The baby brain: Learning in leaps and bounds
How the baby brain changes from gestation to toddlerhood, and what parents, teachers, and policymakers can do to ensure kids are set up for success
Learn how the baby brain changes from pregnancy to toddlerhood, and what parents, teachers and policymakers can do to ensure kids are set up for success.
Speakers:
- Miriam Calderón, Chief Policy Officer, Zero to Three
- Damien Fair, Cognitive Neuroscientist, University of Minnesota
Moderated by Emily Underwood, Science Content Producer, Knowable Magazine
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- How maternal mood shapes the developing brain
- How learning happens in the brains of sleeping babes
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About: This event is part of an ongoing series of live events and science journalism from Knowable Magazine and Annual Reviews, a nonprofit publisher dedicated to synthesizing and integrating knowledge for the progress of science and the benefit of society. “The baby brain: Learning in leaps in bounds” is supported by a grant from the Dana Foundation. a private philanthropic organization dedicated to advancing neuroscience and society.