ESP Biography



MIKA ASABA, Psychology graduate student



Major: Psychology

College/Employer: Stanford

Year of Graduation: 2021

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Brief Biographical Sketch:

Hi! My name is Mika and I'm so excited to be teaching this course! I love hiking, watching TED talks, doing yoga, and finding free food when in need. Looking forward to sharing this adventure together!



Past Classes

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S3880: Why Babies Are Little Scientists in Splash Fall 2014 (Nov. 08 - 09, 2014)
The hardest problems in intelligence are, literally, child's play: within the first few years of life, babies learn to speak a language, reason about other people, make moral judgments, navigate through the world, recognize faces and objects, and achieve many other incredible feats. How do kids do it? Is the mind a blank slate, or are we born ready to learn? In this class, we'll discuss what kids know and how they learn about language, causality, randomness, and other people's minds. Along the way, we'll dip into math, philosophy, and history—and go through many, many cute videos.