ScienceAdviser Newsletter “Protostar” is I-LABS faculty, Dr. Christina Zhao

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Dr. Christina Zhao

Every weekday, ScienceAdviser Editors deliver the world of science via newsletter, keeping subscribers up to date on the most important trends and breakthroughs.

Today’s ScienceAdviser “Protostar” is I-LABS faculty, Dr. Christina Zhao, whose research into how infants process music and speech made her a finalist for this year’s NOMIS and Science Young Explorer Award.

From the Protostar interview with Dr. Zhao: Growing up in China, Christina Zhao loved learning languages and playing the piano—passions that ultimately sparked her curiosity in how the brain processes sound. “I just wondered: Why do we have all these different sounds? Why can we move our tongues around into different positions and they make funny sounds?”

Read more on the ScienceAdviser page for December 4, 2024.