December 2009

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DEC 1

Developmental Job Talk

Dr. Kathleen Corriveau will give a talk entitled "Children's selective trust in informants". Dr. Corriveau is a candidate for the position in the developmental area.

DEC 4

Research Methods Seminar

Erika Hussey, NACS

DEC 4

Neuroscience and Cognitive Science (NACS) Colloquium Series

Dr. Heiko Neumann, University of Ulm, Germany, Neural mechanisms of motion perception - experimental findings, modeling, and algorithms

DEC 7

SDOS Colloquium Series

SDOS Program meeting

DEC 7

Clinical and Research Issues Seminar (CRIS)

Dr. Candice A. Alfano will give a talk titled "Sleep and Anxiety: Developmental Considerations for Research and Practice." Dr. Alfano is the Director of the Child and Adolescent Anxiety Program at Children*s National Medical Center. She also serves as assistant professor of Psychiatry, Behavioral Medicine and Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine. The primary focus of Dr. Alfano*s research has been on the etiology, development, and treatment of anxiety and phobic disorders in youth, including generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), social phobia, and obsessive compulsive disorder. Her current research program focuses on the role of sleep in the development and trajectory of childhood anxiety, including examination of the prevalence, severity and daytime sequelae of sleep disturbance in children with GAD.

DEC 10

Cognitive Science Colloquium

Stephen Stich (Philosophy & Center for Cognitive Science, Rutgers)