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CARD Research Meeting Programme for 8th May 2006
Six short talks by London based autism researchers
Venue: UCL-ICN 17 Queen Square London WC1N 3AR
Basement Seminar Room 1 pm to 4.30 pm
Host: Uta Frith (u.frith@ucl.ac.uk)
Put Location in at home.
Nearest tube station Russell Square
1pm – 1.20 pm
David Skuse, Behavioural and Brain Sciences Unit, ICH: The boundaries of the
Autism spectrum - where are they?
1.30 – 1.50 pm
Dagmara Annaz and John Swettenham, Department of Human Communication
And Speech Sciences, UCL: Biological motion perception
2 - 2.20 pm
Jessica Meyer and Peter Hobson, Tavistock Clinic and ICH: Empathy and Autism
2.30 – 2.50 pm
Kristell Hudry, Pam Heaton and Elisabeth Hill, Department of Psychology, Goldsmith’s College: Exploratory studies on language pitch processing
3 – 3.20 pm
Tony Charman, Annett Karmiloff-Smith and Rachael Mackinlay, Behavioural
And Brain Sciences Unit, ICH: Prospective memory/intention monitoring
3.30 – 3.50 pm
Sebastian Gaigg and Dermot Bowler, Department of Psychology, City University,
Differential fear conditioning in Asperger’s syndrome: Implications for an amygdale
theory of autism.
4 – 4.30 pm
Discussion: CARD and beyond
What are the criteria for membership?
Could there be different types of members? Centre members? Affiliated members?
Could there be a London Extended Autism Research Network: LEARN?
Website questions http:// etc
What is the purpose of research meetings?
Dates for next meeting
