Fulbright lecture on child development
View(s):The Fulbright Lecture titled ‘When to worry? What to do?: The neurology of early child development’ will be delivered by U.S. Fulbright Scholar Prof. John Phillips on Wednesday, July 11, from 6 – 7.30 p.m. at the United States-Sri Lanka Fulbright Commission, 55 Abdul Caffoor Mawatha, Colombo 3.
The lecture will look at what shapes personality; how early childhood experiences persist into adulthood; whether parenting matters and when things aren’t going well, when development lags behind or a child’s brain is injured, what you could do.
Dr Phillips is a Professor and Director of Child Neurology, and Medical Director of the Mind Research Network, at the University of New Mexico, USA. His research interests include neuroimaging of child development and research ethics. Entry is by prior registration only. Call: 011 256 4176 or 011 471- 8744 to register. Refreshments will be served from 5.30 to 6 p.m.