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INSIDE THIS ISSUEImmigration workshop

YWCA, LALDEF team upto offer free workshop. PAGE 2

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Max Liu, 6 months, laughs while playing with his mom Doris. Max loves the lights in his bathroom, cars passing by and listening to popmusic, Doris says. See what Doris and other Princeton parents think of a recent Princeton University study exploring expectations inbabies’ brains on page 13. To read about the study, please see page 12.

Mommy and meSafeStreets

Weekend

By ERICA CHAYES WIDAThe Sun

This weekend, the streets of Princeton will be filled with lo-cals who savor the past, honor thepresent and celebrate eachother’s roles in the community.The event, which will have no capon fun, family and basketball, hasbecome a recurring tradition forits maker John Bailey. Bailey, whowas raised in Princeton, has re-turned every year since 2003 fromhis home in Colorado to host a se-ries of games and honoraryevents for the town that inspiredhis success and personhood.

“We are trying to keep hopealive and keep folks involved inprogramming and community.

please see WEEKEND, page 9

Annual event will run Aug. 13–16

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By VITA DUVAThe Sun

If Nate Barson were to be rein-carnated as an animal, he proba-bly would not bet on which one itwould be.

“There are so many wonderfulanimals in the world that I haveyet to see. I’m not sure if I’d everbe able to pick just one animal,”the 27-year-old said.

Recently named Princeton’snew animal control officer, Bar-

son made his public debut latelast month.

“I’m hoping to bring my experi-ence and drive for high standardsto Princeton in order to ensurethat residents will continue to re-ceive the highest level of profes-sional animal control services,”he said. “There are many thingsthat animal control might not bedirectly responsible for, however,we can still provide guidance and

education to the residents.”Barson, who has been working

in Hunterdon County for the pastseveral years as both an animal

control officer and a cruelty in-vestigator, succeeds long-time em-ployee Mark Johnson.

The West Windsor native holdsa bachelor’s degree in criminal

justice administration, with afocus on animal biology.

But, Barson has always had apassion and an interest in ani-mals and nature, long before hiscollege career.

“I grew up with several pets inthe household and have beenaround a variety of animals sincechildhood. Even on vacations, Ispent most of my time exploringanimals and plants or visiting na-

ture centers,” Barson said. “Peo-ple consider their pets familymembers. The most importantthing to remember is to learnabout the animals you are gettingahead of time, so you can safelyintegrate it into the family andprovide it with all the care it willneed.”

As for now, Barson is workingclosely with the Princeton HealthDepartment to learn more aboutthe needs of Princeton, and devel-op new ways to improve animal

control and animal welfare in thecommunity.

“I believe that it is incrediblyimportant for animal control offi-cers and cruelty investigators towork closely with local animalrescues and animal welfare or-ganizations,” Barson said. “Moreoften than not, we are able to findcommon ground and have a posi-tive impact on animal welfare inthe community.”

By VITA DUVAThe Sun

On Saturday, Aug. 22, YWCAPrinceton, in collaboration withthe Latin American Legal Defense& Education Fund, will host a one-stop immigration assistance work-shop to help applicants apply for

U.S. citizenship or deferred actionfor childhood arrivals.

A non-citizen who has been alegal permanent resident for atleast five years – three years if married to a U.S. citizen – whodemonstrates basic command of the English language and goodmoral character, may qualify forcitizenship.

The application fee is $650,which can be waived for appli-cants whose household incomefalls below 150 percent of the fed-

eral poverty guideline.In New Jersey, 50 percent of the

close to 2 million foreign-born res-idents are U.S. citizens.

Youth who entered the countrywithout authorization prior to

June 15, 2007, were less than 16years of age at the time, are inhigh school, are in a program lead-ing to a high school-equivalentdiploma or have already graduat-ed from high school, may also beeligible for DACA.

Those who qualify for DACAwould receive temporary employ-

ment authorization, with whichthey can also apply for a driver’s li-cense.

One-third of the approximately70,000 state residents who are be-lieved to be eligible for DACA haveapplied. The filing fee is $465.

“We had been anticipatingbeing a lot busier this year withwhat appeared to be positive newpolicies put in place by the Depart-ment of Homeland Security,which would potentially have al-lowed almost half of the unautho-

rized foreign-born residents in thecountry to temporarily regularizetheir situation,” Executive Direc-tor at LALDEF Maria Juega said.“As it turns out, the policies werechallenged in federal court earlier

this year, by a number of states,and they have been put on indefi-

nite hold. LALDEF wanted to stilldo some community outreach to

encourage and facilitate theprocess of citizenship for those eli-gible, as well as help the youth – the so-called ‘dreamers’ – whomight be able to take advantage of the relatively new process – DACA.”

The workshop, which will runfrom 1-5 p.m., brings under one

roof all the necessary resources tobe able to complete an application.

“At YWCA, we see first-handthat the lack of comprehensiveimmigration reform has taken adevastating toll on countless im-migrant families," said Director of Advocacy and DevelopmentNancy Faherty. “In New Jersey,women make up 51.4 percent of the immigrant population. With-out adequate resources to navigatethe path to citizenship, womenand their children face over-

whelming challenges.”Trained volunteers will assist

applicants in completing the nec-essary forms.

Leader of the pack: New animal control officer in town

YWCA Princeton, LALDEF host free one-stop immigration workshop

After making his public debut last month, Nate Barson discusses his plans for Princeton

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Princetonian pet Mickey, a 10-year-old chihuahua, enjoys a stroll inPalmer Square with owner Alex Mogileuei.

Special to The Sun

Dr. Patricia Fernandez-Kelly fills several key posts at PU, including sen-ior lecturer in its Department of Sociology, research associate in its Of-fice of Population Research and organizer of its Center for Migration

and Development. The YWCA Princeton at its annual Tribute to Womenevent recently honored her for her work in advocating for comprehen-sive immigration reform through education and awareness efforts.

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in the loss.In senior league action, the

Knicks defeated the Nets for the

championship in a two-overtimevictory, 45-41. Isaac Web of theKnicks had the game high of 26points and Noah Lapoint con-

tributed eight points.Mustafa Zaman had

14 points and Jay Jackson had 12points in the losing effort.

In the junior division on July31, Majeski Foundation playedPrinceton Pettoranello in thechampionship game. MajeskiFoundation won, 35-27. JaxonPetrone led his team to victorywith 13 points and Remmick Gra-noizio contributed 11. Jack Serxn-

er led Pettoranello with six andJames Petrone added five in theloss.

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George Terry Birch of WestportIsland, Maine, formerly of Prince-ton passed away on July 26. Hewas 82.

Born in Trenton on Sept. 20,1932, to Eunice Terry Birch andFrank Birch, who predeceasedhim, Birch was a lifelong residentof Skillman and Princeton, havingcared for his parents before retir-ing to Maine.

A graduate of theLawrenceville School, in additionto his academic successes, he also

enjoyed telling the story of how he jumped out of a window as anextra in the “Free Pancakes!”scene in the 1950 film, “The HappyYears,” a movie depicting life at

Lawrenceville based on the writ-ings of fellow Lawrentian OwenJohnson.

He majored in English at DukeUniversity and later enlisted inthe army during the Korean War,using his artistic and writingskills to produce manuals that in-structed pilots how to fly helicop-ters.

He later worked at EducationalTesting Service for 18 years as atechnical illustrator and conclud-ed his career drawing detailed il-lustrations of the cold-fusion reac-tor at the Princeton PlasmaPhysics Laboratory, many of

which were used for budgetingproposals in Washington, D.C.

He built the home in which heraised his family in Skillman. Hewas a devoted husband and father,

as well as a dedicated gardenerand landscapist. He was active inthe local community, includingBoy Scout Troop 46 of Blawenburgand the Nassau PresbyterianChurch.

A lifelong artist, he held severalgalleries and exhibits throughoutthe 1970’s and taught art to the eld-erly in local retirement homes. Hewas also a volunteer mentor at theMercer County Correctional Facil-ity.

An avid fisherman and boater,he spent much time fishing andboating the waters around theBarnegat Bay before focusing

most of his free time enjoying alakeside woodlot in Vienna,Maine. Email us at [email protected]

obituary

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By VITA DUVAThe Sun

According to the Vital Signs report re-

leased by the Centers for Disease Controland Prevention and the Food and Drug Ad-ministration, heroin use is on the riseacross the United States.

While this increase has been notedamong men, women, most age groups andall income levels, the greatest increase hasbeen spotted in those who have not histori-cally been noted for heroin use – women,citizens with private insurance and thosewith higher incomes.

Additionally, the report finds thoseusing heroin are also using a number of other substances.

And with an increase in heroin usecomes an increase in heroin overdose.Heroin-involved overdose deaths nearlydoubled between 2011 and 2013. More than8,200 people died in 2013 alone.

“Heroin use is increasing at an alarm-

ing rate in many parts of society, driven byboth the prescription epidemic and cheap-er, more available heroin,” CDC DirectorTom Frieden said.

But where does New Jersey, and specifi-cally Mercer County, rank in the rise of heroin?

According to data reports courtesy of Zachariah Hosseini, public information of-ficer and spokesman at the New Jersey Of-fice of the Attorney General, heroin-relat-ed deaths are on the upswing.

From 2011-2012, New Jersey saw a totalof 2,239 drug-related deaths, of which 840tested positive for heroin. Mercer Countyfaced 80 of those drug-related deaths, of which 42 were heroin-related.

And, from 2013-2014, the state’s number

of drug-related deaths rose to 2,626, of which 1,221 tested positive for heroin. Mer-cer County alone faced 93 of those drug-re-lated deaths, of which 44 were heroin-relat-ed.

These reports account for the use of

heroin, cocaine and prescription opiates,and include accidents, suicides and unde-termined deaths.

As far as Princeton is concerned, thePrinceton Police Department reports nogreat increase in heroin-related reports.

“An uptake in heroin use is not affectingthe Princeton area as much as it may be af-fecting other areas of Mercer County.Heroin-related reports have seemed to stay

consistently low, as they have for the pastfive years,” Sgt. Steve Riccitello said. “Ithink the reason that this may be beingbrought to the forefront is due to the nasal

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Heroin on the rise across the countryPolice report no great increase in heroin-related reports in Princeton

please see POLICE, page 10

New Jersey State Police are

spending $1.5 million to outfit

1,000 troopers over the next

nine months with body cameras. It’s a

hefty price to pay for technology, but a

very small one when considering the

good it will do.

Body cameras for police have be-

come increasingly popular throughout

the country following police shootings

that made national headlines in places

such as Ferguson, Mo.

Troopers will wear the body cam-

eras on either their shirt or their hat,

and will be required to turn them on

during traffic stops, protests, investiga-

tions and while making arrests.

Acting state Attorney General John

Hoffman said the cameras “will act as

an objective witness in police-involved

shootings and other use-of-force inci-

dents.”

Some local police departments, such

as Glassboro, Paulsboro, Evesham and

even Rowan University, have already

adopted body cameras for their police

forces. And more could be coming, as

the state plans to use $2.5 million in

forfeiture funds to help other local de-

partments buy cameras.

Police body cameras are a wonderful

idea, and any state money that can be

used to help local departments outfit

their officers with them is a good

thing.

The safety and security of the people

of New Jersey are of the utmost im-

portance, above all other concerns of

living in our state. Any initiative that

improves that safety and security –

while at the same time serving as an

objective judge for citizens and offi-

cers – is something that should be ex-

plored and implemented.

in our opinion

Smile, you’re on cameraState Police outfitting troopers with body cameras; more could come across state

Your thoughts

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WE NES Y AUGUST 12Hollywood Summer Nights: “42nd

Street”: Princeton Garden The-atre, 7 p.m.

Ridge Kennedy with the PickupBand led by Michael Bell: Prince-ton Country Dancers, 8-10:30p.m. Tickets: $8.

Scratch Camp for Kids: PrincetonPublic Library, Technology Cen-ter, 2 p.m. An opportunity for chil-dren entering grades three-five.Step-by-step walkthroughs ofscripts, animations and spriteswill help students acquire theskills and knowledge to buildmasterful projects withinScratch. Limited to 12 partici-

pants. Registration requiredthrough the events calendar.

Sound of Science: Princeton PublicLibrary, Community Room, 3 p.m.Electronic Violinist Caryn Lin willdazzle with an inspirational andeducational presentation ofthree-dimensional sound magic!Sharing stories along with hermusic, she makes the program aspowerful as it is entertaining.

THURS Y AUGUST 13Hollywood Summer Nights: “The

Birds”: Princeton Garden The-atre, 7 p.m.

Scratch Camp for Kids: PrincetonPublic Library, Technology Cen-ter, 2 p.m. An opportunity for chil-dren entering grades three-five.Step-by-step walkthroughs ofscripts, animations and spriteswill help students acquire theskills and knowledge to buildmasterful projects withinScratch. Limited to 12 partici-pants. Registration requiredthrough the events calendar.

Escape the Ordinary Book Group:Princeton Public Library, Confer-

ence Room, 10:30 a.m. Select arecipe to prepare from "CookFight: 2 cooks, 12 Challenges, 125Recipes, an Epic Battle forKitchen Dominance" by New YorkTimes food writers Kim Seversonand Julia Moskin. We'll talk aboutthe cookbook while we samplethe dishes you bring to share withthe group.

Princeton Farmers Market: Prince-

ton Public Library, Hinds Plaza, 11a.m. Seasonal produce from localfarmers, flowers, crafts and avariety of edibles are availablethrough 4 p.m. at this weeklyevent. Live music from 12:30-2:30

p.m.

FRI Y AUGUST 14Scratch Camp for Kids: Princeton

Public Library, Technology Cen-ter, 2 p.m. An opportunity for chil-dren entering grades three-five.Step-by-step walkthroughs ofscripts, animations and spriteswill help students acquire theskills and knowledge to buildmasterful projects withinScratch. Limited to 12 partici-pants. Registration requiredthrough the events calendar.

Graphic Novel Workshop: PrincetonPublic Library, Community Room,3 p.m. Cartoonist Dave Romanpresents a lively, visual discus-sion on comics and how they’veserved as inspiration throughouthis life. Includes a drawingdemonstration and time for Q&A.

Job Seeker Sessions: PrincetonPublic Library, Community Room,9:45 a.m. The library and Profes-sional Services Group of MercerCounty sponsor sessions for pro-fessionals who are seeking newemployment and contractingopportunities throughout theregion. Please check the library’swebsite for specific topics.

Let’s Play: Princeton Public Library,Hinds Plaza, 4 p.m. Children andtheir families are invited to burnoff some energy with sidewalkchalk, hula-hoops and bubbleblowing – or simply play withblocks and puzzles.

The Tigertown Dixieland Band:Princeton Public Library, Hinds

Plaza, 6:30 p.m. The band per-forms Dixieland and traditional jazz music.

S TUR Y AUGUST 15Summer Art Classes: “Indigo Dye-

ing & Batik Workshop”: MorvenMuseum & Garden, 9:30-4 p.m. Inthis entertaining, one-day work-ship, taught by Arts Council of

Princeton instructor LianSawires, students will discoverthe ancient and expressive art ofindigo dyeing and learn how totwist, clamp, pleat and patternfabrics to get stunning results.

Film: “Planes: Fire and Rescue”:Princeton Public Library, Commu-nity Room, 3 p.m. 1 hour, 40 min-utes. Part of the Saturday Sum-mer Movie series.

QuickBooks on the Cloud: Prince-ton Public Library, ConferenceRoom, 10:30 a.m. Bala Subraman-ian, owner and CEO of SynergismInc., conducts a workshop provid-ing basic training in the use ofQuickBooks accounting softwareon the cloud for small business

owners. Participants are encour-aged to bring a fully charged lap-top and download QuickBooksOnline via a free 30-day trial fromwww.intuit.com. Seating is limitedand registration is required atprinceton.score.org.

SUN Y AUGUST 16ESL Class: Princeton Public Library,

Conference Room, 4 p.m. Speak-ers of world languages who arelearning English as a second lan-

guage are invited to these two-hour classes.

MON Y AUGUST 17Film: “Blood Brother”: Princeton

Public Library, Community Room,7 p.m. Part of the Identity andSelf-Documentary Series. 1 hour,32 minutes.

Language Leap: Princeton PublicLibrary, Teen Center, 10 a.m. Lan-guage Leap is a free two-weekimmersion programs intended to

foster a love of learning languageand to build language skills forfirst- through sixth-graders. Ledby high school students it focuseson beginning grammar, vocabu-lary, and culture skills for Span-ish, French and Mandarin.

TUES Y AUGUST 18Princeton Scrabble Club Meeting:

Panera Bread, Nassau ParkBoulevard, Route 1 South, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Princeton Community Dinner: FirstBaptist Church of Princeton, 5-7p.m. In collaboration with TrentonSoup Kitchen; all are welcome topark take of a free dinner to sitdown and eat, or to take with you.

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This community raised me, nur-tured me and gave me support,”Bailey said. “It’s a labor of love.”

The event, taking place thisThursday, Aug. 13 through Sun-day, Aug. 16, is named for Bailey’sPrinceton mentor Pete Young Sr.

“Joint Effort Princeton SafeStreets Weekend, A CommunitySalute to the Memory of PeteYoung, Sr.,” the flyer reads. “Acommunity reception, awards,basketball games and clinic, and

block party.”“The event was initially just‘Joint Effort,’ and it was aboutbasketball,” Bailey said. “Thenmy mentor passed away and Inamed it after him. It evolvedfrom a game to a whole weekend.”

Kicking off Safe Streets will bean exhibit at the Arts Council of Princeton Thursday evening at 6p.m. A collage photo exhibit byRomus Broadway will line thewalls of the gallery, followed by“John Witherspoon Community

Reflections, Stories, and Memoriesof Days Gone By” and a specialrecognition of “Men of Purpose.”

“The exhibit is very importantto many folks in the community.Collages and pictures are beingdisplayed – many of local individ-uals as kids and young adults.That is one part of it. Just as im-portant is the discussion aspect of ‘I remember Princeton.’ TheAfrican American communitywill reflect and walk down memo-

ry lane,” Bailey said.The next morning from 9 a.m.to noon, neighborhood kids cangather at the Community Parkbasketball courts to brush up ontheir athletic skills with a freeyouth basketball clinic. Shouldthere be rain, it will be held atJohn Witherspoon Middle School.

“I want to take time to helpkids enhance their game and tobe good citizens,” said Bailey, whoused to run the recreation depart-ment in Trenton, where he also

directed the Weed and Seed Pro-gram – “weeding” out crime and“seeding” value systems thatfocus on public safety through ed-ucation and recreation.

Bailey’s son Kamau, who

coaches the Princeton Day Schoolgirls’ basketball team, will accom-pany his father in coaching.Kamau played at NYU and hasworked for the New York Knicks,

San Antonio Spurs and DenverNuggets.

Later Friday night, from 5:30 to7:30 p.m., individuals are invited tothe First Baptist Church on With-erspoon Street for a reception hon-oring black women of Princeton.

“This particular weekend andthis particular night,” Baileysaid, “is about women. We willrecognize 140 women – lettingthem know what they have doneto hold our community and our

families and our institutions to-gether. I tell them, ‘You hold uphalf the sky every day.’”

Come Saturday, Safe Streetskicks into gear with a workoutclass in the morning, a communi-ty discussion of the future of theJohn Witherspoon communityand “other hot topics” at 9 a.m. atThe Hank Pannell Center, and acommunity block festival.

All day Sunday beginning at 10a.m. will be basketball games atCommunity Park courts, followed

by the Jim Floyd LifetimeAchievement Awards at 6 p.m.

For more information, callJohn Bailey/Joint Effort at (720)629-0964.

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Narcan kits that we are now ad-ministering.”

The Mercer County Prosecu-tor’s Office distributed and sup-plied nasal narcan kits and man-dated training to all police depart-ments in the county on Nov. 1,2014.

It was through a directive by

the county prosecutor thatPrinceton and all surroundingpolice departments wereequipped.

Princeton has seen two Nar-can-related saves over the span of four months.

During the first, on April 2,PPD responded to the 100 block of Nassau Street for a reported drugoverdose. A 22-year-old femalewas found unconscious, with con-stricted pupils and a diminishedrespiratory rate. Sgt. Geoff Maur-

er and Patrolman Lucas Schwabadministered nasal Narcan priorto PFARS arriving at the scene.The victim was later transportedto the University Medical Centerof Princeton at Plainsboro for

further treatment.

This incident also markedPPD’s first Narcan save.

During the second, on July 13,PPD and PFARS responded to aresidence on Red Oak Row for areported drug overdose. A 23-year-old male was found semi-conscious and exhibited symp-toms of a heroin overdose. PFARSadministered a two ml. dose of Narcan to the victim. Afterward,the victim regained conscious-ness and was transported to the

University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro for fur-ther medical treatment.

What are some factors of today's heroin trend?

"There are a few prints that wehave been seeing," noted Dr. Kapi-la A. Marambage, a psychologistat Princeton House BehavioralHealth who specializes in addic-tion. "I see patients from all overthe map, but I think even inPrinceton, the trend of heroin-use is accounted for from today's

youth. Young adults often findthemselves bored, with not muchto do, so they start using opiatepain medication, which eventual-ly leads to the use of heroin."

As Marambage explained, the

street value of heroin is much

cheaper than prescription painmedication.

"'Good quality heroin' is com-ing in from Camden, and they sayit is quite good – even fromNewark. The accessibility is notthat difficult; party drug deals aregoing up,” he said.

For the report, the CDC andFDA analyzed data from the 2002-2013 National Survey on Drug Useand Health – sponsored by theSubstance Abuse and Mental

Health Services Administrationand the National Vital StatisticsSystem.

“Approximately 120 people dieeach day in the United States of adrug overdose,” DEA Acting Ad-ministrator Chuck Rosenbergsaid. “The CDC’s Vital Signs illus-trates two significant factors part-ly fueling that alarming number – the misuse of prescription drugsand a related increase in heroinuse. We will continue to target thecriminal gangs that supply hero-

in, and we will work to educatefolks about the dangers and to re-duce demand. In this way, wehope to complement the crucialefforts of the CDC and our na-tion’s public health agencies.”

POLICEContinued from page 6

Police reported two Narcan-relatedsaves over span of four months

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The Princeton Sun hosted Twitter Chat Tuesday on Aug. 4, chattingvia Twitter @PrincetonSun about International Sisters Day. Check outhighlights from the chat below! To get in on the action on Aug. 18, fol-

low @princetonsun on Twitter. Topic will be Bad Poetry Day. Use#BadPoetryPrinceton.

The Sun wants to read your bad poetry about Princeton! To getahead of the game, send your bad Princeton poetry [email protected] by Tuesday, Aug. 18, noon, for achance to be dubbed the "Bad Poet of Princeton" and see your win-ning poem and photo in print and online.

A constant reader, he was par-ticularly fond of the writings of Thomas Wolfe, whose influenceshowed in his moving storytellingand the poetry that Terry wrotethroughout his life.

Most recently, Birch was a dea-con at the Mid-Coast PresbyterianChurch in Topsham, Maine. Heand his wife Madge served as ush-ers reliably every Sunday exceptEaster and the occasional snowcancellation.

He leaves behind his wife, Mag-dalene of Westport Island, Maine;

his brother Wayne and his wifeBeth of Cumberland Center,Maine; former wife Bettie Cottonof Wilmington, N.C.; four sons andseven grandchildren: Kevin andhis wife Mary and their children,

Cameron and Marissa of Skill-man; Kyle and his partner Ray-mond Matthews of King of Prus-sia, Pa.; Keith and his wife Racheland their children, Maxwell andCatherine of Havertown, Pa.; andWayne and his wife Beth and theirchildren Maclaine, Grayson, andBryant of Fayetteville, N.C., aswell as the countless friendswhose lives he touched with hissensitivity and caring.

Funeral services were held onFriday, Aug. 7, at the Kimble Fu-neral Home in Princeton.

In September, the Mid-CoastPresbyterian Church will host aseparate memorial service of wor-ship songs and the traditionalhymns that were Birch’s favorites.

Donations can be made in mem-ory of Terry Birch to the ArthritisFoundation at www.arthritis.org.

Extend condolences and re-membrances at TheKimbleFuner-alHome.com.

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Many parents are used to play-ing games such as peek-a-boowith their babies. The reactiononce your little child sees yourface again – whether it be a giggle,smile or surprised face – is almost

always guaranteed. For sometime, according to newly hiredpsychology professor at Prince-

ton University Lauren Emberson,scientists have understood in-fants’ brains respond to visualstimuli. But what she and a teamset out to find at the University of Rochester and South Carolinawas to see what happens in theinner-workings of the brain whena baby expects to see something.

“My work really hinges on howbabies are using their experi-ences to develop. Learning, seeing

and perceiving the world, under-

standing language – all of thesehappen through varying experi-ences over many months. I thinkthis [idea] is intuitive for everyparent,” Emberson said. “But wedon’t really know how babies usetheir experience, how it shapesthe brain and theoretically wherein the brain it occurs.”

To explore these questions,Emberson and her team usednear-infrared spectroscopy, atechnology that measures oxy-genation in regions of the brain

using light to assess and recordneurological activity, or in lay-man’s terms, as Emberson ex-plained, “an incredible technolo-gy that allows us to take a littlepeek into babies’ brains in a waythat is completely comfortable forthem.”

The near-infrared spectroscopy


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Princeton psychologist exploresexpectations in babies’ brainsLauren Emberson ‘takes a peek’ into the learning development

in babies and their early connections to audio-visual relationships

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When told about PrincetonUniversity psychologist LaurenEmberson’s recent study conduct-ed on infants’ brains makingearly audio-visual connections,local parents shared the evidencethey see in their little ones ineveryday life. The Sun asks, “doyou see your child react immedi-ately to something when they

hear it?” Here is what some ba-bies already have mastered.Sophie the Giraffe is a well-

known sensory toy for teethingyoungsters. From France, Sophiesqueaks for audio, has smoothrubber skin for tactile, and brownspots to spark any infant’s visualstimuli. Princeton momStephanie Angus explained howher 6-month-old daughter Emmaalready knows the squeak soundwell. Just as the infants in Ember-son’s study expected to see the

smiley face after they heard theprimary honk noise, Emma ex-pects to see Sophie whenever shehears its squeak.

Angus’s son Chase, 23 months,always reacts when he hears theword “wiggle,” because he lovesthe show “The Wiggles.” WhenAngus brought it up, Chaseleaped in excitement – expectingto watch his show.

Max Liu, also 6 months, has al-ready made the connection be-tween a car horn and a car in mo-tion. His mother Doris said helooks for cars if he hears the simi-lar beep.

Olivia Ren, better known as“YoYo,” 15 months, has proven tohave the same surprised reactionas babies did in Emberson’s studywhen she doesn’t see what she ex-pects to. Her mom Lei always ex-claims “beautiful” to YoYo whenthey look at a certain set of pic-tures in one room in their house.Lei has since noticed when she

uses the word “beautiful” in a dif-ferent context, her daughter looksaround and seems shocked orconfused when she does not seethe picture on the wall.

The Jhunjhunwalas have a

wooden staircase in their home.Nine-month-old Eira is just learn-ing to climbs the stairs and mustuse her hands to do so. When shewants to tackle them, she extendsher hands in a clutching motion.Her mother Shannon noticedearly on that Eira made the con-nection that hearing the sound of footsteps echo down the stairsgave her the impression that shewould climb – and she clutchesher hands.

Thomas Bowmaker, also 9months, has learned the sound of

the kitchen cabinet openingmeans it is time to eat. His moth-er Lynn explained that even if she opens them for somethingelse, Thomas opens his eyes wideand gets ready to be hungry.

ERICA CHAYES WIDA/The Sun

Clockwise from top: Nolan Roberts,11 months, plays. Olivia ‘YoYo’ Ren,15 months, peruses a book. ThomasBowmaker, 9 months, readies for

meal time when he hears his momopen a cabinet. Eira Jhunjhunwalagets excited when she hears foot-steps on her wooden stairs, form-ing an expectation early on thatclimbing would soon ensue.

Princeton parents share thoughtson PU psychologist’s findings


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was used in a controlled studywhere infants strapped on a smallcap – one Emberson said was “un-fairly cute” on them – that al-lowed Emberson to record what ishappening in both audio and vi-sual parts of the brain. The keywas find whether these things gotogether early on in infant devel-opment; infants in the study werebetween 5 and 7 months of age.

The scientists created a taskfor two groups of infants. Onewith a sequential pattern, infantsheard a sound such as a clownhorn beep followed by a smileyface image that popped up on ascreen. The other solely had thesmiley face – visual stimuli withno corresponding audio.

After exposing the infants tothe sound and image pattern for afew minutes, giving them the op-portunity to learn the relation-ship between the two, Emberson

and her team began periodicallyremoving the smiley face image.For the infants who had been ex-posed to the pattern, brain activi-ty was detected in the visual

areas of the brain even when theimage didn’t appear as expected.The group without the pairedaudio-visual relationship did nothave that part of the brain activi-ty.

“It was really interesting. A lotof the time the babies would lookabsolutely shocked when theydidn’t see the smiley face comeup,” Emberson said. “When ba-bies have learned that sound pre-dicts something, they react with‘Hey! I wanted to see somethingthere,’ or their brain fires somekind of ‘error’ signal.”

Emberson’s steps in two majordirections with these kinds of neurological studies. One is totake information learned in thestudy, “this captured capsule of learning-based change in thebrain,” and question how it is rel-ative to development. The other isto use this information to look at

populations at risk for learningdevelopment, such as prematurebabies.

Emberson explained how herrecent move to Princeton is to

work in the newly renovatedPrinceton Baby Lab, where muchof this learning development re-search will take place.

“The lab investigates howyoung children learn and howtheir incredible learning abilitiessupport their development. Thisresearch depends on the generosi-ty of families in the Princetoncommunity to volunteer theirtime for a 30 to 45 minutes visit tothe lab. Our studies are fun andengaging for children, and in-clude children from 0 to 5 years of age,” Emberson said.

Her hope is utilize these experi-ence-based studies of the brain topredict problems down the linefor babies who may have cogni-tive issues.

For more information aboutvolunteering for a study at thePrinceton Baby Lab, visitwww.babylab.princeton.edu.

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