This program is sponsored by the Rubin Museum of Art, New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, and the Buddhist Psychotherapy Collective.

Less than a month after conception, human brain cells are developing at the rate of 500,000 per minute. Billions of cells linked by trillions of connections form the brain, but how does it organize itself? What are the roles played by genetics and environment in brain development? This episode traces formation of the infant brain through age one, the period when it is most open to molding through external influence and experience.

Koshin Paley Ellison is a Founder and Co-Executive Director of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care. He is a founder of the Buddhist Psychotherapy Collective and in private practice, where he sees individuals, couples, and groups. Koshin is currently a Jungian Analyst Candidate at the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association. Koshin is a senior student and novice Soto Zen Buddhist priest under Roshi Enkyo O’Hara, at the Village Zendo.