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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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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.

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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Patricia K. Kuhl. Children With Autism Have Difficulty Recognizing Ordinary Words.  IMFAR, May, 2007.
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Andrew N. Meltzoff. Mirror Neurons:  How We Reflect on Behavior, by Eric Jaffe. The APS Observer, May, 2007.

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.

Patricia K. Kuhl, Maritza Rivera-Gaxiola, & Lindsay Klarman. For baby, the more languages, the better, by Robert Bazell. NBC Nightly News, January 3, 2007.
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2006

Patricia K. Kuhl, Toshiaki Imada, & Maritza Rivera-Gaxiola. New Insights into How Babies Talk, by Robert Bazell. NBC Nightly News, September 28, 2006.
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Imada, T, Zhang, Y., Cheour, M., Taulu, S., Ahonen, A., & Kuhl, P. K.. (2006) Infant speech perception activates Brocas area: a developmental magnetoencephalography study. NeuroReport, 17, 957-962.
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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

Patricia K. Kuhl & Andrew N. Meltzoff. 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

Kuhl, P. K., Tsao, F. M., & Liu, H. M. (2003). Foreign-language experience: Effects of short-term exposure and social interaction on phonetic learning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 100, 9096-9101.
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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 Brain Work, July-August, 2003.

Jean Decety. Ou l'émotion partagée [On shared emotion], by Jean Decety. Pour la Science, July 2003.

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

Andrew N. Meltzoff. Washington fertile ground for brain research, by Marietta Nelson. Bremerton Sun, 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. 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 (Episodes 2 and 3 of 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.

Jean Decety & Thierry Chaminade. Study examines neural correlates of sympathy, by E. Benson. APA Monitor on Psychology, American Psychological Association, March 2003.

Jean Decety & Thierry Chaminade. Le sentimente de sympathie vient d'etre carographie [The sentiment of sympathy has just been mapped]. Science & Vie, France, February 2003.

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

Jean Decety & Thierry Chaminade. Les réseaux neuronaux de la sympathie [The sympathy network in the brain], by Ludovic Dupin. Biofutur, France, February 2003.

Andrew N. Meltzoff. How babies learn about their world, 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.

Jean Decety & Thierry Chaminade. Sympathetic view. The Weekend Australian, Sydney, Australia, December 7, 2002.

Jean Decety & Thierry Chaminade. Brain function linked to sympathy, Health-news.co.uk, London, England, December 4, 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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Patricia K. Kuhl. The evidence speaks well of bilingualism's effect on kids, by Judy Foreman. The Los Angeles Times, October 7, 2002.

Patricia K. Kuhl. Two tongues better than one, by Judy Foreman. The Boston Globe, September 10, 2002.

Patricia K. Kuhl. Strange but true, by Bill Sones and Richard Sones, Ph.D. (science Q & A column with brief about infants and linguistics). The Richmond Times, Virginia, September 5, 2002.

Andrew N. Meltzoff. Bright young things: Not just a pretty face, by Maureen Freely. The Observer, London, England, September 1, 2002.

Patricia K. Kuhl. Tot talk, by Sandra Y. Lee. Child Magazine, August 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 childs 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.

Colleen Huebner. Getting a head start, by Lee Hochberg. The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, Public Broadcasting System (PBS), July 5, 2002.

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

Patricia K. Kuhl. Going ga-ga, by Deborah Smith. Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, Australia, May 24, 2002.

Andrew N. Meltzoff. Random samples: Wordless memories, by Christian Heuss. Science, May 17, 2002.

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

Pickering, S., & Repacholi, B. (2002). Modifying children's gender-typed musical instrument preferences: The effects of gender and age. Sex Roles, 45, 623-643.
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Patricia K. Kuhl. Spanish-language radio interview with Julio Sanchez, La FM, Miami, Florida, April 2, 2002.

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

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

Patricia K. Kuhl. The Baby's Brain and The Child's Brain, The Secret Life of the Brain documentary series, Public Broadcasting System (PBS), February 2002.

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

Jean Decety. La imitación es la base de la empatía [Imitation is the basis of empathy]. El Mercurio, Santiago, Chile, January 25, 2002.

Jean Decety & Thierry Chaminade. Brain areas involved in imitation identified, by Joel Schwarz. University Week, University of Washington, Seattle, January 24, 2002.

De Boer, B., & Kuhl, P. K. (2001). Infant-directed vowels are easier to learn for a computer model. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 110, 2703
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2000

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

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