Internationally recognized as an expert in early language and brain development, Ms. Kuhl has been instrumental in demonstrating how early exposure to language actually alters the brain.

Ms. Kuhl’s experiments demonstrate that language has a critical period for learning and that infants are geniuses at learning languages. They listen intently and actually take statistics on the language they hear. They are like miniature scientists. Important, too, she shows that it takes a human being to help the children absorb this information. The same learning does not take place by watching a TV screen. These children’s minds are opening wide and may lead the way to keeping ourminds open into and throughout adulthood.