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Read about SILC research and researchers in the press, as well as noteworthy accomplishments.

SILC Press for 2012

♦ Marlene Cimons (May 17, 2012). Science of Spatial Learning: Center seeks to transform teaching practices. U.S. News and World Report: Science. Retrieved May 17, 2012. This article is about our NSF-funded Science of Learning Center, The Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center (SILC).

♦ Two of our SILC Faculty Members, Kenneth D. Forbus and Dedre Gentner (Co-PI), received Laudations awarded by Helmut Schwarz, president of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. A short write-up on Forbus' award is available on the Northwestern University, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, website: Forbus lauded at 40th Symposium for Research Award Winners. Retrieved May 14, 2012.

Photo credits: Humboldt-Stiftung/ Fotostudio Albrecht G. W. Barthel, Bamberg.

SILC Press for 2011

♦ Press coverage for SILC generated research on: Children’s spatial thinking: Does talk about the spatial world matter? by Shannon M. Pruden, Susan C. Levine (Co-PI) and Janellen Huttenlocher. [DOI]. Retrieved March 28, 2012:

SILC Press for 2010

♦ Press coverage for the SILC-generated research on the article: Carlson, L. A., Hölscher, C., Shipley, T. F. and Dalton, R. C. (2010). Getting Lost in Buildings. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 19(5), 284-289. [doi: 10.1177/0963721410383243] (Retrieved: September 1, 2011):

SILC Press for 2009

♦ Advertisement approved by the IRB (Posting Date: November 18, 2009):
Want to help scientists help you? Researchers at the Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center (SILC) are gathering a corpus of sketches using CogSketch. CogSketch is the sketch understanding software that we are creating, which is available for free from our web site. It has two purposes. First, we are using it to explore how people reason and learn. Second, we are exploring how to incorporate sketching into education, to improve student learning. By gathering people’s sketches, scientists will be able to do analyses that will help them with both of these missions. If you want to participate, all you have to do is download CogSketch, and indicate your acceptance when you install the software. (If you change your mind, there is a “Phone Home” setting in the software preferences.)

SILC Press for 2008

♦ 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 (Co-PI) and Nora Newcombe (PI).
Retrieved December 18, 2008 from:
http://www.dost-dongnai.gov.vn/sciencenews/tabid/37/isd_news_news/33866/Default.aspx
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SILC Press for 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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