It means to think swiftly, to fly swiftly, or to have quick thoughts. The co-directors of CMBL are Patricia K. Kuhl, Ph.D. and Andrew N. Meltzoff, Ph.D. CMBL is presently located in the Old Fisheries building at the University of Washington and will relocate to the new Talaris facility when it is constructed. We believe these abilities are best observed in infants and small children, before their life experiences influence innate features. This effort is divided into six overall categories of sponsored research. Critical periods of learning Scientists have discovered that the brain's ability to process and encode information is not equivalent over the lifespan of a person.
Young children learn more quickly and efficiently than adults.
The research we sponsor will focus on identifying these crucial behavioral milestones in development. Focusing on the principles behind this plasticity will allow us to design programs capable of aiding the learning process. Researchers will be able to explore these changes through noninvasive measures across a human lifespan and observe developmental changes inside the brain. It is known that infants are born biologically prepared with certain innate capabilities and are endowed with the flexibility to acquire and process an astounding variety of information. By allowing cognitive psychologists, geneticists, and molecular biologists to design experiments in an interdisciplinary setting, scientists will investigate and compare these relative contributions.