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Read about SILC in the Press
2008
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Portal of Science and Technology: Dong Nai: Science News (Posting Date:?).
Baby boys may show spatial supremacy: Male superiority on mental rotation tasks may develop within a few months after birth. This article quotes both
Susan Levine and
Nora Newcombe.
Retrieved December 18, 2008 from:
http://www.dost-dongnai.gov.vn/sciencenews/tabid/37/isd_news_news/33866/Default.aspxPermanent Link 
♦ (Posting Date November 12, 2008) Displays from the
Biological Motion Point-light Action Archive will be used in a short segment within the program "The Science of Sex Appeal" for the Discovery Channel (to air in December 2008).
♦ PRESS RELEASE from the Office of Congressman Sestak: Sestak (Release Date July 10, 2008).
Congressman Sestak Announces $10 million in funding for Conshohocken education partnership.
♦ PRESS RELEASE from the Office of the Governor Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Rendell, E.G. (Release Date July 10, 2008).
Governor Rendell announces $10 million grant to expand Science Education: Pennsylvania Consortium will create National Center for Cognition and Science Instruction.
♦ Schaffer, A. (Posted July 4, 2008).
The Ghost of Larry Summers.
Slate. Retrieved October 28, 2008 from
http://www.slate.com/id/2194486/entry/2194525/ Permanent link
♦ Price, M. (May 2008).
Outside language looking in: Deaf people with no language exposure provide a window into basic cognition [Electronic version].
Monitor on Psychology, 39(5). Retrieved July 8, 2008 from
http://www.apa.org/monitor/2008/05/deaf.html
Two of our Co-P.I.s and their research, Dedre Gentner and Susan Goldin-Meadow are mentioned in this article.
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♦ Kenneally, C. (Published April 22, 2008).
When Language Can Hold the Answer [Electronic version].
The New York Times. Retrieved October 28,2008, from
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/22/science/22lang.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Two of our Co-P.I.s and their research, Dedre Gentner and Susan Goldin-Meadow, are mentioned in this article.
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♦ Ehrenberg, R. (Article Date February 23, 2008).
On top of words: Spatial language spurs kids' reasoning skills [Electronic version].
Science News Online.
♦ PRESS RELEASE from Northwestern University News and Information (Release Date January 31, 2008).
Gentner named Alice Gabrielle Twight Professor. Retrieved February 28, 2008 from
http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2008/01/gentner.html
Dedre Gentner, one of our Co-P.I.s, is named.
Archived Web Page
2007
♦ (Published April 12, 2007).
How do humans process information? [Electronic version].
Northwestern University Observer Online. Retrieved April 19, 2007 from
http://www.northwestern.edu/observer/issues/2007/04/12/spatial.html
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