This roundtable discussion will consider the power of words as evidenced by brain imaging; child development; storytelling in medical settings; reading in community, and, in this age of screens and AI, the ability to nurture critical thinking habits.
Speakers
Rita Charon
Bernard Schoenberg Professor of Social Medicine; founding chair, Dept. of Medical Humanities and Ethics, Columbia University
General internist and literary scholar, one of the founders of the field of narrative medicine
Emily Finn
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College
Studies how variability in brain activity relates to subjective experience in naturalistic, narrative-like conditions
Nadine Gaab
Silvana and Christopher Pascucci Professor in Learning Differences, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Studies typical and atypical reading development from infancy to adolescence within a learning-disabilities framework
Susan Neuman
Professor of Teaching and Learning, New York University
Specializes in early literacy development and childhood education policy, including preK-grade 3 reading instruction
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