Alison Gopnik: What do babies think?

 

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In this video, professor of psychology and philosophy at University of California at Berkeley Alison Gopnik asks what babies and young children are thinking about. She likens their play to experiments and a day in their lives to being in love in Paris for the first time after three double espressos. She also connects lengthy childhoods and development periods to increased intellectual capacity and bigger brains. A entertaining and thought provoking 18 minutes…