A DRAFT version of the conference program is available for
downloading. NOTE: This is only a draft. Changes may occur
before the program is printed. Thursday, June 2, AM 8:30-5:00
Foyer Registration (all day) Jr.A Book Display (all day)
9:00-9:15 PavCD Opening Remarks – JPS President & Program
Organizers 9:15-10:30 PavCD PL01 Plenary Session 1 – Dunn
Relationships and children’s discovery of the mind Judy Dunn
(King’s College London) Children in their very early years show
skills of deception, comfort, and sharing a make-believe world
within their close relationships, all at ages when they fail
psychologists’ standard assessments of mindreading in terms of
false-belief tasks. Why should there be this discrepancy? And
why do some children grow up to be stars at reading other minds
and emotions, and others have more difficulty? We consider what
we can learn from a focus on children’s real-world understanding
within their relationships about the significance of emotion,
language and communicative experiences in