ALISON GOPNIK is a professor of psychology at the University of California at Berkeley. She is an international leader in the field of children’s learning and was one of the first cognitive scientists to show how developmental psychology could help solve ancient philosophical problems. She is the coauthor (with Andrew Meltzoff) of Words, Thoughts, and Theories, and (with Patricia Kuhl and Andrew Meltzoff) of The Scientist in the Crib: Minds, Brains, and How Children Learn.

BEYOND EDGE: Alison Gopnik Bio Page; Alison Gopnik Memory Lecture.