May 28, 2004, Hour One: Acoustics Update

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Hour One: Acoustics Update

The Acoustical Society of America is meeting this week in New York. In this hour of Science Friday, Ira and guests wrap up some of the research being presented at the meeting -- including the first sound recording in ancient Mayan pyramids, a look at infants' language acquisition, and the similarities between dolphin and bat sonar.

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Guests:
Patricia Kuhl
Co-author, "The Scientist in the Crib: Minds, Brains, and How Children Learn" (Perennial, 2000)
Co-Director, Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences
William P. and Ruth Gerberding University Professor
Professor, Speech and Hearing Sciences
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Darlene Ketten
Senior Scientist, Biology
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, Massachusetts

David Lubman
David Lubman and Associates
Westminster, California

This segment produced by Karin Vergoth

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Books/Articles Discussed:

"The Scientist in the Crib: Minds, Brains, and How Children Learn." by Patricia Kuhl (co-author.) Perennial, 2000.

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