Alison Gopnik, DPhil, is an American developmental psychologist, philosophy professor, and author. She is well-known for her theories on childhood development, causal learning, and theory of mind.
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'Theory of mind' is the realization that other people have minds similar to our own, with all the intentions, machinations, ways of thinking that we have. 'Theory of mind' is studied as it develops in children.
This exciting book by three pioneers in the new field of cognitive science discusses important discoveries about how much babies and young children know and learn, and how much parents naturally teach them.
A new look at what humans can learn from nonhuman minds.
Within the coming decades we will be able to create computers with greater than human intelligence, bio-engineer our species, and redesign matter through nanotechnology. How will these technologies change what it means to be human?
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Nearly every culture throughout history has used chemicals that alter consciousness for spiritual exploration. In the 20th century these drugs caught the attention of scientists. Psychedelics, as they were named, proved effective at treating intractable illnesses like depression and addiction.
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In the last decade there has been a revolution in our understanding of the minds of infants and young children. We used to believe that babies were irrational, and that their thinking and experience were limited.
Caring deeply about our children is part of what makes us human. Yet the thing we call “parenting” is a surprisingly new invention.
BrainMind Summit hosted at Stanford.
Artificial intelligence has staged a revival by starting to incorporate what we know about how children learn.
UC Berkeley Professor Alison Gopnik’s keynote presentation at MoMiCon 2016: The “Parenting” Misconception: Why “Parenting” is a scientifically inaccurate and practically dubious way to understand the relations between children and the people who care for them.
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