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psychological mechanisms in explaining the development, maintenance and treatment of gambling.
We will conclude on discussing Responsible Gambling as a mean of prevention of gambling
related problems. The audience will have the opportunity to raise questions and discuss the content
of the presentation.
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Chair: Yaojia Luo, China
Models of attention, Claus Bundesen, Center for Visual Cognition, Department of Psychology,
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Current models of attention are reviewed and their development is described. Qualitative theories
of Broadbent (1958), Treisman (1964), and Deutsch and Deutsch (1963) set the stage for the
development of more specific, quantitative models of attention. Recent models have primarily
drawn on experimental data on visual processing: data on our ability to divide attention between
multiple, simultaneous targets and data on our ability to focus attention on targets rather than
distractors. In this talk I describe the development from simple serial scanning models to selective
serial models and the development from simple parallel (independent-channels) models to limitedcapacity
parallel models and race-based models of selection. Connectionist and
neurophysiological models are also considered.
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Chair: Rainer Silbereisen, Germany
Adolescence from a global perspective, Tharakad S. Saraswathi, Maharaja Sayajirao University
of Baroda, India
The presentation is based on book entitled 'The World's Youth: Adolescence in eight regions of the
globe edited by B.B. Brown, R.W. Larson and T.S. Saraswathi, a CUP (2002) publication. The
eight regions of the world present a kaleidoscopic view of adolescent life experiences in the
ecological, political and socio-cultural contexts. Marked variations in demographic trends, in
access to education, health facilities and employment are profiled, along with interesting cultural
variations in family, school and peer contexts in which adolescents' lives are embedded.
Significant issues related to globalization of the market economy, assertion of individuality,
political and civic participation, and the glaring gaps in access to basic resources are discussed in
the light of social policies that aim to provide a better tomorrow for nations' youth.
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Chair: Kevin Miller, USA
The learning of a second language, Qi Dong, Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing
Normal University, China
The shortage of qualified English teachers is a common phenomenon in many countries. In the
past many years, a large-scale project has been carried out in Beijing, China to test the
effectiveness of an English-learning program, in which traditional educational technology and
modern multi-media are used to provide rich English learning environment for children in
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