Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

4-25-2025

Keywords

age, Andrew N. Meltzoff, cognitive development, infants, social cognition

Disciplines

Developmental Psychology

Abstract

Andrew N. Meltzoff was born on February 9, 1950 in the United States.  He studied psychology at Harvard University and did graduate work at the University of Oxford, in England, with Jerome Bruner, earning his doctorate there in 1976.  Meltzoff began his professional career at the University of Washington in 1977, serving as a Professor of Psychology since 1988. He is currently co-director of the University of Washington Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, an interdisciplinary research center.

Download

Share

COinS