Symposium Talks

1. Language Learning
   1. Explicit Instruction of Cues to Grammar: Prototypes or Exemplars? Nora Presson, PSLC
   2. A cognitive approach to ASL/English teaching and learning: Construal and expression of defocused agents Miako Villaneuva, VL2
   3. Finding the MIDDLE ground: Does language help children reason about spatial relations? Nina Simms & Dedre Gentner, SILC
2. The Role of Prior Experience in Learning
   1. Markedness vs. transfer in cross-modal language learning Cecily Whitworth, VL2
   2. Investigating collaboration with professional and adolescent musicians: Theories and practice in out-of-school music contexts Véronique Mertl, LIFE
   3. Neural correlates of music reading expertise Yetta Kwailing Wong & Isabel Gauthier, TDLC
3. Visual Learning
   1. View-Invariant Object Category Learning and Recognition: How Spatial and Object Attention are Coordinated Using Surface-Based Attentional Shrouds Arash Fazl, Stephen Grossberg, & Ennio Mingolla, CELEST
   2. How does expertise influence our performance and eye movements in face and object recognition? Janet Hsiao, Jim Tanaka, & Garrison Cottrell, TDLC
   3. When do diagrams enhance science learning? Jodi Davenport, David Yaron, David Klahr, & Kenneth Koedinger, PSLC
4. Attention and Memory
   1. The Role of Person Knowledge: Its Effects on Attention and Memory Tiffany R. Lee, Joan M. Davis, Nancy Vye, & John D. Bransford, LIFE
   2. Differences in functional connectivity and oscillatory power related to interference in visual working memory Marieke K. van Vugt, Andreas Schulze-Bonhage, Brian Litt, & Michael Kahana, CELEST
   3. Using Tests to Enhance 8th Grade Students' Retention of U. S. History Facts Shana K. Carpenter, Hal Pashler,& Nicholas J. Cepeda, TDLC
5. Educational Curriculum and Tool Development
   1. CELEST scientist-educator approach to curriculum content and delivery Daniel J. Franklin, CELEST
   2. Effects of Adaptive Domain Assistance on Peer Tutoring Erin Walker, PSLC
   3. Learning and Assessment in a Working Smart Environment Drue Gawel, Rachel Phillips, & Vanessa Svihla, LIFE
6. Spatial Cognition and Representation
   1. Sharing Space: The Role of Communication in Spatial Representation Megan Sauter & David Uttal, SILC
   2. From Entorhinal Grid Cell to Hippocampal Place Cell: Learning Population Codes for Behavioral Control for Both Spatial and Temporal Behaviors Anatoli Gorchetchnikov & Stephen Grossberg, CELEST
   3. Learning from Visual-Verbal Sources in Intelligent Tutoring Kirsten R. Butcher & Vincent Aleven, PSLC