Bloggingheads: Babies, Numbers and Foreigners

This week's Bloggingheads.tv episode features philosopher Joshua Knobe and psychologist Elizabeth Spelke discussing the cognitive abilities of infants.

Here are some more clips of the "diavlog" in addition to the one you can view on the ScienceBlogs home page.

What do you think of this week's Bloggingheads feature?

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