{"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&#39;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:</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 <em><a href=\"https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1702493114\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Speaker Gaze Increases Information Coupling Between Infant and Adult Brains</a></em> 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&#39;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"}