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    CARTA presents Impact of Early Life Deprivation on Cognition – Charles A. Nelson Faraneh Vargha-Khadem Ann Masten

    en-usDecember 06, 2019

    About this Episode

    This CARTA symposium addresses the influences of environment and culture on the emergence of the human mind. Charles Nelson (Boston Childrens Hospital/Harvard Medical School) The Effects of Early Psychosocial Deprivation on Brain-Behavioral Development: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project; Faraneh Vargha-Khadem (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health) Developmental Amnesia; Ann Masten (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities) Resilience Processes in Development. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 35282]

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