Unraveling Childhood’s Forgotten Moments
Early critical periods of life, like childhood, are periods of extraordinary brain plasticity with big implications for memory. How do we form and retain memories during these periods, and why does infantile amnesia take our earliest memories?
Speakers:
Alison Gopnik, Advisor/Fellow, Child & Brain Development and Learning in Machines & Brains, University of California Berkeley
Sarah Power, Child & Brain Development, Next Generation Trainee, Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Tomás Ryan, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2020-2022, Child & Brain Development, Trinity College Dublin
Moderator:
Sara Reardon, science journalist
Host:
Jennifer Moore Rattray, CIFAR Board Director