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"Babies and young children are like the R&D division of the human species," says psychologist Alison Gopnik. Her research explores the sophisticated intelligence-gathering and decision-making that babies are really doing when they play.

Alison Gopnik takes us into the fascinating minds of babies and children, and shows us how much we understand before we even realize we do."

"What’s it like to be a baby? It’s like being in love in Paris for the first time after you’ve had three double espressos." (Alison Gopnik)
http://www.ted.com/talks/alison_gopnik_what_do_babies_think.html