THE DEVELOPING BRAIN

The Developing Brain: Early Experience, Brain Development, & Neural Plasticity

Charles A. Nelson III, Ph.D., Richard David Scott Chair in Pediatric Developmental Medicine Research; Harvard Medical School; Director, Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience; Boston Children’s Hospital; renowned researcher on the effects of early experience on brain and behavioral development

A Good Start in Life: The Intense Brain Development Between Four - Eight Years
& Its Impact on Preschool & School Years

Norbert Herschkowitz, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics, University of Bern, Switzerland; renowned neuroscientist and pediatrician; Advisor to the Swiss Federal Health Department on Child Development; co-author of A Good Start in Life: Understanding Your Child's Brain and Behavior (2004).
Elinore Chapman Herschkowitz, M.A., American educator; former teacher at the Bern State Teachers’ College, Switzerland; co-author of A Good Start in Life: Understanding Your Child's Brain and Behavior (2004)

A Mind in a Growing Brain: The Brain, Biology, & Culture in Personality Development

Jerome Kagan, Ph.D., Daniel and Amy Starch Professor of Psychology Emeritus, Harvard University; renowned expert in child development; co-author of A Young Mind in A Growing Brain (2005), The Long Shadow of Temperament (2004); author, Surprise, Uncertainty, and Mental Structures (2002), and the Nature of the Child (1994)

The Growing Brain: Applying Cognitive Science to Curricular Design
& Analysis of Concept Learning & Development

Kurt W. Fischer, Ph.D., Director, Mind, Brain & Education Program, Harvard University Graduate School of Education
Theo L. Dawson-Tunik, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor of Education, Cognitive Science Dept., Hampshire College

Developing Healthy Brains & Achievement:
Connecting Brain Research with Children’s Developmental Pathways for Effective Teaching

Fay E. Brown, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist; Director, Child and Adolescent Development, James Comer School Development Program,Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine
Mariale M. Hardiman, Ed.D., Assistant Dean of Urban School Partnerships, The Johns Hopkins University; author of Connecting Brain Research with Effective Teaching (2003)

Teaching the Developing Teen Brain: Strategies for Effective Instruction

Willy Wood, M.A., President, Open Mind Technologies; former high school and university teacher

RETHINKING NATURE & NURTURE

Rethinking the Nature and Nurture of Learning and Learning Disorders

Robert J. Plomin, Ph.D., MRC Research Professor in Behavioral Genetics at the Institute of Psychiatry; Deputy Director of the Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, King’s College London, world renowned geneticist; author of Nature and Nurture (2004), co-editor of Behavioral Genetics in the Postgenomic Era (2003); and co-author of The Relationship Code: Deciphering Genetic and Social Influences on Adolescent Development (2003)

The Learning Adolescent Brain: Lessons for Education & Remediation

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore Ph.D., Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College, London; researcher on cognitive and neural development of social cognition during adolescence; co-author of the book The Learning Brain: Lessons for Education (2005)

Why Gender Matters: The Educational Relevance of Innate Sex Differences

Leonard Sax, M.D., Ph.D., Pediatrician; Psychologist; Executive Director, Montgomery Center for Research in Child and Adolescent Development; author of Why Gender Matters: What Parents and Teachers Need to Know About the Emerging Science of Sex Differences (2005)

Bridging Neuroplasticity & Education: Lessons from the Study of Two Boys with Half a Brain

Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, Ed.D., Ed.M., Postdoctoral Fellow, Brain and Creativity Institute for the Neurological Study of Emotion, Decision Making, and Creativity; Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Educational Psychology & Technology, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California; authorof “Making Sense of Brain Research in the Classroom” (2001, Council for Basic Education)

Fitting the Nurture of Teaching to the Nature of Human Learning

Gessner Geyer, Ed.M., M.A., Director, Brainergy Inc.; teacher; writer; consultant working with schools to develop brain-based training materials and curriculum

Nurturing the Best Ideas & Practices from the Learning & the Brain Conference: Putting Them to Use in the Classroom

Jeb Schenck, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, University of Wyoming, middle and high school biology teacher; author of Learning, Teaching and the Brain (2003)

Early Language Acquisition & Later Abilities: Implications for the "Critical Period"

Patricia K. Kuhl, Ph.D., Co-Director of the Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences, University of Washington, renowned neuroscientist in language development; co-author of Scientists in the Crib: Minds, Brains and How Children Learn (2001)

The Nature and Nurture of Reading & Language Skills: New Research and Intervention

Richard K. Olson, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Colorado; Faculty Fellow, Institute for Behavioral Genetics; Associate Director, Center for the Study of Learning Disabilities; author of "Dyslexia: Nature and Nurture" (Dyslexia, 2002)

Neuropsychology of Reading Disorders: Diagnoses & Intervention

Steven G. Feifer, Ed.D., NCSP, Neuropsychologist; school psychologist; co-author of The Neuropsychology of Math Disorders (2005), The Neuropsychology of Written Language Disorders (2001), and The Neuropsychology of Reading Disorders: Diagnosis & Intervention (2000)

The Neurobiology of Visual Attention: Implications for Learning & Dyslexia

Laura L. Cestnick, Ph.D., Ed.M., Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Linguistics, MIT; Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Clinical Psychologist; researcher on dyslexia

Can Evolution Contribute to Our Understanding of Sex Differences in Math/Science Abilities?

David C. Geary, Ph.D., Curators Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri; contributors to the "Mathematics Framework for California Public Schools: Kindergarten through grade twelve;' author of The Origin of Mind: Evolution of Brain, Cognition, and General Intelligence (2005), Male, Female: The Evolution of Human Sex Differences (1998), and Children's Mathematical Development (1994),

Generalist Genes and Learning Disorders: Implications for Math and Language Disorders

Yulia Kovas, MSc. PhD. Student., Researcher, Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London; co-author of "Genetic Influences in Different Aspects of Language Development" (2005, Child Development), and "Generalist Genes and Learning Disorders" (2005, Psychological Bulletin)

ADHD, ANXIETY, & MOOD DISORDERS

Current Developments on the Neurobiology of ADHD

Joseph Biederman, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Chief of Clinical and Research in Pediatric Psychopharmacology at the Massachusetts General Hospital; rated as one of the "Best Doctors in America;" top-ranked child psychiatrist in the world by medical journals; and renowned researcher on the genetic and gender differences in ADHD

Neuropharmacotherapy of ADHD: New & Innovative Approaches

Jefferson B. Prince, M.D., Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Pediatric Psychopharmacology, North Shore Medical Center; Psychiatry Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Diagnosis and Treatment of Mood Disorders and Depression in Children and Adolescents: From Genes to Neuropharmacology

Joseph T. Coyle, M.D., Eben S. Draper Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience; former chairman of the Consolidated Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; recipient of numerous awards for his groundbreaking research discoveries in disorders from depression to schizophrenia

Using the Mind to Change the Brain: How Meditation Improves Mood, Attention & Learning

Sara Lazar, Ph.D., Assistant in Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Athinoula A. Martino Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School; researcher on how meditation changes the brain

Gessner Geyer, Ed.M., M.A., Director, Brainergy Inc.; teacher; writer; consultant working with schools to develop brain-based medication training materials and curriculum

The Worried Child: Recognizing Anxiety in Children and Helping Them Heal

Paul Foxman, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist; Director, Center for Anxiety Disorders,VT; author of The Worried Child (2004), Conquering Panic and Anxiety Disorders (2003), and Dancing with Fear (2002)

MEMORY & LEARNING

Educating the Brain: Lessons from New Brain Imaging for Memory, Language & Learning

John D.E. Gabrieli, Ph.D., Grover Hermann Professor in Health Sciences and Technology; Co-Director, Clinical Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Associate Director, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

The Nature & Nurture of Memory: From Molecules, to Mind, to Memory Pills

Kenneth S. Kosik, M.D., Co-Director, Neuroscience Research Institute; Harriman Professor of Neuroscience Research, University of California, Santa Barbara

Achieving Optimal Memory: Ways to Improve Memory

Aaron P. Nelson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Chief of Neuropsychology, Division of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital; co-author of The Harvard Medical School Guide to Achieving Optimal Memory (2005)

Adolescent Brains & Memory: Teaching to the Teen Brain

Jeb Schenck, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, University of Wyoming, middle and high school biology teacher; author of Learning, Teaching and the Brain (2003)
Scott D. Vinciguerra, M.S., Doctoral Student, Assistant Professor of Education & Child Studies, Cazenovia College; Director, Intelligent Consulting, NY

THE ARTS, MUSIC & LEARNING

The Creative Brain: The Neuroscience of Genius

Nancy C. Andreasen, M.D., Ph.D., Andrew Woods Chair of Psychiatry, University of Iowa College of Medicine; Director, Mental Health Clinical Research Center; Winner of the President’s National Medal of Science; and author of The Creating Brain:The Neuroscience of Genius (2005), and Brave New World: Conquering Mental Illness in the Era of the Genome (2001)

The Neurobiology of Art: What Art Tells Us About the Brain and Learning Disorders

Margaret S. Livingstone, Ph.D, Professor of Neurobiology, Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School; researcher on the neurobiology of art; author of Vision and Art: The Biology of Seeing (2002); co-author of "Was Rembrandt Stereoblind?" (2004, New England Journal of Medicine)

Effects of Instrumental Music Training on Children's Brains & Cognitive Development

Ellen Winner, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Boston College; Senior Research Associate at Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education; researcher working with neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga to explore the connection between the arts and learning

Artful Thinking: A Research-Based Approach to Developing Students' Thinking Dispositions Through Looking at Art

Shari Tishman, Ed.D., Research Associate at Project Zero; Lecturer in the Arts in Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education; co-author of Art Works for Schools: A Curriculum for Teaching Thinking in and Through The Arts (2002)

No Brain Left Behind: Flexing the Analytic & Creative Powers of Mind in the Classroom

Michael H. Dickmann, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Educational Leadership, Cardinal Stritch University; co-author of Leading Coherently: Reflections from Leaders Around the World (2005), Leading with the Brain in Mind (2004), and Connecting Leadership to the Brain (2002)

Learning Actions by Music: Auditory-Motor Coupling in the Human Brain & Implications for Learning

Amir Lahav, MA, NMT, Doctoral Student; Co-Founder, The Music, Mind & Motion Lab, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Sargent College, Boston University; Research Fellow, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School

Music and Language: The Influences of Musicianship on Language Development and Dyslexia

Nadine Gaab, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; co-author of "Neural Correlates of Rapid Spectro-Temperal Processing in Musicians and Non-Musicians" (2005, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences)

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