Society for Language Development

Annual Society Symposium

The Society for Language Development announces this year's Symposium

Neuroplasticity and language

Invited Speakers:

Rebecca Saxe, MIT

Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Harvard University

Aniruddh Patel, Tufts University
Cross-domain neural plasticity: interactions between linguistic and nonlinguistic auditory processing

Thursday, November 1, 2012, 1:00-4:00 pm

George Sherman Union
Boston University
775 Commonwealth Ave.

A reception will follow

To pre-register for the symposium, as well as the BU Conference on Language Development, go to http://www.bu.edu/bucld/conference-info/registration/

BUCLD home page: http://www.bu.edu/bucld/

The cost of registration for the symposium is $20 for members, $10 for student members; $50 for non-members, $25 for student non-members

New SLD Student Award:

The Society for Language Development invites applications for a new SLD Student Award, sponsored by the Cognitive Science Society. This award is intended to help defray the costs of attending the Symposium, for graduate students who are presenting papers or posters at BUCLD. The award includes a year's free membership in the Society for Language Development, a year's free membership in the Cognitive Science Society, free admission to this year's SLD Symposium, and a cash award of $75. Applicants should send a CV and their accepted BUCLD abstract (paper, poster, or alternate status) by email to Cynthia Fisher at ; applications are due by Oct 15. Two graduate students whose CVs show a record of achievement and of sustained interest in interdisciplinary research will be selected. Award recipients will be notified by email before the conference (approximately Oct 25), and the awards will be announced at the SLD Symposium on Nov. 1.