Much ado about developmental psychology

Keynote addresses will be given by Professor Judy Dunn (Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London) on ‘Children’s friendships: Open sesame to possible worlds’ and by Professor Kate Nation (University of Oxford) on ‘Nurturing a lexical legacy: language experience and learning’.

The conference will also see addresses by the winners of three Section awards.

• Dr Lucy Cragg (University of Nottingham), winner of the Margaret Donaldson Award, will speak on ‘Dealing with distractions: The development of inhibitory control.’
• Dr Jessica Hodgson (University of Lincoln), winner of the Neil O’Connor Award, will speak on ‘Handedness and language lateralisation in neurodevelopmental disorders.’
• Michael Thomas (Birkbeck, University of London) will speak on behalf of the late Professor Annette Karmiloff-Smith, winner of the Distinguished Contributions Award, on ‘From beyond modularity to neuroconstructivism: Annette Karmiloff-Smith’s unique contribution to developmental psychology.’

You can read the full conference programme on the conference website or follow events on Twitter: #dev2017.