Hector Fellow Academy Symposium: Why Do Children and Adults Learn Differently?

• Lectures & Discussions

For babies and children, learning is a natural process. Through play, they explore and develop their cognitive, social, and emotional skills. Early experiences in childhood

set the stage for later growth, forming the basis for a healthy life and lifelong learning.

Why do children learn differently from adults? Which brain mechanisms play a key role in this process? When, how, and in which environment do we learn best? And what happens if children face less-than-ideal learning conditions?

Brigitte Röder, renowned psychologist and neuroscientist, together with top-class speakers Sebastian Frank, Ileana Hanganu-Opatz, Thomas Elbert and Martin Korte, invites you to immerse yourself in the fascination of the human brain and learn exciting facts about our nervous system, learning mechanisms, research approaches and trauma research. The evening will be hosted by Andrea Grießmann, author and television presenter.

The event continues the series of Germany-wide symposia of the Hector Fellow Academy (HFA). There, renowned experts present current research topics in a generally and understandable way and discuss future vision. The HFA is a young science academy that promotes cutting-edge interdisciplinary research around STEM fields, psychology and medicine.

The event will take place on site at Universität Hamburg and will be broadcast via livestream.

Participation is free of charge. The event language is German. Simultaneous translation into English will be provided.