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Five Stanford scholars among CASBS 2020-21 Fellows
by Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
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The same technologies that people once blamed for tearing society apart might be our best chance of staying together during the COVID-19 outbreak, says Stanford’s Jamil Zaki.
BY MELISSA DE WITTE
Social distancing – voluntarily limiting physical contact with other people – has been vital to help...
Stanford psychologist Michael Frank and collaborators conducted the largest ever experimental study of baby talk and found that infants respond better to baby talk versus normal adult chatter.
BY MELISSA DE WITTE
Babies love baby talk all over the world, says Michael Frank, the Stanford...
Our brains can predict the popularity of online videos, without us even knowing it.
BY TAYLOR KUBOTA
When Stanford University neuroscientist Brian Knutson tracked his smartphone usage, he was shocked to learn that he spent twice as much time on his phone as he had anticipated.
A Stanford scholar helps the world analyze how children acquire language differently—and just how much they have in common.
By Deni Ellis Béchard
MARCH 2020
