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Society for Disability Studies 25th Annual Conference
SDS’ 25th Annual Conference will be held in Denver Colorado, USA, June 20-23, 2012. For more information visit: http://disstudies.org/
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2012 SCP Winter Conference
The 2012 Society for Consumer Psychology Winter Conference takes place February 16-18 at the Four Seasons hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. For more information visit: http://www.chilleesys.com/scp/Public/index.aspx
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22nd Annual International SCTPLS Conference
The 22nd Annual SCTPLS Conference will be held July 26-28, 2012 at John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. For more information visit: http://www.societyforchaostheory.org/conferences.html
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5th International Nonlinear Science Conference
The 5th International Nonlinear Science Conference will be held March 15-17, 2012 at the University of Barcelona, Spain. For more information visit: http://www.societyforchaostheory.org/conferences.html
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NIH-Funded Study Finds Dyslexia not Tied to IQ
International Business Times: Research on brain activity fails to support widely used approach to identify dyslexic students Regardless of high or low overall scores on an IQ test, children with dyslexia show similar patterns of brain activity, according to researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health. The results call into question the discrepancy model - the practice of classifying a child as dyslexic on the basis of a lag between reading ability and overall IQ scores. In many school systems, the discrepancy model is the criterion for determining whether a child will be provided with specialized reading instruction.
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Can romance be reduced to pronouns?
Edmonton Journal: People have struggled for years to figure out what makes a good relationship. Is it common interests? Argument styles? Face shapes? Now, a Texas psychologist says his study shows how pronoun use and mirroring will reveal whether a romance will work out, the New York Times reports in its Love Well blog. Behavioural scientists have long known that humans have a tendency to subconsciously mimic the sounds, style and movement of others. James W. Pennebaker, a psychologist at the University of Texas at Austin, asked 187 students to take part in several four-minute speed dates.