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What infants understand

Elizabeth Spelke

October 8, 2013
45 minutes
Elizabeth Spelke

 

Elizabeth Spelke discusses her career exploring what infants understand, from abstract concepts like geometry and numbers to emerging research on how they understand social interaction. Spelke spoke about Core Social Cognition at the CogSci Society's 2013 meeting.

Elizabeth Spelke is a professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University and the Laboratory for Developmental Studies. Spelke's research has focused on the development of cognitive faculties.