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Studies on development inform push for early learning

The Spokesman-Review

This year some of the world’s pre-eminent brain scientists will attempt to measure the effects of abuse and neglect on the minds of Washington children in foster care.

The research will be conducted by the University of Washington’s Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, co-directed by Patricia Kuhl and Andrew Meltzoff. Since it was founded in 2003, I-LABS has “revolutionized” how we look at early childhood education and development, according to experts familiar with its work...

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