong neural scaffolding: the cost of committing to sounds
Amy Finn, UC Berkeley
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Lunch: 12:30-1:30pm ???
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1:30-2:00 ?????????????????Human white matter pathway development: connections to cognition
Brian Wandell, Stanford University

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2:00-2:45 ?????????????????Insights into reading development from functional MRI and functional connectivity analyses
Bradley Schlaggar, Washington University

2:45-3:00 ?????????????????Discussion ?????????????????
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Break: 3:00-3:15pm

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III. Methods Workshop
Chair: Matthew Brett, UC Berkeley
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3:15-4:00 ?????????????????The use of multivariate pattern classification in clinical developmental cognitive neuroscience
Fumiko Hoeft, Stanford University
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4:00-4:45 ?????????????????Measuring connections: Analysis of diffusion MRI
Bob Dougherty, Stanford University
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4:45-5:30 ?????????????????Using network analysis tools to study the development of large-scale networks
Steve Petersen, Washington University

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IV. Challenges and innovations in pediatric imaging
5:30-6:00 ?????????????????Forum for open discussion

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Reception
6:00 ? 7:30pm ?????????????????We welcome all attendees to enjoy appetizers and the cash bar

Speaker Dinner
8:00pm ???????????????????????????????????Paragon Bar at the Claremont Hotel

Monday, July 13

8:00-9:00 ????????Registration & refreshments

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V. Cognitive Control, Frontostriatal Circuitry, and Dopamine
Chair: Sasha Gibbs, UC Berkeley
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9:00-9:45 ?????????????????Developmental change in, and environmental modulation of, cognitive control: Differences by gender and genetics
Adele Diamond, University of British Columbia
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9:45-10:30 ?????????????????The young and the restless: The neurobehavioral state of the adolescent ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????voluntary control system
Beatriz Luna, University of Pittsburgh
10:30-10:45 ?????????????????Discussion
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Break: 10:45-11:00am
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11:00-11:45 ?????????????????Task and context encoding by medial prefrontal cortex ensembles
Jeremy Seamans, University of British Columbia
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11:45-12:00 ?????????????????Control networks in Tourette ?Syndrome
Jessica Church, Washington University
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12:00-12:15 ?????????????????Prediction error learning across development
Jessica Cohen, UCLA/UC Berkeley

12:15-12:30 ?????????????????Discussion
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Lunch: 12:30-1:30 ?????


VI. Learning and Memory
Chair: Simona Ghetti, UC Davis
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1:30-2:15 ?????????????????Developments in episodic and autobiographical memory: ERP investigations
Patricia Bauer, Emory University

2:15-3:00 ?????????????????The development of visual short-term memory in infancy
Lisa Oakes, UC Davis

Break: 3:00-3:15
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3:15-4:00 ?????????????????Neurocognitive Development of Declarative Memory
Simona Ghetti, UC Davis
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4:00-4:30 ?????????????????The development of declarative memory systems in the brain
Noa Ofen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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4:30-5:00 ?????????????????Neurodevelopmental correlates of interference control over presently irrelevant memories
Kepa Paz-Alonso, University of Granada
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5:00-5:30 ?????????????????Discussion


VII. Poster Session

5:30-7:00pm ?????????????????Poster presentations by and for attendees


Tuesday, July 14

8:00-9:00 ????????Registration & refreshments

VIII. Numerical Processing
Chair: Carter Wendelken, UC Berkeley
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9:00-9:45 ??????????????????????????Cognitive neuroscience of mathematical skill development
Vinod Menon, Stanford University
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9:45-10:30 ???????????????????????Number processing in typical and atypical development
Susan Rivera, UC Davis

Break: 10:30-10:45

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IX. Higher Cognition
Chair: Silvia Bunge, UC Berkeley
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10:45-11:00 ?????????????????Relationships between cortical thickness and fluid reasoning ability during development
Elizabeth O?Hare, UC Berkeley
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11:00-11:15 ?????????????????Structural connections underlying reasoning development
Kirstie Whitaker, UC Berkeley
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11:15-11:30 ?????????????????Neural correlates of reasoning training in children
Allyson Mackey, UC Berkeley
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11:30-12:00 ?????????????????Social disparities in childhood shape learning and prefrontal cortex function
Margaret Sheridan, Harvard University

12:15-12:30 ?????????????????General Discussion
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Lunch: 12:30-1:30 ?????
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X. Emotional and Social Behavior
Chair: Steve Hinshaw, UC Berkeley ?????????????????
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1:30-2:00 ?????????????????Brain activation reflecting attention and emotion in anxious children
Nathan Fox, University of Maryland ??????
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2:00-2:30 ?????????????????The Neurobiology of Altered Social Behavior following Early Postnatal Neglect
Nim Tottenham, UCLA

2:30-3:00 ?????????????????The neurobiology of stress reactivity and emotion dysregulation in children at risk for depression ?????????????????
Ian Gotlib, Stanford University
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Break: 3:00-3:15
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3:15-3:30 ?????????????????The developmental trajectory of emotion regulation
Kateri McRae, Stanford University

3:30-3:45 ?????????????????Neural correlates of social uncertainty during adolescence
Adriana Galvan, UCLA

3:45-4:15 ?????????????????Diverse factors in impulse control and emotion regulation: The examples of ADHD and adolescent girls' internalizing disorders
Steve Hinshaw, UC Berkeley

4:15-4:30 ?????????????????General Discussion
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4:30-5:00 ?????????????????Q&A session on NIMH Funding priorities in developmental research
????????????????????????????????????Kathleen Anderson and Julia Zehr, NIMH

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XI. Broader Implications: Education, Public Health, Medicine, Law, Ethics
Chairs: Susan Stone & Ron Dahl
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5:00-6:00 ???????Forum for open discussion; Closing remarks
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