The Importance of Sensitive Periods Early in Life on Brain and Behavioral Development

Nathan Fox, professor and chair of the Developmental Science Program at the University of Maryland, gave this talk as part of the first Neurons to Neighborhoods event. Carnegie Mellon University’s BrainHub brought some of the nation’s leading early childhood development experts together with local and state policymakers and practitioners for its first Neurons to Neighborhoods community outreach event. With funding support from The Heinz Endowments, the event was designed to help the community of early care and education providers, government officials and other specialists learn how to effectively understand the latest early brain development research and apply this evidence-based information to their everyday practice and policy-making decisions. Learn more at www.cmu.edu/brainhub.