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Name: George F. Michel - (www.depaul.edu/~gmichel)

e-mail: gmichel@condor.depaul.edu

Address: 1704 N. Orchard St. # B, Chicago, IL 60614-5116

Telephone: 773-325-4246

Education:

1966 B.A. Rutgers University, Newark, N.J.

1972 Ph.D. Rutgers University

Predoctoral Training:

Research Fellowships:

1967-1971 USPHS Predoctoral Fellow (1F1 MH-37 895PS) Institute of Animal Behavior and Institute for Cognitive Studies, Rutgers University

Postdoctoral Training:

Research Fellowships:

1978-1980 NICHHD Postdoctoral Fellow (5F 32 HD 05667) Psychiatry Department,

Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston

1983-1984 Fellow, Klinik for Kindespsychiatrie, Max-Planck-Institut fur Psychiatrie, Munich, West Germany

Academic Appointments:

1971-1977 Assistant Prof. of Developmental Psychology, Psychology Department, Boston University

1977-1978 Visiting Assistant Professor, Psychology Department, University of Massachusetts

1978-1980 Preceptor, Psychiatry Department, Children's Hospital, Boston

1980-1983 Adjunct Associate Professor, Psychology Department, University of

Massachusetts, Boston

1985-2000 Officer, Psychiatry Department, Harvard Medical School

1988-1991 Assistant Professor, Psychology Department DePaul University, Chicago, IL

1991-1995 Associate Professor, Psychology Department, DePaul University, Chicago, IL

1995-1998 Chair, Psychology Dept., DePaul University

1996- Professor, Psychology Department, DePaul University, Chicago, IL

Hospital Appointments:

1980-1997 Research Associate, Psychiatry Department, Children's Hospital, Boston

Awards and Honors:

1967-1971 USPHS Predoctoral Fellowship (MH-37 895 PS)

1972-1973 B.U. Graduate School Grant (GRS-158-PS)

1974-1975 B.U. Graduate School Grant (GRS-379-PS)

1978-1980 NICHHD Postdoctoral Fellow (5F 32HD 05667)

1981-1982 NIMH Grant (1R03 MH35528)

1983-1984 Research Fellowship Max-Planck Gesellschaft

1985-1988 NICHHD Grant (1 RO1 HD 16107-01A3)

1986-1989 NICHHD Grant (1 R01 HD 22399-01A3)

1989 DePaul Research Council Grant

1989 DePaul Quality of Instruction Grant

1991 NIMH Small Equipment Grant

1992, 93,94 DePaul CLA&S Summer Research Grant

1996 Governing Board International Society for Developmental Psychology

1998 Fellow American Psychological Association, Div. 6

Committee Assignments:

Boston University:

1973 Graduate School Committee on Academic Standards

1974-1975 Liberal Arts Curriculum and Education Steering Committee

1975-1976 Psychobiology Concentration Steering Committee

University of Massachusetts - Boston:

1977-1978 Curriculum Committee

Children's Hospital:

1979-1981 Coordinator, Psychiatric Research Colloquia

DePaul University:

1990- College level Core Curriculum Committee, College level Grade Challenge Committee, University Adult and Working Students Committee, University Graduate Programs Committee. University Research Council, Institutional Review Board (Chair since 1997), LA&S representative to Faculty Council . Director - Experimental Program, Departmental Curriculum, Space, & Committee on Committees Committees.

Editorial Responsibilities:

Editorial Board of: Developmental Psychobiology, Laterality

Ad hoc reviewer for: Science, Psychological Review, Developmental Psychology, Infant Behavior and Development, Developmental Neuropsychology, Journal of the History of Behavioral Science, Child Development, Early Human Development, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Cashiers de Psychologie Cognitive

Ad hoc reviewer for: NSF Neurobiology Program and Psychobiology Program, NIMH, NIH

Memberships in Professional Societies:

1966- American Psychological Association (Fellow 1997)

1966- Animal Behavior Society

1966- American Association for the Advancement of Science

1967- Philosophy of Science Association

1971- Society for Research in Child Development

1978- International Society for Infant Studies

1979- New York Academy of Sciences

1980- International Society for Developmental Psychobiology

1989- American Psychological Society

1990- Society for Neuroscience

Major Research Interests:

1. Development of manual skill & hemispheric specialization.

2. Developmental neuropsychology of cognitive skills in children.

3. Experiential effects on hormone-induced behavior in animals.

4. Neuromotor development of infant emotional expression & state.

Teaching Experience:

Rutgers University:

1968-1969 Experimental Psychology

1969-1970 Developmental Psychology

Boston University - Undergraduate:

1971-1977 Developmental Psychology

1972 Human Development & Cognitive Psychology

1972-1974 General Psychology

1974-1976 Experimental Developmental Psychology

1977 Neurobehavioral Organization During Infancy

- Graduate:

1971-1972 Life Span Human Development

1972 Child Development

1973 Cerebral Dominance

1973-1976 Evolution and Causation of Behavior

1975 Psychobiology of Sexual Behavior

1973-1977 Developmental Psychobiology

1973-1977 First Reader for five Ph.D. dissertations; Second Reader for four Ph.D. dissertations; Third Reader for five Ph.D. dissertations

University of Massachusetts - Boston:

1977-1980 Infancy and Childhood Development

1977-1983 Research Methods in Psychology

1978-1983 Comparative Psychology

Tufts University:

1986-1987 Brain and Behavior, Neuropsychology, Developmental Neuropsychology, Developmental Psychobiology

DePaul University: -Undergraduate:

1988- Experimental Psychology, Introductory Psychology., Physiological Psychology, History & Systems of Psychology, Comparative Psychology, Darwin, Evolution and Society, Pseudoscience, Animal Minds; 22 Senior Honors' Students

DePaul University: -Graduate:

Physiological Psychology, Neuropsychology, History & Systems. Supervisor on 13 M.A. Theses & 7 Ph.D. Theses

Results of Teaching Evaluation Reports:

Published evaluations are all excellent and available on request

Bibliography:

Original Reports:

1. Dinnerstein, D, Gerstein, I, & Michel, GF. Interaction of simultaneous and successive stimulus groupings in determining apparent weight. J Exp Psych. 1966; 73:298-302.

2. Michel, GF. Role of mate's experience in ring dove progesterone-induced incubation. J Comp Physiol Psych. 1976; 90:468-472.

3. Michel, GF. Experience and progesterone in ring dove incubation. Anim Behav. 1977; 25:281-285.

4. Coryell, J & Michel, GF. How supine postural preference of infants can contribute towards the development of handedness. Infant Behav Dev. 1978; 1:245-257.

5. White, K, Michel, GF, Butcher, A, & Mebert, C. Sequence in weight and amount conservation. J Genet Psych. 1978; 133:241-251.

6. Michel, GF & Goodwin, R. Intrauterine birth position predicts newborn supine head position preference. Infant Behav Dev. 1979; 2:29-38.

7. Michel, GF. Right handedness: A consequence of infant supine head orientation preference? Science 1981; 212:685-687.

8. Goodwin, R & Michel, GF. Head orientation position during birth in neonatal period, and hand preference at 19 weeks. Child Dev. 1981; 52:819-826.

9. Michel, GF. Ontogenetic precursors of infant handedness. Infant Behav Dev. 1982; 5:156.

10. Michel, GF, Ovrut, MR, & Harkins, DA. Intermanual transfer of tactile discrimination. Infant Behav Dev. 1984; 7:247.

11. Michel, GF, Ovrut, MR, Harkins, DA. Hand-use preference for reaching and object manipulation in 6- through 13-month-old infants. Genet Soc & Gener Psych Monogr. 1985; 111:407-428.

12. Michel, GF & Moore, CL. Contribution of nesting experience to progesterone-induced incubation in ring doves (Streptopelia risoria). J Comp Psychol. 1985; 99:259-265.

13. Michel, GF & Harkins, DS. Concordance of handedness between teacher and student facilitates learning manual skills. J Hum Evol. 1985; 14:597-601.

14. Michel, GF, Harkins, DA, & Ovrut, MR. Assessing infant (6-13 months old) handedness status. Infant Behav Dev. 1986; 9:255.

15. Michel, GF & Moore, CL. Contributions of reproductive experience to observation maintained crop growth and incubation in male and female ring doves. Anim Behav. 1986; 34:790-796.

16. Goldfield, EC & Michel, GF. Spatio-temporal linkage in infant interlimb coordination. Devel Psychobiol. 1986; 19:259-264.

17. Goldfield, ED & Michel, GF. Ontogeny of infant bimanual reaching during the first year. Infant Behav Dev. 1986; 9.

18. Michel, GF & Harkins, DA. Postural and lateral asymmetries in the ontogeny of handedness during infancy. Devel Psychobiol. 1986; 19:247-258.

19. Michel, GF & Harkins, DA. Ontogenetic considerations in the phylogenetic history and adaptive significance of the bias in human handedness. Behav Brain Sci. 1987; 10 (2):283-284.

20. Harkins, DA & Michel, GF. Evidence for a maternal influence on infant hand-use preferences. Dev Psychobiol. 1988; 21:535-542.

21. Harkins, DA & Michel, GF. Maternal influences on infant hand-use during play. Infant Behav. Dev. 1988; 11:131.

22. Harkins, DA, Meserve, A, & Michel, GF. Sex differences in neonatal state and head orientation preferences. Infant Behav. Dev. 1988; 11:132.

23. Wolff, PH, Michel, GF, & Ovrut, MR. Rate and timing precision of motor coordination in Developmental Dyslexia. Dev. Psychol. 1990; 26:82-89.

24. Wolff, PH, Michel, GF, & Ovrut, MR. Timing of syllable repetition in Developmental Dyslexia. J. Speech & Hearg. Res. 1990; 33:281-289.

25. Wolff, PH, Michel, GF, & Ovrut, MR. Rate variables and automatized naming in Developmental Dyslexia. Brain & Lang. 1990; 39:556-575.

26. Michel, GF, Harkins, DA, & Meserve, A. Sex Differences in neonatal state and lateralized head orientation. Infant Behav. Dev. 1990; 13:461-467.

27. Alfano, PL & Michel, GF. Restricting field of view: Perceptual and performance effects. Perc. Mot. Skills 1990; 70:35-45.

28. Michel, GF. Maternal influences on infant hand-use during play with toys. Behav. Genetics 1992; 22:163-176.

29. Kotwica, KA & Michel, GF. Sex differences in development of the ability to take possession of objects presented successively in 7-11 month old infants. Infant Behav. Dev. 1992; 15:504.

30. Schwartz, CB & Michel, GF. Posture and head orientation direction affects patterns of manual coordination in 11-25 hour old human neonates. Infant Behav. Dev. 1992; 15:686.

31. Michel, GF, Camras, L, & Sullivan, J. Infant interest expressions as coorinative motor structures. Infant Behav. Dev. 1992; 15:347-358.

32. Alexander, K, Harkins, DA, & Michel, GF. Sex differences in parental influences on children's story-telling skills. J. Genetic Psychol. 1994; 155:47-58.

33. Harkins, D, Koch, P, & Michel, GF. Maternal story-telling affects narrative skill of 5 year-old children. J. Genet. Psychol. 1994; 155:247-257.

34. Camras, LA, Sullivan, J, & Michel, GF. Adult judgments of infant expressive behavior: Facial, vocal, and body actions. J. Nonverbal Behav. 1993; 17(3):171-186.

35. Johnson, SZ, Michel, GF, & Patterson, MJ. The relationship between locus of control and metamemory in the elderly. Submitted to Psychol. Reports.

36. Alfano, P & Michel, GF. The effect of certain task characteristics on performance on two neuropsychological tests of spatial abilites. Perc. Mot. Skills. 1994; 78:379-390.

37. Kotwica, KA & Michel GF. Stable hand-use preferences and the development of multiple object management skills from 7 to 13 months of age. Develop. Neuropsychol (in press).

38. Kimmerle, M, Mick, LA, & Michel, GF. Bimanual role differentiated toy play during infancy. Infant Behav. Dev. 1995; 18: 299-307.

39. Camras, LA, Lambrecht, L & Michel, GF. Infant "surprise" expressions as coordinative motor structures. J Nonverb Behav. 1996; 20:183-195.

40. Michel, GF. The handedness of Dr. Pangloss: Commentary on "The right shift theory" (Marion Annett). Cur. Psychol. Cogn. 1995; 14: 575-580.

41. Michel, GF. A lateral bias in the neuropsychological functioning of human infants. Dev. Neuropsych. 1998; 14(4): 445-469.

42. Michel, GF. A holistic developmental theory requires better research techniques. Behav. Brain Sci. 1999, 22(5): 899-900.

43. Michel, GF. A developmental psychobiological approach to developmental neuropsychology. Dev. Neuropsych. 2001, 19(1): 11-32.

44. Michel, GF. What is embodied: "A-not-B error" or delayed-response learning? In press Behav. Brain Sci. 2001, 24(1): 54-55.

45. Michel, GF, Sheu, C-F, Brumley, MR. Evidence of a right-shift factor affecting hand-use preferences from seven- to eleven-months of age as revealed by latent class analysis. Devevelopmental Psychobiology, (In press for 2001) .

46. Michel, G.F. (2001). Growth curve analyses are best suited to examine the relation between developmental pathways and selective breeding. Developmental Psychobiology, 39: 1-4.

47. Michel, GF & Mundale, CJ. Mother's handedness affects toy play with her infant. (submitted to Developmental Neuropsychology).

48. Michel, GF & Baker, DM. Assessing infant handedness: The effects of toy characteristics. (Submitted to Developmental Psychobiology).

49. Michel, GF. How should handedness be assessed in primates and human infants? A suggestion. (Submitted to Developmental Psychobiology).

Book Chapters:

1. Mebert, C, Michel, GF. Handedness in artists. In Herron, J., (Ed.), Neuropsychology of left handedness. New York: Academic Press, 1980:273-280.

2. Michel, GF. Sex differences in motor skills: Looking glass or Cheshire cat? In Ansara A, Geschwind, N, Galaburda, A, Albert, M, Cartrell, N, eds. Sex differences in dyslexia. Towson, MD: The Orton Dyslexia Society, 1981:31-40.

3. Michel, GF. Development of hand-use preference during infancy. In Young G, Segalowitz S, Corter, C, Trehub, S, eds. Manual specialization and the developing brain. New York: Academic Press, 1983:33-70.

4. Michel, GF. Experiential influences in hormonally dependent ring dove parental care. In Komisaruk, BR, Siegel, HI, Chen, M-F, & Feder, HH, eds. Reproduction: A behavioral and neuroendocrine perspective. Ann NY Acad Sci, 8524, 1986:158-169.

5. Michel, GF. Self-generated experience and the development lateralized neurobehavioral organization in infants. In Rosenblatt, JS, Beer, CG, Busnel, MC, Slater, PJB. (Eds.) Advances in the study of behavior, vol. 17, New York: Academic Press, 1987:61-33.

6. Michel, GF. A neuropsychological perspective on infant sensorimotor development. In Lipsitt, LP, Rovee-Collier, CK, (Eds.) Advances in infancy research, vol. 5. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Pub. Corp. 1988:1-37.

7. Michel, GF. Human psychology and the minds of other animals. In Ristau, C. & Marler, P. (Eds.) Cognitive Ethology: The minds of other animals. NJ: Erlbaum, 1991:253-272.

8. Michel, GF. Development of infant manual skills: Motor programs, schemata, or dynamic systems. In Fagard, J. & Wolff, PH. (Eds.) The development of timing control and temporalorganization in coordinated action. NY: Elsevier, 1991:175-199.

9. Moore, CL & Michel, GF. Sociobiology. In Greenberg, G. & Haraway, M. (Eds.) The encyclopedia of comparative psychology. NY: Garland Publisher, Inc., 1998.

10. Camras, L.A. & G.F. Michel (2001). Commentary : fish, foxes, identity, and emotion. In H.A. Bosma & E. S. Kunnen (Eds.) Identity and emotion: Developmental through self-organization (pp. 89-92). New York: Cambridge University Press.

11. Michel, GF. Development of infant handedness: Lessons from the lab. In D. Lewkowicz & R. Lickliter (Eds.) Conceptions of Development: Lessons from the laboratory. Philadelphia, PA: Psychology Press. In press.

Books:

1. Michel, GF & Moore, CL. Biological Perspectives in Developmental Psychology. Monterey, CA: Brooks/Cole 1978.

2. Michel, GF & Moore, CL. Developmental Psychobiology: An interdisciplinary science. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press 1995.

3. Michel, GF. The Neuropsychology of Infant Development. Dubuque, IA: W.C. Brown & Benchmark Publishers (in prep.)

Book Reviews:

1. Michel, GF. What has Wilson wrought? A critical appraisal of E. O. Wilson's On Human Nature. Human Ethology Newsletter, July, 1979.

2. Michel, GF. Review of V. Geist's Life Stategies, Human Evolution, Environmental Design: Toward a Biological theory of health. Human Ethology Newsletter, July, 1980.

3. Michel, GF. Can history resurrect Comparative Psychology? A review of D. A. Dewsbury' Comparative Psycholoogy in the Twentieth Century. J Hist Behav Sci, 1985; 21:256-258.

4. Michel, GF. Lines of descent in the study of animal minds. A review of R. Boakes' From Darwin to Behaviourism. J Hist Behav Sci, 1986; 22.

5. Michel, GF. Fetal development and a different perspective for "Laterality". A review of J.- P. Lecanuet, W.P. Fifer, N.A. Krasnegor, & W.P. Smotherman (Eds.) Fetal development: A Psychobiological perspective. Laterality, 1997; 2: 75-79.

Some Early Unpublished Manuscripts:

1. Asch SE & Michel, GF. The role of unit formation in rote learning and recall. Described in S. E. Asch, A reformulation of the problem of associations. Amer Psychol. 1969; 24:92-102.

2. Dinnerstein, D, Michel, GF, & Byrna, D. Inter- and intra-manual context effects on kinaesthetically perceived breadth. Described in D. Dinnerstein, Adaptation Level and structural interaction: alternate or complementary concepts? In M.H. Appley (Ed.), Adaptation-level theory. New York: Academic Press, 1971:81-94.

3. Michel, GF & Dinnerstein, D. Left-right asymmetry of intermanual context effects in kinaesthesis: weight compared to breadth, 1970.

4. Trevarthen, CR & Michel, GF. Intermanual context effect on apparent size and weight in commissurotomized patients, 1970.

Presentations:

1. Michel, GF. Experience and reproductive behavior. XIIIthInternational Ethological Conference, Washington, D.C., August, 1973.

2. Michel, GF. Describing and analyzing human mother-infant interaction. 13th annual meeting of New England PsychologicalAssociation, Boston, MA, November, 1973.

3. Michel, GF. Attachment. Colloquium at Division of Student Health, Boston University, October, 1974.

4. Michel, GF. Evolution of brain function. Colloquium of Anthropology Department, Boston University, November, 1974.

5. Michel, GF. Why doves sit on eggs. Boston Area Animal Behavior Society Colloquium, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, December, 1974.

6. Michel, GF. The role of learning in behavioral development. The Marine Biological Laboratory Behavior Course, Woods Hole, MA, January, 1975.

7. Michel, GF. Primate socialization, Kidnapping and caretaking in primates. MBL Behavior Course, Woods Hole, MA, January, 1975.

8. Michel, GF. How the hand teaches the brain to talk. Psychology Dept. Colloquium, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, November, 1976.

9. Michel, GF. Techniques for describing animal behavior, The role of learning in behavioral development, Primate socialization. MBL Behavior Course, Woods Hole, MA, Jan., 1976.

10. Michel, GF. History of Ethology, Hormones and behavior, The role of learning in behavioral development. MBL Behavior Course, Woods Hole, MA, January, 1977.

11. Michel, GF. How the hand teaches the brain to talk. Colloquium of Psychology Department, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, February, 1977.

12. Michel, GF. Development of hemispheric specialization of function. Colloquium of Anthropology Department, Boston University, April, 1977.

13. Michel, GF. Lateralization of Function: An issue of four questions in the integration of Psychology and Biology. Colloquium of Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, October, 1977.

14. Michel, GF. How the study of animal behavior contributes to the study of human development. Colloquium of Psychology Dept., University of Massachusetts, October, 1977.

15. Michel, GF. Ring dove progesterone-induced incubation behavior requires nestbuilding experience. Animal Behavior Society Meeting, Seattle, Washington, June, 1978.

16. Michel, GF. The early development of handedness. Colloquium of Psychology Department, Tufts University, November, 1978.

17. Michel, GF. Psychology and Ethology. MBL Behavior Course, Woods Hole, MA, January, 1979.

18. Michel, GF. Imprinting, critical periods, attachment and infant psychiatry. University of Chicago Conference on Infant Psychiatry, February, 1979.

19. Michel, GF. Sociobiology--something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. Rappaport-Klein Memorial Lecture, Austin Riggs Center, Stockbridge, MA, June, 1979.

20. Michel, GF. Should human psychology be taken seriously when studying animal behavior? Animal Behavior Society Northeast Regional Meetings, Woods Hole, MA, October, 1979.

21. Michel, GF. Animal behavior studies and clinical thinking. Psychology Section, Boston V.A. Hospital, November, 1979.

22. Michel, GF. Sex differences in motor skills. Orton Society Conference on the Significance of Sex Differences in Dyslexia, Boston, MA, November, 1980.

23. Michel, GF. Ontogeny of human handedness. Animal Behavior Society Meeting, Knoxville, Tenn., June, 1981.

24. Michel, GF. Ontogenetic precursors of infant handedness. International Conference on Infant Studies, Austin, TX, Apr., 1982.

25. Michel, GF. Neuropsychological investigation of infant sensori-motor development. Developmental Evaluation Clinic colloquium, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, June, 1983.

26. Michel, GF. Contribution of motor performance theory to concepts of neurobehavioral organization. Max-Planck-Institut fur Psychiatrie, Munich, West Germany, August, 1983.

27. Goldfield, EC & Michel, GF. Context and hand preference in the development of infant bimanual coordination. Second Annual Meeting of the International Society for Ecological Psychology, Hartford, CT, October, 1983.

28. Michel, GF. Neonatal postural contributions to human infant motor development. International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, Annual meeting, Hyannis, MA, November 1983.

29. Michel, GF, Ovrut, MR, & Harkins, DA. Intermanual transfer of tactile discrimination learning during infancy. International Conference on Infant Studies, New York City, April, 1984.

30. Michel, GF. Developmental neurobiology. Conference on the Fetal Newborn Continuum--Physiological and Behavioral Development, Palm Beach, FL, April, 1984.

31. Michel, GF. Self-generated experience and development of neurobehavioral organization in infants. JSR-IAB Conference, Newark, NJ, June, 1984.

32. Goldfield, EC & Michel, GF. Infant interlimb coordination: An early synergy and its ontogeny. Biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Toronto, Canada, April 25-28, 1985.

33. Goldfield, EC & Michel, GF. The role of manual asymmetry in infant interlimb coordination. Biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Toronto, Canada, April 25-28, 1985.

34. Michel, GF. A Psychobiological Approach to the Study of Human Handedness. Colloquium, Psychology Department, Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand, April 16, 1985.

35. Michel, GF. Developmental Neurobiology and Perinatal Behavioral Assessment. Neonatology Grand Rounds, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia, May 27, 1985.

36. Michel, GF. The Psychobiological Characteristics of Learning Disabilities. Developmental Evaluation Clinic, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia, May 1985.

37. Michel, GF. Psychobiological Characteristics of Human Handedness. Colloquium, Psychology Department, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, May 29, 1985.

38. Michel, GF. The ontogeny of a human species-typical trait: right-handedness. XIXth International Ethological Conference, Toulouse, France, August, 1985.

39. Michel, GF. A psychobiological approach to the development of hemispheric specialization during infancy. Psychology Department Colloquium, Univ. of Conn., Storrs, CT, Dec. 1985.

40. Michel, GF, Harkins, DA, & Ovrut, MR. Assessing infant (6-13 months old) handedness status. Fifth Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies, Los Angeles, CA, April, 1986.

41. Michel, GF. Levels of sensorimotor organization in the ontogeny of lateralization during infancy. Second Annual Winter Conference on Current Issues in Developmental Psychobiology, Hawk's Cay, FL, January, 1987.

42. Ovrut, MR, Michel, GF, & Wolff, PH. Deficits of timing control for motor speech distinguishes impaired from normal readers. Society for Research in Child Development, 1987 Biennial meeting, Baltimore, MD, April, 1987.

43. Ovrut, MR, Michel, GF, & Wolff, PH. Threshold for the temporal control of rapid automatized naming distinguishes poor from normal readers. SRCD Biennial meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1987.

44. Michel, GF. Neuropsychological perspectives on infant sensorimotor development. Colloquium, Psychology Dept., Univ. of Massachusetts - Amherst, MA, June, 1987.

45. Michel, GF. Neuropsychological issues in the study of infant development. Colloquium, Pediatric Neurology Dept., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, July, 1987.

46. Harkins, DA, Meserve, A, & Michel, GF. Sex differences in neonatal state and head orientation preference. Internat. Conf. on Infant Studies, Washington, D.C., April, 1988.

47. Harkins, DA & Michel, GF. Maternal influences on infant hand-use during play. Internat. Conf. on infant studies, Washington, D.C., April, 1988.

48. Michel, GF. Neuromotor processes underlying neonatal sex differences in state and the organization of infant facial expressions. 4th annual Winter Conference on Current Issues in Developmental Psychobiology, Palmes Del Mar, Puerto Rico, January, 1989.

49. Michel, GF. Developmental Psychology, Ethology, and Neuropsychology: A Synthesis. Colloquium, Psychol. Department, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, March, 1989.

50. Michel, GF. Sex differences in the control (initiation and maintenance) of the waking state in neonates. International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, Annual meeting, San Francisco, CA. October, 1989.

51. Michel, GF. Organization of the waking state in young infants. 5th annual Winter Conference on Current Issues in Developmental Psychobiology, Palmes Del Mar, Puerto Rico, January, 1990.

52. Michel, GF, Alexander, D, Case, E, Harkins, D, Kronberg, P, & Rivera, M. Maternal story-telling affects narrative skill of five-year-old children. Society for Research in Child Development Biennial meeting, Seattle, WA, April 1991.

53. Schwartz, C & Michel, GF. Postural and positional effects on manual coordination of 10-32 hour old neonates. 24th Annual meeting of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, New Orleans, Nov. 1991.

54. Kotwica, KA & Michel, GF. Sex differences in development of acquisitiveness skills in 7-11 month old infants. 24th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, New Orleans, Nov. 1991.

55. Michel, GF. Neonatal patterns of waking from a nap. Seventh annual meeting of the Winter Conference on Current Issues in Developmental Psychobiology, Cancun, Mexico, Jan. 1992.

56. Patterson, MJ & Michel, GF. The effect of visual and auditory imagery on recall in young and elderly adults. Conference on "Aging: The quality of life", National Institutes of Health, Washington, D.C., Feb. 1992.

57. Kotwica, KA & Michel, GF. Sex differences in the development of the ability to take possession of objects presented successively in 7-11 month-old infants. Eighth International Conference on Infant Studies, Miami, FL, May 1992.

58. Schwartz, CB & Michel, GF. Posture and head orientation direction affects patterns of manual coordination in 11-25 hour old human neonates. Eighth International Conference on Infant Studies, Miami, FL, May 1992.

59. Michel, GF. How the hand can teach the brain to talk. Colloquium Research in the Sciences at DePaul, Oct. 19, 1992.

60. Michel, GF. Discussant. Workshop on the Relation Between Evolution and Development in the Developmental Psychobiology. 25th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 22-25.

61. Michel, GF. How the hand can teach the brain to talk. Psi Chi Colloquium, Northeastern Illinois University, Dec. 3, 1992.

62. Michel, GF. Chair and commentator. Symposium on Development of Hemispheric Specialization of Function: Some Uncommon Issues. The 8th Annual Winter Conference on Current Issues in Developmental Psychobiology, San Jose, Costa Rica, Jan. 7-11, 1993.

63. Michel, GF. Processes of enculturation in the development of children's narrative skills. For "Language and Discourse" Seminar in the Humanities at DePaul University, Jan. 18, 1993.

64. Michel, GF. Hand-use preference affects infant manual skills. Handedness symposium chaired by Dorothy Bishop and Philip Bryden at the combined meeting of the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science and the British Experimental Psychology Society, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 14-18, 1993.

65. Michel, GF. Co-chair & Discussant. Symposium on "Development and Evolution: Some 'Revolutionary' Perspectives" presented at the 26th annual meeting of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, Alexandria, VA, Nov 4-7, 1993.

66. Kimmerle, M & Michel, GF. The emergence of bimanual role differentiation in infants. 26th annual meeting of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, Alexandria, VA, Nov 4-7, 1993.

67. Kotwica, KA & Michel, GF. Development of the right-hand bias in expression of object management skills in infants: An alternative perspective. 26th annual meeting of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, Alexandria, VA, Nov 4-7, 1993.

68. Lambrecht, L & Michel, GF. Perturbing the right versus the left arm differentially affects bimanual coordination or reaching during the 7-12 month period of human infancy. 26th annual meeting of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, Alexandria, VA, Nov 4-7, 1993.

69. Michel, GF. The meaning of interdisciplinary endeavors in the study of psychological
development. Alumni Speakers' Series, Kinesiology Department, Windsor Univ., Windsor, Ontario, Jan 21, 1994.

70. Michel, GF. Neuropsychological perspectives on infant development. Colloquium,
Psychology Department, Windsor Univ., Windsor, Ontario, Jan. 21, 1994.

71. Michel, GF. (Chair) Symposium on Developmental Issues in Infant Bimanual Coordination. IXth Biennial Meeting International Conference on Infant Studies, Paris, France, June 1994.

72. Michel, GF. Bimanual coordination of reaching in 7- to 13-month-old infants. IXth Biennial Meeting International Conference on Infant Studies, Paris, France, June 2-5, 1994.

73. Michel, GF. Infant manual skills: A Developmental Psychobiological Perspective. Key-note Address for the XIIIth Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 28- July 2, 1994.

74. Kimmerle, M, Kotwica, KA, Michel, GF. Development of role differentiated bimanual skills during infancy. 27th Ann. meeting of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, Islamorada, FL, Nov. 10-13, 1994.

75. Michel, GF. Sensorimotor timing and cognitive processes. Colloquium for Department of Instruction and Special Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Ontario Canada, Dec. 16, 1994.

76. Michel, GF. Development of handedness in infancy. Colloquium for the Department of Applied Psychology, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Ontario, Jan. 30, 1995.

77. Kimmerle, M., Kotwica, K., Michel, GF. The emergence of role differentiated bimanual skills in infancy. Society for Research in Child Development, Biennial meeting, Indianapolis, IN, Mar. 30- April 2, 1995.

78. Lambrecht, L, Camras, L, & Michel, GF. Infant "surprise" expressions as coordinative structures. Society for Research in Child Development, Biennial meeting, Indianapolis, IN, Mar. 30- April 2, 1995.

79. Michel, GF. A developmental psychobiological approach to neuropsychology. Brock III: A developmental agenda for neuropsycology, Brock University, St. Catherines Ontario, July 13-15, 1995.

80. Michel, GF. Dynamic systems models of awakening in very young infants. Winter
Conference: Current Issues in Developmental Psychobiology, Curacao, N.A., 1/ 9-15/96.

81. Kimmerle, M, Kotwica, KA, Michel, GF. The sequential organization of bimanual actions in infant toy play. Tenth International Conference on Infant Studies, Providence, Rhode Island, April 18-21, 1996.

82. Kotwica, KA & Michel, GF. Manipulation patterns in the development of multiple object management. Tenth International Conference on Infant Studies, Providence, Rhode Island, April 18-21, 1996.

83. Michel, GF. Of mice and men: Complexity in the developmental psychobiology of sexual differentiation. 13th Annual Winter Conference on Current Issues in Developmental Psychobiology, Anguilla, W.I., Jan 9-12, 1997.

84. Michel, GF. Invited Discussant. 14th Annual Winter Conference on Current Issues in Developmental Psychobiology, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Jan 8-13, 1998.

85. Michel, GF. Describing infant hand-use preferences. In "Development of lateral biases: Fundamental and clinical perspectives", symposium in the XVth biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Berne, Switzerland, July 1-4, 1998.

86. Michel, GF. Infant handedness: Why would anyone want to know about it? In the Mind, Brain and Behavior symposium for the 106th annual convention of the American
Psychological Association, San Francisco, August 14-17, 1998.

87. Michel, GF. Developmental concepts for behavior-genetic analysis. 15th Annual Winter Conference on Current Issues in Developmental Psychobiology, St Georges, Grenada, January 7-10, 1999.

88. Michel, GF. Infant handedness and processing differences between the left- and right-hemispheres of the brain. Colloquium for the Developmental Program at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, Dec 1, 1999.

89. Hinojosa, T & Michel, G.F. Is infant handedness for reaching related to handedness for manipulation? 33rd Ann. meeting of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 1-4, 2000.

90. Michel, G.F. (2001, June). Some common metaphors that hinder biology-behavior integration. In T. Partridge (Chair), Biology-behavior relationships: Developmental systems approaches to integration. Symposium conducted at the 13th annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Toronto, Canada.

91. Michel, G.F., Sheu, C.-F., Brumley, M.R. (2001, August). How should infant handedness be defined? In L. Ronnqvist (Chair), Functional laterality in young infant’s behaviour: A fundamental trait of development? Symposium conducted at the Xth European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Uppsala, Sweden.

92. Papademetriou, E. Sheu, C-F, & Michel, G.F. (2001, November). Primate hand-use preferences for acquiring objects: meta-analyses. Poster session presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, San Diego, CA.

93. Porter, N.S., Papademetriou, E. & Michel G.F. (2001, November). Hand-use preferences affect development of intermanual transfer skills. Poster session presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, San Diego, CA.