Alison Gopnik: Babies Are Smarter Than You Think
Carnegie Institution for Science - Carnegie Institution for Science
Humans have a longer childhood than any other animal-our children are more vulnerable and dependent than other species' infants. Why is this so? In the last thirty years there has been a revolution in our scientific understanding of infants and young children. Dr. Gopnik will show that even the youngest babies have learning abilities that are more powerful than those of the smartest scientists and most advanced computers.