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Meeri Kim, BOLD
Science Journalist

Meeri N. Kim, Ph.D. is a science and health journalist based in Pasadena, CA, USA who contributes regularly to The Washington Post, Consumer Reports, and Optics & Photonics News. She received a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Pennsylvania for her work in biomedical optics and its applications to the human brain.

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Contributions by Meeri

Once a bully, always a bully?

Laura A. Long and Meeri Kim / 16 September 2019
Article Development Mental health
Wokandapix, Pixabay.com, CC0 1.0

How poverty-related stress affects children’s self-regulation

Meeri Kim / 29 March 2019
Article Development Equity
Engin_Akyurt, Pixabay.com, CC0 1.0

The mental health benefits of living closer to nature

Meeri Kim / 8 March 2019
Article Development Mental health
Pexels, Pixabay.com, CC0 1.0

How children use the power of prediction to learn new words

Meeri Kim / 25 February 2019
Article Development Language
Marvin Girbig, flickr.com, CC BY 2.0

How video games could help teach adolescents about empathy

Meeri Kim / 18 February 2019
Article Learning & Education Education technology
monikabaechler, Pixabay.com, CC0 1.0

How does a teenager’s neighborhood influence development?

Meeri Kim / 8 February 2019
Article Development Equity
Lydia Pintscher, flickr.com, CC BY 2.0

How neuroscientists and educators can build a better partnership

Meeri Kim / 16 November 2018
Interview Development Neuroscience
ePhotographyAustralia, Pixabay.com, CC0 1.0

Predicting academic outcomes: neuroimaging provides novel insights

Meeri Kim / 9 November 2018
Interview Development Neuroscience
BilliTheCat, Pixabay.com, CC0 1.0

More is not always better

Meeri Kim / 7 September 2018
Article Development Psychology
KurtSebastian, Pixabay.com, CC0 1.0

”Researchers need to shift their mindset from dissemination to engagement”

Meeri Kim / 3 September 2018
Interview Society

The effect of story format on children’s brains

Meeri Kim / 31 August 2018
Article Development Neuroscience
3dman_eu, Pixabay.com, CC0 1.0

Why do children learn the words they do?

Meeri Kim / 27 August 2018
Article Development Language
Richard Royle, flickr.com, CC BY 2.0

The thrill of winning and the teenage brain

Meeri Kim / 20 August 2018
Article Development Neuroscience
Sollermann, Pixabay.com, CC0 1.0

Gender differences in early math ability?

Meeri Kim / 24 May 2018
Article Learning & Education STEM
Lisa Maruna, flickr.com, CC BY 2.0

The link between children’s academic achievement and family income

Meeri Kim / 13 April 2018
Interview Learning & Education Education policy
Phil Roeder, flickr.com, CC BY 2.0

The lasting effects of television and video games in a child’s bedroom

Meeri Kim / 20 February 2018
Article Development Parenting and childcare
uboiz, Pixabay.com, CC0 1.0

The social robot teacher

Meeri Kim / 9 February 2018
Article Learning & Education Education technology
Stephen Chin, flickr.com, CC BY 2.0

Self-control: a double-edged sword for high-striving, low-income youth

Meeri Kim / 5 January 2018
Interview Development Psychology
Basheer Tome, flickr.com, CC BY 2.0

The benefits of paid parental leave for children’s well-being

Meeri Kim / 4 December 2017
Interview Development Mental health
Darin Barry, flickr.com, CC-BY 2.0

How children develop the use of tools

Meeri Kim / 2 October 2017
Interview Development Neuroscience
StockSnap, pixabay.com, CC0 1.0

Early institutional care and the developing brain

Meeri Kim / 1 September 2017
Interview Development Neuroscience
Nim Tottenham

The connection between spatial intelligence and STEM

Meeri Kim / 25 August 2017
Interview Development Neuroscience
GDJ, pixabay.com, CC0 1.0

The mechanics of influence

Meeri Kim / 28 July 2017
Interview Development Neuroscience
littleman227, pixabay.com, CC0 1.0

The developmental challenges faced by children of undocumented immigrants

Meeri Kim / 19 May 2017
Interview Learning & Education Education policy
Hirokazu Yoshikawa

How chronic stress in early childhood shapes the brain

Meeri Kim / 11 April 2017
Interview Development Equity
Seth Pollak

The inner workings of the dyslexic brain

Meeri Kim / 3 April 2017
Interview Development Language
John Gabrieli

Applying academic insights to the real world

Meeri Kim / 30 March 2017
Interview Society Equity
Anthony Barrows, ideas42

“Symbolic numbers are a uniquely human, cultural invention”

Meeri Kim / 6 March 2017
Interview Development STEM
geralt, pixabay.com, CC0 1.0

The parallels between adolescents’ online and offline lives

Meeri Kim / 10 February 2017
Interview Society Technology and society
Ungry Young Man, flickr.com, CC BY 2.0

Not all video games are equal in terms of executive functioning skills

Meeri Kim / 3 February 2017
Article Development Psychology
Reinis Ivanovs, flickr.com, CC BY 2.0

The learning benefits of guided play

Meeri Kim / 5 December 2016
Interview Development Play
Deena Weisberg

Virtual reality enters the classroom

Meeri Kim / 9 September 2016
Article Learning & Education Education technology
Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, flickr.com, CC-BY-2.0

What chess can teach us about aging and intelligence

Meeri Kim / 12 August 2016
Article Development Play
Kim Love, flickr.com, CC BY-SA 2.0

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