Fall Academy 2009
Date: October 16–20, 2009
Venue: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Interlinked with the Sixth Biennial Meeting of the Society for the Study of Human Development (SSHD), October 18–20, 2009
Keynote Addresses
Panels
- Culture
The social self and the social brain: A perspective of cultural neuroscience
Shinobu Kitayama, University of Michigan (UM) - What’s in a name? From early vocabulary to voxels in English and Chinese
Twila Tardif, UM - Plasticity
Regulation and function of new neurons in the adult brain
Gerd Kempermann, CRTD — Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden - Plasticity of executive functions: The case of interference control
Patricia Reuter-Lorenz, UM
Lectures
SSHD Symposia
- Plenary Symposium: Genes x Environment
Considering the role of gene environment correlations in gene-environment interplay
Alexandra Burt, Michigan State University - Interdisciplinary approaches to studying gene environment interaction
Danielle Dick, Virginia Commonwealth University - Birth weight effects in children are mediated by genotype (and gender)
Michael Meaney, McGill University - Are gene x environment interactions driven by epigenetic processes throughout development in primates?
Stephen Suomi, National Institutes of Health - Symposium 1: Do individuals construct their own health? A life course and lifespan perspective
Education and health in the second half of life: Findings from the German Ageing Study
Ina Schöllgen, Oliver Huxhold & Clemens Tesch-Römer, German Centre of Gerontology (DZA) - Occupational experience as a protective factor in later life mental health
Moyra Mortby, Andreas Maercker, & Simon Forstmeier, UZh - Examining dynamic links between self-rated health and episodic memory in old age: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study
Frank Infurna, Pennsylvania State University, Lindsay H. Ryan & Jacqui Smith, UM, & Dennis Gerstorf, Pennsylvania State University - A healthy mind for a healthy body: The importance of cognition for health
Linday H. Ryan, UM - Symposium 2: Social cognitive mediators for developmental effects to exposure to violence
Social cognitive mediators of the relation between exposure to violence during childhood and adolescence and adulthood aggression: Findings from the Columbia County Longitudinal Study
L. Rowell Huesmann, Eric F. Dubow, & Paul Boxer, UM - The role of social cognition in the relation between violence exposure and later aggression among Palestinian children
Eric F. Dubow, L. Rowell Huesmann, Paul Boxer, Simha Landau, Khalil Shikaki, & Jeremy Ginges, UM - Social cognitive mediators of the relation between childhood violent media preferences and current antisocial behavior in adolescents and adults
Paul Box, L. Rowell Huesmann, Brad Bushman, & Maureen O’Brien, UM - Social cognitive mediators of the longitudinal relations between violent video game playing and aggressive behavior from early childhood to late adolescence
Brad Bushman, L. Rowell Huesmann, Craig Anderson, Douglas Gentile, Paul Boxer, Maureen O’Brien & Wendy Garrard, UM - Plenary Symposium: Exploring the application of non-linear methods to development science questions
Systems methodologies for solving complex developmental science problems
Hazhir Rahmandad, Virginia Tech University - Developmental theory in action: Extending developmental science with systems science methodologies
Jennifer Brown Urban, Montclair State University - Using the lens of systems science to understand population health implications of the diabetic uterine environment
Nathaniel Osgood, University of Saskatchewan - Opportunities of systems science at NIH
Rosalind King & Jonathan King, National Institutes of Health