Cognitive Scientists in PPLS

Find out more about the research interests of the cognitive scientists in our School.

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 Research interests
Inbal ArnonLanguage learning; How learning biases impact language structure; Evolution of the statistical properties of language
Neil BramleyDevelopment of causal concepts; Active and inductive learning; Collective innovation
Mazviita ChirimuutaHistory and philosophy of neuroscience; Embodied cognition; Philosophy of perception
Jenny CulbertsonCognitive biases in language learning and use; Typological universals (syntax and morphology); Artificial language learning
Chris CumminsExperimental pragmatics; Numerical quantity; Persuasive and manipulative language
Alex DoumasAnalogy; Computational modelling; Representation learning
Zachary HorneComputational cognition; Computational social science; Social cognition
Alistair IsaacStructure of perceptual experience; Computation and embodied cognition; Methodology of psychological measurement
Itamar KastnerWord, meaning and structure; Computational models of language; Pedagogy
Simon KirbyOrigins and evolution of language and communication; Cultural evolution; Art/science collaboration
Dan LassiterSemantics of modals, conditionals and causation; Experimental & computational pragmatics; Psychology of reasoning
Suilin LavelleSocial cognition; Philosophy of experiment (with a focus on infant cognition); Scientific pluralism and cross-cultural perspectives
Jasna MartinovicColour perception and cognition, including attentional selection of colour
Dan MirmanLanguage comprehension; Functional communication in aphasia; Processing of metaphors and poetic language
Martin PickeringThe psychology of language, particularly language production, comprehension, dialogue and bilingualism
Hannah RohdePragmatics; Psycholinguistics; Rational models of communication
Kenny SmithLanguage Evolution; Experimental and computational models of cultural evolution; Evolution of language learning capacities
Mark SprevakPhilosophy of cognitive science; Foundation of computational models; Ethics of AI
Shira TalLanguage acquisition; Cognitive development; How cognition shapes language structure
Rob TruswellSyntax; Semantics; Language change
Alice TurkSpeech articulation planning; Phonology; Phonetics