Recent Media Coverage

Co-Director, UW Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences
Professor, Department of Psychology

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2008

Andrew N. Meltzoff & Patricia Kuhl. 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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Andrew N. Meltzoff & Rebecca Williamson. Scientists to share insights into compassion with the Dalai Lama, by Janet I. Tu. Seattle Times, April 10, 2008.

2007

Andrew Meltzoff.  Birth-to-5 crucial years for learning, by Isolde Raftery. The Columbian, September 26, 2007.

F. J. Zimmerman, D. A. Christakis & Andrew N. Meltzoff (2007). Associations between Media Viewing and Language Development in Children Under Age 2 Years. Journal of Pediatrics, 151, 364-368.
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Patricia Kuhl & Andrew Meltzoff.  Seattle draws top minds, big money to study of infant brains, by Linda Thomas.  Puget Sound Business Journal, July 27, 2007.

Andrew N. Meltzoff. Mirror Neurons:  How We Reflect on Behavior, by Eric Jaffe. The APS Observer, May, 2007.

F. J. Zimmerman, D. A. Christakis & Andrew N. Meltzoff (2007). Television and DVD/Video Viewing in Children Younger Than 2 Years. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 161, 473-479.
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Betty Repacholi & Andrew N. Meltzoff (2007). Toddlers engage in emotional eavesdropping to guide their behavior. Child Development, 78, 503-521.
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Andrew N. Meltzoff & Rechele Brooks. The Amazing Gaze: Babies Learn by Looking, by Jan Faull. Seattle Times, March 24, 2007.

2006

Atance, C. M., & Meltzoff, A. N. (2006) Preschoolers’ Current Desires Warp Their Choices for the Future. Psychological Science, 17, 583-587. Research Findings (PDF) | Media Coverage >

Andrew N. Meltzoff & Patricia K. Kuhl. Born to Learn, by Patrick O'Callaghan. The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), June 25, 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. Cells that read minds, by Sandra Blakeslee. The New York Times, January 10, 2006.

2005

Andrew Meltzoff & Patricia Kuhl. The early years, by Robert Mak. King 5 News: Upfront with Robert Mak, December 18, 2005.
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Brooks, R. & Meltzoff, A. N. (2005). The development of gaze following and its relation to language. Developmental Science, 8, 535-543.
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Patricia K. Kuhl, Andrew N. Meltzoff & Rechele Brooks. Reading your baby's mind, by Pat Wingert and Martha Brant. Newsweek, August 15, 2005.

Andrew Meltzoff, Patricia Kuhl & Rechele Brooks. Big plans for little brains, by Trish Gura. Nature, 435, 1156-1158.

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

2004

Andrew N. Meltzoff & Patricia K. Kuhl. SRI International Collaborates with Leading Universities to Improve Educational Learning Environments; NSF-Funded Research Center to Focus on Innovative Learning Models. Business Wire, October 20, 2004.

2003

Andrew N. Meltzoff. A special way of talking to baby prepares for lifetime of communication, by Jan Faull. The Seattle Times, November 15, 2003

Andrew N. Meltzoff. Kids' talent for mimicry makes supervising what they see important, by Jan Faull. The Seattle Times, August 9, 2003.

Andrew N. Meltzoff. I feel your pain (and joy): new theories about empathy, by Ann MacDonald. Dana Foundation BrainWork, July-August, 2003.

Andrew N. Meltzoff. A little empathy, please!, by Judy Foreman. The Boston Globe, July 29, 2003.

Andrew N. Meltzoff & Patricia K. Kuhl. Brain child [series of articles on child science and child development in Scripps-Howard newspapers around the United States]. Bremerton Sun, June 15, 2003.

Andrew N. Meltzoff. Washington fertile ground for brain research, by Marietta Nelson. Bremerton Sun, 2003.

Andrew N. Meltzoff. Emotion gets physical, by Laura Spinney. BioMedNet.com, May 28, 2003

Andrew N. Meltzoff. Repeat after me, by Bruce Bower. Sciencenews.org, May 24, 2003.

Andrew N. Meltzoff. Copycat kids, by Elizabeth Rusch. Parents, Parents.com, May 2003.

Patricia K. Kuhl, Huei-Mei Liu, Andrew N. Meltzoff, & Betty Repacholi. The Baby Human: To Think (Episode 2) and To Talk (Episode 3), a three-part documentary series. Discovery Health Channel.

Andrew N. Meltzoff. Babies' brains little machines for learning, author says, by Debbie Cafazzo. Tacoma News Tribune, March 29, 2003.

Andrew N. Meltzoff. Toddler triumphs, by Elizabeth Rusch. Parents, Parents.com, February 2003.

Andrew N. Meltzoff. How babies learn about their world, by Bobbi Conner. The Parents Journal Radio Series, Parentsjournal.com, January 2003.

2002

Patricia K. Kuhl & Andrew N. Meltzoff. Journey to the center of the brain. Santa Fe Institute Bulletin, Santa Fe Institute, Winter 2002.

Andrew N. Meltzoff & Patricia K. Kuhl. Forscherdrang im Kinderwagen [Researchers look to the stroller], by Donata Elschenbroich. Die Zeit (Berlin, Germany), November 21, 2002.

Rechele Brooks & Andrew N. Meltzoff (2002). The importance of eyes: How infants interpret adult looking behavior. Developmental Psychology, 38, 958-966.
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Andrew N. Meltzoff. Bright young things: Not just a pretty face, by Maureen Freely. The Observer, London, England, September 1, 2002.

Andrew N. Meltzoff. Baby brain power dazzles researchers, by Mary Lane Gallagher. The Bellingham Herald, August 25-27, 2002.

Andrew N. Meltzoff. Learning is an everyday part of child’s play, by Mary Lane Gallagher. The Bellingham Herald, August 25-27, 2002.

Andrew N. Meltzoff. Education reform zeroes in on preschool programs, by Mary Lane Gallagher. The Bellingham Herald, August 25-27, 2002.

Andrew N. Meltzoff. Falling in Love, by Stacey Felsen. Parents Magazine/Baby special issue, June 2002.

Andrew N. Meltzoff. Random samples: Wordless memories, by Constance Holden. Science, May 27, 2002.

Andrew N. Meltzoff. Parents, vous êtes le mellieur jouet jamais inventé pour votre bébé [Parents, you are the best toy ever invented for your baby]. Bébé-Femme Actuelle (French parenting magazine), May 2002.

Andrew N. Meltzoff. Inside the world of autism, by J. Madeline Nash. Time Magazine, May 6, 2002.

Andrew N. Meltzoff, Bart de Boer, & Patricia K. Kuhl. Education: Mind games, by Judith O'Reilly. London Sunday Times, March 24, 2002.

Jean Decety & Thierry Chaminade, Andrew N. Meltzoff. Knowing our imitations, by India Morrison. Trends in Cognitive Science, March 2002.

Andrew N. Meltzoff. Scientific American Frontiers: Growing Up Different, with Alan Alda, documentary series, Public Broadcasting System (PBS), January 2002.

2000

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

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