Time to Socialize
Does the Timing of Brain Development Predict Prosocial and Play Behavior?

Convened by

Paola Cerrito
Early-Career Fellow 2022–2023

Details

Public event, free of charge.

In line with Paola Cerrito’s fellowship project, this workshop seeks to investigate neurobiological and life-history traits that may explain the high levels of sociality in some primates, especially in humans and marmosets.

Organized in collaboration with her Associate Fellow Judith Burkart, the workshop brings together clinical and comparative approaches to better understand the role of neurodevelopmental timing and the presence of alloparental care in the evolution of human social cognition and in the development of disorders such as ASD. The topic is addressed by adopting both an ontogenetic and phylogenetic approach by an interdisciplinary group of international speakers that includes neuroscientists, evolutionary biologists, psychiatrists, and psychologists.