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SUMMARY: Colloquium with Janet Werker
DESCRIPTION: FEATURING Janet Werker\, University of British Columbia TITLE 
 Becoming a native listener: Biological constraints and experiential influen
 ces BIO Dr. Janet Werker\, Professor\, UBC Psychology and Canada Research C
 hair\, Psychology is internationally known for her research investigating t
 he perceptual foundations of language acquisition. Her over 100 papers and 
 chapters have appeared in such prestigious journals as […]
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 ncenter" src="/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/08/colloquium-300x86.jpg" al
 t="colloquium" width="300" height="86" /></p><h3>FEATURING</h3><p>Janet Wer
 ker\, University of British Columbia</p><h3>TITLE</h3><p>Becoming a native 
 listener: Biological constraints and experiential influences</p><h3>BIO</h3
 ><p><a href="https://psych.ubc.ca/persons/janet-werker/" target="_blank" re
 l="noopener">Dr. Janet Werker</a>\, Professor\, UBC Psychology and Canada R
 esearch Chair\, Psychology is internationally known for her research invest
 igating the perceptual foundations of language acquisition. Her over 100 pa
 pers and chapters have appeared in such prestigious journals as Science\, N
 ature\, Trends in Cognitive Sciences\, Proceedings of the National Academy 
 of Sciences\, Psychological Sciences\, and Cognition. Awards include the Ki
 llam Research Prize\, UBC Alumni Prize in the Social Sciences\, the Jacob B
 ieley Prize (UBC’s premier research prize)\, and Fellowships in the Royal S
 ociety of Canada\, the Canadian Psychological Association\, The American Ac
 ademy of Arts and Sciences\, The American Psychological Society\, and the A
 merican Association for the Advancement of Science.</p><hr /><h3>VIDEO</h3>
 <p>[youtube]https://youtu.be/3kdQQyLULxY[/youtube]</p><p style="text-align:
  center\;"><a href="https://websec3.psych.ubc.ca/media/JWerker_09_16_2014.p
 df">Link to Slides</a></p><hr /><p>Annually the Department of Psychology ho
 sts a <a href="https://psych.ubc.ca/news-events/colloquia/">Colloquia Serie
 s</a> throughout the academic year. This exciting program brings us togethe
 r outside of the classroom to have conversations with the speakers we’ve in
 vited to our campus to share their ideas. You’ll have the chance to hear fr
 om international speakers on a wide range of provocative topics.</p>
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