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Innovators in Cognitive Neuroscience Seminar Series

Please join us for a talk given by Natalie Hiromi Brito, Assistant Professor of Developmental Psychology at New York University.

Wednesday, June 16, 2021
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Zoom - https://harvard.zoom.us/j/97715128981?pwd=eXBSd0gvai9kVWY3Mm9Fb1JTNTU4dz09
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Lectures & Seminars
Putting Things in Perspective: Investigating the role of early maternal experiences on child neurocognitive development
Abstract: Research consistently demonstrates that the first two years of life are sensitive periods during which stable, responsive, warm caregiving is key to children’s social, emotional, and cognitive development. Caregivers impact the developing infant’s ability to flexibly adapt to the demands of the environment, and the caregiver’s own stress physiology is a critical factor influencing caregiving behavior and subsequent child development. This talk will examine how maternal perinatal experiences may contribute to early differences in infant neurocognitive outcomes, examining both proximal interactions and more distal social policies. Understanding the wider effects of the sociocultural context on development can potentially help to disentangle the many pathways through which adaptations to the environment impact brain and behavior.
For more information, contact:
Courtney Rogers

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