Wednesday October 16. 19:45 Cafe Loburg

During the first years of life, babies, toddlers and children learn a lot. How precisely is still a mystery to us. How do they take the first steps in the social life of our society? Why does one child prefer pasta and the other one pizza? In this Science Café, we will dive into the topic of “Early Child Development”.

Dr. Marlene Meyer is associate professor at the Baby and Child Research Center in Nijmegen. She has conducted research on early development at the interface between neuroscience and behavioural aspects. In this session, she will talk about “Becoming better together. The early development of interaction”.

Dr. Gertrude Zeinstra is senior researcher at Wageningen University and Research. Her research focusses on food preferences and eating behaviour among children . She will tell us more on how food preferences are formed, and has some tips for us on how to encourage children’s choice for greens?

Music by Prins Edward(s)

Prins Edward(s) is a Dutch-American duo attuned to farm and garden gigs. Heleen Prins and Dylan Edwards started playing music together at uiterwaarden picnics during their studies in Wageningen. They cover acoustic harmonies varying from indie folk and country to gypsy jazz, and write an occasional silly new set of lyrics to a well-known tune.