Q&A: Alison Gopnik on babies and learning

Professor Alison Gopnik, author of the best-selling book, “The Philosophical Baby,” is interviewed about her research about babies as "the best learners in the universe."
University of California Research Profiles, Alison Gopnik

NYT Magazine: Can You Make Yourself Smarter?

Professor Silvia Bunge's research is discussed in the New York Time Magazine article, Can You Make Yourself Smarter?

Tables turned: UC Berkeley researchers study kids to make computers smarter

Professor Alison Gopnik's research on how children reason and learn at the Harold E. Jones Child Study Center is featured in an article in the San Jose Mercury News: Tables turned: UC Berkeley researchers study kids to make computers smarter

Baby Brain May Hold Secret to Smarter Computers, Scientists Say

Professor Alison Gopnik (IHD member)and her colleagues have been researching the cognitive steps that babies, toddlers and preschoolers use to solve problems. Drawing from their research, they have been able to create blueprints into computational models.

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Baby Brainpower

Scientists tap the genius of babies and youngsters to make computers smarter

Prof. Alison Gopnik's and Prof. Fei Xu's research with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers on cognitive development to inform computational models is featured in the following article:
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/12/babyeinsteins/

PNG puts its finger on mathematic

Professor Geoffrey Saxe, of the Graduate School of Education, explains the method of counting using the traditional numerical system, Oksapmin, in Papua New Guinea to Radio Australia's Pacific Beat.

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The Latino Gap: Preschool Helps, But Not Enough Are Enrolled

Research conducted by Professor Bruce Fuller and graduate student Anthony Kim has found that public programs are not keeping up with demand for enrollment of Latino kids in preschool.

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