{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a4cf5af7c0256f6394f5519/6a58d83c5c9bbab5e4307f22?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep. 4 - The Connected Mind (with Vicky Leong)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a4cf5af7c0256f6394f5519/1786360896980-ef74c7a9-ab1a-40c9-8953-7b0a247c8404.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Sometimes a child is looking right at you and seems completely elsewhere, and sometimes they're completely with you. Developmental neuroscientist Vicky Leong studies those moments of connection, uncovering how parents and children synchronize their minds and get ready to learn from one another.</p><p><br></p><p>Shownotes:&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Victoria Leong – Publications (<a href=\"https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fR6RD6IAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">link</a>)</li><li>Leong et al. (2017), <em>Speaker gaze increases information coupling between infant and adult brains</em> (<a href=\"https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1702493114\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">link</a>)</li><li>Natural Pedagogy Theory – Gergely &amp; Csibra (<a href=\"https://www.researchgate.net/publication/24200509_Natural_Pedagogy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">link</a>)</li><li><a href=\"https://earlychildhoodmatters.online/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Early Childhood Matters</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Shownotes 2:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Vicky’s <a href=\"https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1702493114\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Speaker Gaze Increases Information Coupling Between Infant and Adult Brains</em></a> is the landmark study demonstrating that eye contact increases neural synchrony between adults and infants, one of the central findings discussed in this episode.</li><li><a href=\"https://www.researchgate.net/publication/24200509_Natural_Pedagogy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Natural Pedagogy Theory</a> by Gergely &amp; Csibra is a foundational theory proposing that humans are uniquely adapted to teach and learn through social signals such as eye contact, infant-directed speech and shared attention.</li><li>Browse Vicky Leong's <a href=\"https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fR6RD6IAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">research</a> on parent–infant synchrony, learning and early brain development.</li><li>This podcast is part of the <a href=\"https://earlychildhoodmatters.online/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Early Childhood Matters</a> platform by the Van Leer Foundation.</li></ul>","author_name":"Early Childhood Matters with Michael Feigelson"}