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CogSci 2012
CogSci 2012 is the 34th annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, to be held in Sapporo, Japan, Wednesday, August 1 - Saturday August 4, 2012. For more information visit: http://cognitivesciencesociety.org/conference2012/index.html
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Europlat 2012
The European Psychology Learning and Teaching Conference will be held 28-30 June 2012 at the University of Vilnius, Lithuania The conference is organized by the European Academic Network for Psychology Learning and Teaching (Europlat). Abstract submission deadline: 5 January 2012 For more information visit: http://www.europlat.org/s.php?p=3
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42nd Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society
The 42nd Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society will be held May 31-June 2, 2012 in Toronto, Canada. The theme will be Rethinking Cognitive Development. For more information visit: http://www.piaget.org/conference.html
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National Academy of Neuropsychology 31st Annual Conference
The National Academy of Neuropsychology 31st Annual Conference will be held November 16-29, 2011 in Marco Island, Florida. For more information visit: http://nanonline.org/NAN/Conference/Conference.aspx
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Who You Are
The New York Times: Daniel Kahneman spent part of his childhood in Nazi-occupied Paris. Like the other Jews, he had to wear a Star of David on the outside of his clothing. One evening, when he was about 7 years old, he stayed late at a friend’s house, past the 6 p.m. curfew. He turned his sweater inside out to hide the star and tried to sneak home. A German SS trooper approached him on the street, picked him up and gave him a long, emotional hug. The soldier displayed a photo of his own son, spoke passionately about how much he missed him and gave Kahneman some money as a sentimental present.
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Deliberate Practice: Necessary But Not Sufficient
Psychological scientist Guillermo Campitelli is a good chess player, but not a great one. “I'm not as good as I wanted,” he says. He had an international rating but not any of the titles that chess players get, like Grandmaster and International Master. “A lot of people that practiced much less than me achieved much higher levels.” Some of the players he coached became some of the best players in Argentina. “I always wondered: What's going on? Why did this happen?” Now a researcher at Edith Cowan University in Joondalup, Australia, Campitelli studies practicing.
