Babies

Some people study babies, many people have had babies, and all all of us were once babies. In our late fall series, we will learn what people who study babies can tell us about being a baby. We will find out what babies learn before they are born, what they think about, how they acquire language, and how they learn to reason logically. Next we will discuss some broader questions about childhood development. This nine-part sequence starts on Tuesday 20 October and runs until 15 December. Here is the syllabus.

Facilitator: Andrew Kernohan

20 October 2020

Alison Gopnick, "What Do Babies Think?" TED 2011, 18.04

https://www.ted.com/talks/alison_gopnik_what_do_babies_think#t-6276

27 October 2020

Patricia Kuhl, "The Linguistic Genius of Babies." TED 2010, 10.01

https://www.ted.com/talks/patricia_kuhl_the_linguistic_genius_of_babies

3 November 2020

Laura Schulz, "The Surprisingly Logical Minds of Babies." TED 2015, 20.06

https://www.ted.com/talks/laura_schulz_the_surprisingly_logical_minds_of_babies#t-911

10 November 2020

Annie Murphy Paul, "What We Learn Before We're Born." TED 2011, 16.30

https://www.ted.com/talks/annie_murphy_paul_what_we_learn_before_we_re_born

17 November 2020

Deb Roy, "The Birth of a Word." TED 2011, 19.35

https://www.ted.com/talks/deb_roy_the_birth_of_a_word?referrer=playlist-the_genius_of_babies

24 November 2020

Steven Pinker, "Human Nature and the Blank Slate." TED 2003, 22.24

https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_human_nature_and_the_blank_slate

1 December 2020

Michael Bierut, How to Design a Library that Makes Kids Want to Read." TEDNYC 2017, 12.13

https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_bierut_how_to_design_a_library_that_makes_kids_want_to_read#t-1495

8 December 2020

Hans Rosling, "Religions and Babies." TED 2012, 13.05

https://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_religions_and_babies

15 December 2020

Paul Knoepfler, "The Ethical Dilemma of Designer Babies." TED 2015, 18.11

https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_knoepfler_the_ethical_dilemma_of_designer_babies