"Each new generation of children grows up in……" — Alison Gopnik
"Each new generation of children grows up in the new environment its parents have created, and each generation of brains becomes wired in a different way. The human mind can change radically in just a few generations."
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53 Quotes by Alison Gopnik
Alison Gopnik has 53 quotes on this site.
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The brain knows the real secret of seduction, more effective than even music and martinis. Just keep whispering, 'Gee, you…
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Ineffective or weak brain connections are pruned in much the same way a gardener would prune a tree or bush,…
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What's it like to be a baby? It's like being in love in Paris for the first time after you've…
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Owning our past allows us to own our future.
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The largest and most powerful computers are still no match for the smallest and weakest humans.
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It's turns out to be much easier to simulate a grandmaster chess player than it is to simulate a 2-year-old.
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Babies and young children are like the research and development division of the human species, and we grown-ups are production…
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Scientists learn about the world in three ways: They analyze statistical patterns in the data, they do experiments, and they…
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The brain is highly structured, but it is also extremely flexible. It's not a blank slate, but it isn't written…
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Because we imagine, we can have invention and technology. It's actually play, not necessity, that is the mother of invention.
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I'm afraid the parenting advice to come out of developmental psychology is very boring: pay attention to your kids and…
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Adults often assume that most learning is the result of teaching and that exploratory, spontaneous learning is unusual. But actually,…
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