From her early childhood well into adulthood, Susannah Breslin was studied by US researchers who became like parent figures to her. She has mixed feelings about the study's impact on her life.
As a baby, her parents enrolled her in a University of California, Berkeley laboratory preschool, a place that was "essentially designed for spying on children", Breslin tellsAll in the Mind is an exploration of the mental: the mind, brain and behaviour — everything from addiction to artificial intelligence."My parents were intellectuals. They were cool in temperament. They were not touchy-feely. And they, I think, had high expectations for their children," Breslin says.
The young Breslin wondered if this might be a kind of test, so she refused the offer. Soon after, the examiner said he needed to leave for a minute but would be right back. "On the one hand, I liked it. My parents were distant, they were busy, they were preoccupied with their careers … and their marriage was falling apart.
Today Breslin is an investigative journalist, and recently wrote a book about her experience being studied, Data Baby: My Life in a Psychological Experiment.
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