The following paper has just been published. It is an invited journal article based on the lecture I gave for the Royal Society of New South Wales last year that was part of the 2023 Royal Society of New South Wales and Learned Academies Forum: “Our 21st Century Brain” https://speakingmylanguages.blogspot.com/2023/11/invited-presentation-our-21st-century.html
McLeod, S. (2024). Children’s communication and the developing mind: A challenge for Australia. Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 157, 43–48. https://royalsoc.org.au/images/pdf/journal/157-1-11McLeod.pdf
There are many excellent papers in the special issue:
https://royalsoc.org.au/images/pdf/journal/157-1-web-complete.pdf
THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF N.S.W. AND FIVE ACADEMIES FORUM: OUR 21st CENTURY BRAIN
- Opening Address - The Governor,Margaret Beazley
- Welcome and Acknowledgements- Susan Pond
- Keynote Presentations - George Paxinos, Lucy Palmer, Joshua Gordon
- I−The Developing Mind - Penny van Bergen, Adam Guastella, Sharynne McLeod, Anne Castles, Kate Highfield
- II−The Brain: Social, Cultural and Philosophical Perspectives- Pip Pattison, Andrew Chanen, Andrew Leigh, Jennifer Kent, Jakelin Troy, David Bradden Mitchell
- III − The Brain Disease Burden in Adults- Anthony Cunningham, Glenda Halliday, Sharon Naismith, Lucette Cysique & Andrew Lloyd
- IV− Turbocharging Human Intelligence with Artificial Intelligence- Ian Oppermann, Sally Cripps, Stela Solar, Lyria Bennett Moses:
- V−Implications for the Future- Ian Hickie, Pip Pattison, Helen Christensen, Peter Baume, Jaky Troy
