Aspen Ideas Festival 2009

Decoding brain development

Three scientists sat down together at the 2009 Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, Colo. to discuss how our brains develop over the course of our lives.

Guests

• Patricia Kuhl: Professor at the University of Washington and the co-director of the university's Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences. Co-author of "The Scientist in the Crib: Minds, Brains, and How Children Learn."
• Andrew Meltzoff: Developmental psychologist at the University of Washington and co-director of the university's Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences. Co-author of "The Scientist in the Crib: Minds, Brains, and How Children Learn."
• Harold Koplewicz: Child psychiatrist and chair of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine. Founder and director of the NYU Child Study Center and author of "More Than Moody: Recognizing and Treating Adolescent Depression."
• William Haseltine: President of the William A. Haseltine Foundation for Medical Sciences and the Arts, former AIDS researcher and longtime professor at Harvard Medical School.

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Resources

• About Patricia Kuhl
• About Andrew Meltzoff
• About Howard Koplewicz