On cellular complexity and the future of biological intelligence: Q&A with Sam Gershman

What is the logic underlying human and animal intelligence? This is the motivating question behind the research of Samuel J. Gershman, a Kempner Institute associate faculty member and professor in the Department of Psychology. Gershman’s lab studies a wide spectrum of phenomena related to intelligence, ranging from the complexity of human cooperation to learning in single-celled organisms. The Kempner’s science writer, Yohan John, sat down with Gershman to chat about his research and the evolution of learning mechanisms.

Read the Q&A in the Harvard Gazette.