Paul Harris is interested in the early development of cognition, emotion, and imagination. His most recent book, Trusting What You're Told: How Children Learn from Others, was published by Harvard University Press in May 2012. This book discusses how far...
Elizabeth Bonawitz is the David J. Vitale associate professor of Learning Sciences at Harvard University Graduate School of Education. Her work focuses on the basic science theories of learning with the broader goal of informing educational practice. Her...
Dr. Henrich is an Affiliated Faculty member in the Department of Psychology. His primary role is currently as Ruth Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. Before moving to Harvard...
The work in the Bergelson lab seeks to uncover how infants learn language from the world around them, i.e. how language develops, and in particular, how infants and toddlers learn words. We approach this by studying learners and their environments. Under...
Tomer Ullman is a cognitive scientist interested in common-sense reasoning, and building computational models for explaining high-level cognitive processes and the acquisition of new knowledge by children and adults. In particular, he is focused on how...
