Susan Gelman, Heinz Werner Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and Linguistics
What Children Can Teach Us About the Human Mind
Abstract: How do young children make sense of the world? Are they limited to what they see, or can they think beyond the here and now? This talk will discuss how children's reasoning about hidden, invisible, and abstract entities provides a unique and valuable window into the human mind. Indeed, our early capacity to look beyond the obvious underlies humanity's greatest strengths, such as our search for knowledge and meaning, as well as our gravest challenges, such as prejudice and social inequities.
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