Dear  Colleagues,    It  is  our  great  pleasure  to  invite  you  to  participate  in  the  3rd  International  Symposium  on  Reading,  Mathematics  and  the  Developing  Brain  arranged  by  the  Göteborg  AMBLE  Initiative.    Göteborg  AMBLE  (Area  for  Mind,  Brain,  Learning  and  Environment)  is  a  transdisciplinary  initiative  of  researchers  from  the  National  Center  for  Mathematics  Education,  the  Department  of  Education  and   Special   Education,   the   Department   of   Psychology   and   the   Institution   for   Neuroscience   and  Physiology  at  the  University  of  Gothenburg.    The  main  goal  of  this  initiative  is  to  bring  together  scientists  and  teachers  from  education  sciences,  psychology   and   neuroscience   in   order   to   facilitate   research,   teaching,   public   information   and  policy  discussions  on  early  childhood  education.  The  initiative  aims  at  stimulating  and  coordinating  collaborative  research  projects  with  a  focus  on  optimizing  learning  environments  and  educational  practices.      Symposium  details  The  symposium  will  take  place  at  Kjell  Härnqvistsalen,  Campus  Pedagogen  (House  A)  in  Gothenburg  on  May  19-­‐20.  International  and  national  speakers  will  present  and  discuss  the  current  status  and  new  trends  in  this  critical  field  of  science,  and  the  current  concepts  of  children's  developing  literacy  and  numeracy  will  be  explored.      The  topics  of  the  symposium  are:    

Language  development     Vocabulary     Early  mathemetics     Reading  comprehension   The  AMBLE  project   Optical  imaging  of  brain  activity  in  children    

 Talks  and  discussions  will  be  held  in  English  and  questions  from  the  audience  (also  in  Swedish)  are  encouraged.  Attendance  of  the  symposium  will  be  free  of  charge;  however,  a  registration  will  be  required.  Coffee  will  be  served  but  lunch  is  not  included.  We  do  have  a  limited  number  of  attendants  so  please  register  early  by  sending  an  email  with  name,  e-­‐mail  and  affiliation  to:  amble@neuro.gu.se    The  following  speakers  are  invited;    Dr.  Thomas  Dresler  LEAD  Graduate  School  &  Department  of  Psychiatry,  University  of  Tuebingen,  Tuebingen,  Germany    Prof.  Elena  Grigorenko  Child  Study  Center,  Yale  Medical  School,  Connecticut,  US    

 

 

 Prof.  Hellmuth  Obrig  Max  Planck  Institute  for  Human  Cognitive  and  Brain  Sciences,  Leipzig,  Germany    Prof.  Margaret  McKeown  Learning  Research  and  Development  Center,  University  of  Pittsburgh,  US    Dr.  Minna  Torppa  Department  of  Psychology,  University  of  Jyväskylä,  Finland    Prof.  Monica  Melby-­‐Lervåg  Department  of  special  needs  education,  University  of  Oslo,  Norway    Associate  Prof.  Ulrika  Wolff  Department  of  Education  and  Special  Education,  Gothenburg  University,  Sweden    Prof.  Rafael  Núñez  Department  of  cognitive  science,  University  of  California,  San  Diego,  US   Prof.  Claire  Hughes  Centre  for  Family  Research,  University  of  Cambridge,  Cambridge,  UK    We  hope  that  you  will  take  this  opportunity  and  join  us  at  this  symposium  and  we  look  forward  to  welcoming  you.  For  more  information,  please  visit  the  webpage:  http://amblesymposia.wordpress.com/      Best  Regards,    

The AMBLE Symposium organizing committee