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Infants Love to Watch: The Importance of Visual Learning

Wayne Mitchell
Missouri State University
Wayne Mitchell

At the start of our lives, watching the world around us is usually the beginning of a lifetime of learning.

Wayne Mitchell, an associate professor of psychology at Missouri State University, has spent the better part of his career watching infants look at things. He does this to better understand the ways they gather information and learn.

As he explains, a better understanding of visual learning can be used to design intervention strategies that might benefit infants during the critical early months of life.

Dr. David Cornelison has been working as an educator and scientist in Arizona and Missouri universities for the last 32 years. From 2010-2018, he was the head of the Department of Physics, Astronomy and Materials Science at Missouri State University. His research interests lie at the intersection of experimental condensed-matter physics and astrophysics, while his educational efforts have focused on outreach to the K-12 school system. Most of all, he believes in curiosity-driven learning in the sciences and all other fields.