The brain is the central organ of stress and adaptation to stress because it perceives and determines what is threatening, as well as the behavioral and physiological responses to the stressor. The healthy brain is resilient and responds to experiences over the lifecourse that produce epigenetic changes. The lifecourse is a “one way stress” in which there is no true reversal but redirection that occurs in response to positive or negative experiences that may be unique to each stage of life. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 35291]

The question of what is learned, which is innate, and how the two relate is at the heart of 2,000 years and more of the 4,000 reports of feral children. Douglas Candland offers his knowledge of two such living persons known to him. The first is John Ssabyuna of Uganda and the second, known as CauCau, of southern Argentina. He compares these to the publications regarding studies of Victor, the "Wild boy of Avignon," and the so-called "Wolf-Girls of India," raised at the Singhs’ orphanage in the early 20th century. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 35284]

Our ability to learn languages fully and fluently changes over age. Young children are remarkable in learning languages so well – often much better than adults. Elissa Newport (Georgetown University) discusses how we have evolved to have such outstanding language learning abilities during childhood which do not continue throughout life. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 35286]

This CARTA symposium addresses the influences of environment and culture on the emergence of the human mind. Charles Nelson (Boston Childrens Hospital/Harvard Medical School) The Effects of Early Psychosocial Deprivation on Brain-Behavioral Development: Findings from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project; Faraneh Vargha-Khadem (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health) Developmental Amnesia; Ann Masten (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities) Resilience Processes in Development. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 35282]

Closing remarks and questions at a symposium that addresses the influences of environment and culture on the emergence of the human mind based on available evidence, ranging from experiments by ancient monarchs to the follow-up of Romanian orphans, while addressing comparative and neurobiological issues. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 35280]

Language co-evolved with the human brain throughout the evolution of Homo sapiens. Paula Tallal (Salk Institute) focuses on longitudinal studies that show that the efficiency with which foundational capacities for acquiring language operate, particularly critical auditory processes, determines individual differences in the proficiency of spoken language learning. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 35287]

This CARTA symposium addresses the influences of environment and culture on the emergence of the human mind. Danielle Stolzenberg (UC Davis) Where is My Mother? Uncovering Mechanisms of Neglect in the Maternal Brain; Marcus Pembrey (University of Bristol) Deprivation of Nutrition as a Factor in Human Cognitive Evolution; Bruce McEwen (Rockefeller University) The Resilient Brain: Epigenetics, Stress, and the Lifecourse. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 35283]

This CARTA symposium addresses the influences of environment and culture on the emergence of the human mind. Douglas Candland (Bucknell University) Feral Children: Two Living Examples and a Little Neurology; Elissa Newport (Georgetown University) Maturational Constraints on Learning; Paula Tallal (Salk Institute) Individual Differences in Language Development and Disorders. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 35281]

Ajit Varki presents fascinating historical background on efforts to understand the acquisition of language via some very questionable means - and provides commentary on the ethics of such excessive practices. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 35317]

This CARTA symposium focuses on the contributions of scientists and scholars of anthropogeny who live and work in Africa. this presentation is with Abdoulaye Camara, Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire (IFAN), Université de Dakar (Sénégal) on "The View from West Africa." Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 34982]