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Co-Director, UW Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences
Professor, Department of Speech & Hearing Sciences

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2008

Patricia Kuhl & Andrew N. Meltzoff. Raising a little genius, by Harry Hoffman. Seattle Times, April 25, 2008.


Andrew Meltzoff & Patricia Kuhl. Seeds of Compassion with the Dalai Lama: The Scientific Basis for Compassion - Live Event. UWTV, April 11, 2008.
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2007

Patricia K. Kuhl. Children With Autism Have Difficulty Recognizing Ordinary Words.  IMFAR, May, 2007. News Release (PDF) | More Coverage >

Patricia K. Kuhl, Maritza Rivera-Gaxiola, & Lindsay Klarman. For baby, the more languages, the better, by Robert Bazell. NBC Nightly News, January 3, 2007.

Patricia K. Kuhl, Toshiaki Imada & Maritza Rivera-Gaxiola. New Insights into How Babies Talk, by Robert Bazell. NBC Nightly News, September 28, 2006.

Imada, T, Zhang, Y.,Cheour, M., Taulu, S., Ahonen, A., & Kuhl, P. K.. (2006). Infant speech perception activates Broca’s area: a developmental magnetoencephalography study. NeuroReport, 17, 957-962.

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Andrew N. Meltzoff & Patricia K. Kuhl. Born to Learn, by Patrick O'Callaghan. The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), June 25, 2006.

Patricia K. Kuhl. Using CD to Learn English? No, Human Interaction Matters. Press conference at the Hsin-Yi Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan, in conjunction with invited talk. Broadcasting Corporation of China, June 12, 2006.

Patricia K. Kuhl & Andrew N. Meltzoff. Social Contact Fosters Child Language Development, by Ulrica Widsell. Swedish Metro (Stockholm, Sweden), June 1, 2006.

Andrew Meltzoff, Patricia Kuhl & Rechele Brooks. Grosse pläne für Kleine Köpfe. GEO, 37, 64-75.

Patricia Kuhl & Andrew Meltzoff. Want a brainier baby?, by Pamela Paul. Time, January 16, 2006.

Andrew Meltzoff & Patricia Kuhl. The early years, by Robert Mak. King 5 News: Upfront with Robert Mak, December 18, 2005

Patricia K. Kuhl, Andrew N. Meltzoff & Rechele Brooks. Reading your baby's mind, by Pat Wingert and Martha Brant. Newsweek, August 15, 2005.

Patricia K. Kuhl & Andrew N. Meltzoff. Infant science: A UW couple leads our new thinking about babies' amazing minds, by Paula Bock. The Seattle Times, March 6, 2005.

In autism, new goal is finding it soon enough to fight it, by Anahad O'Connor. The New York Times.

Listen, baby, by Greg Miller. Science.

SRI International collaborates with leading universities to improve educational learning environments; NSF-Funded research center to focus on innovative learning models. Business Wire.

Weekday: How we learn, call in show hosted by Marcie Sillman. KUOW Public Radio, Seattle, Washington.

Talk of the Nation: Acoustics update. National Public Radio.

Early learning [public radio news report], by Jennifer Wing. KPLU, KPLU.org, Seattle.

Patricia K. Kuhl. Learning from babies, produced by Orrin Schonfeld. ScienCentral News, ScienCentral.com.
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Live learning, by Orrin Schonfeld and Karen Lurie. ScienCentral News, ScienCentral.com.

Weekday: Teaching language to children, call-in show hosted by Steve Scher. KUOW Public Radio, Seattle, Washington.

Socializing paves way for multilingual kids. HealthDay. com [syndicated to 26 additional online publications].

Surprising discovery about how babies learn language, by Micki Flowers. KIRO-TV News, Kirotv.com, Seattle, washington [syndicated to CBS affiliate stations].

The Baby Human: To Talk [Episode 3 of a three-part documentary series]. Discovery Health Channel.

Sprachbegabte babys [Language-talented babies]. Der Spiegel, derspiegel.de, Germany.

Researchers learning about language learning, by Joel Schwarz. University Week, University of Washington.

Language learning dependent on human delivery, by Rael Martell. HealthNews.co.uk, London, England.

The evidence speaks well of bilingualism's effect on kids, by Judy Foreman. The Los Angeles Times

Two tongues better than one, by Judy Foreman. The Boston Globe.

Tot talk, by Sandra Y. Lee. Child Magazine.

Going ga-ga, by Deborah Smith. Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, Australia.

Evening hours: Let's dance, by Bill Cunningham (news brief about Patricia K. Kuhl's Women and Science address at Rockefeller University). The New York Times, New York, New York.

Baby needs books, by Deborah Skolnik. Parents Magazine and Parents.com

Spanish-language radio interview with Julio Sanchez. La FM, Miami, Florida; syndicated in Spain and Colombia.

Baby, talk to me, by Colette Bouchez, Healthscout.com.

Baby talk does make sense. The Adelaide Advertiser, Adelaide, Australia.

Coochey-coo key to learning. The Hobart Mercury, Hobart, Australia

Go gaga to stop. The Gold Coast Bulletin. Molendinar, Australia.

Babble makes babies speak up. Perth Sunday Times, Perth, Australia.

Baby talk is best way to develop. Western Mail & Echo, Cardiff, Wales.

Parents' coochey coup. Edinburgh Evening News, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Mummy-wummy's baby-talk does make sense. London Daily Mail. London, England

Baby talk helps children learn to speak, by John von Radowitz. British Press Association wire story, London, England.

Hellooooo baaay-beee: Ickle computer like silly mummy's vowel sounds, by Eugenie Samuel. New Scientist.

The Secret Life of the Brain: The Baby's Brain and The Child's Brain, documentary series, Public Broadcasting System (PBS).

Andrew N. Meltzoff, Patricia K. Kuhl & Betty Repacholi.  Baby steps, by Malcolm Gladwell.  The New Yorker, January 10, 2000.