NewsThis article is in the news archive. Listen and watch back to Charles Nelson's public lectureCharles A. Nelson III is Professor of Pediatrics and Neuroscience at Harvard Medical School and Professor of Education at Harvard University. He recently delivered a public lecture as part of the unique ESRC-funded 'Educated Brain' Seminar series (and the University of Cambridge Festival of Ideas). The series is unique in that it is supported and coordinated by three University of Cambridge Strategic Research Initiatives (Cambridge Neuroscience, Cambridge Public Policy and Cambridge Language Sciences). In this talk, Professor Charles A. Nelson, Harvard University, discusses what happens to Professor Nelson’s research interests are concerned with the effects of early experience on brain and behavioural development, particularly the effects of early biological insults and early psychosocial adversity. He studies both typically developing children and children at risk for neuro-developmental disorders (particularly autism), and he employs behavioural, electrophysiological (ERP), and metabolic (fNIRS and MRI) tools in his research. He leads the Nelson Laboratory at Boston Children's Hospital in carrying out research on many aspects of infant and child development. Watch back this fantastic lecture here! Posted on 23/11/2016 Further newsGo to the news index page. |