The Scientist in the Crib: What Early Learning Tells Us About the Mind
Alison Gopnik, PhD · Andrew Meltzoff, PhD · Patricia K. Kuhl, PhD
Oct 2019 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Wendy Tremont King
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This exciting book by three pioneers in the field of cognitive science discusses important discoveries about how much babies and young children know and learn, and how much parents naturally teach them. It argues that evolution designed us both to teach and learn, and that the drive to learn is our most important instinct. It also reveals fascinating insights about our adult capacities and how even young children—as well as adults—use some of the same methods that allow scientists to learn so much about the world. Filled with surprise at every turn, this vivid, lucid, and often funny book gives us a new view of the inner life of children and the mysteries of the mind.
This exciting book by three pioneers in the field of cognitive science discusses important discoveries about how much babies and young children know and learn, and how much parents naturally teach them. It argues that evolution designed us both to teach and learn, and that the drive to learn is o...
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Alison Gopnik, PhD, is a professor of psychology at the University of California at Berkeley and a leading cognitive scientist. She is past president of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology and is the author of more than seventy papers on philosophy, psychology, and children's early learning.
Andrew N. Meltzoff, PhD, holds the Job and Gertrud Tamaki Endowed Chair and is codirector of the University of Washington Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences. A graduate of Harvard University, with a PhD from Oxford University, he is an internationally renowned expert on infant and child development.
Patricia K. Kuhl, PhD, holds the Bezos Family Foundation Endowed Chair in Early Childhood Learning. She is also codirector of the University of Washington Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences and director of the University of Washington's NSF Science of Learning Center.
Wendy Tremont King, a classically trained actor and accomplished puppeteer, got her start in audiobook narration as a volunteer for The Lighthouse for the Blind. She has narrated over 100 audiobooks in a variety of genres.
Alison Gopnik, PhD, is a professor of psychology at the University of California at Berkeley and a leading cognitive scientist. She is past president of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology and is the author of more than seventy papers on philosophy, psychology, and children's early learning...
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