Allison Gopnik, “When, and why, children are smarter than we are.”

The latest research on the early workings of the human brain, particularly how babies learn, is the focus of this public talk given October 23, 2015 at the UO by Alison Gopnik, a psychology professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

Gopnik’s research is internationally recognized. She is the author of four popular science books on early childhood development, and she is a contributing columnist on the topic in the Wall Street Journal. She also discussed her research in a 2011 TED talk that has been viewed more than two million times.

“Our research shows that even the youngest babies have learning abilities that are more powerful than those of the smartest scientists and most-advanced computers,” says Gopnik.

The public talk was sponsored by the institute and departments of biology and psychology.