neuroscience

  • Say What?

    Have you ever wondered how our brains learn a language? What does your brain know about language that you don’t? Is it really true that kids are better at learning a new language than adults? This Saturday a University of Washington doctoral candidate in Neurobiology and Behavior will be at the Central Library discussing just… Continue reading

  • NurtureShock: Research that will make you go hmmm …

    I stumbled across Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman’s book NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children after I was gifted a copy of Newsweek with their incendiary cover-story (September 14, 2009 issue) entitled “Is Your Baby Racist?” I should mention that a teenager gave me this particular magazine issue as a tongue-in-cheek gift at my baby shower. In their Newsweek… Continue reading