Find out more about the research interests of the cognitive scientists in our School. People Research interestsInbal ArnonLanguage learning; How learning biases impact language structure; Evolution of the statistical properties of languageNeil BramleyDevelopment of causal concepts; Active and inductive learning; Collective innovationMazviita ChirimuutaHistory and philosophy of neuroscience; Embodied cognition; Philosophy of perceptionJenny CulbertsonCognitive biases in language learning and use; Typological universals (syntax and morphology); Artificial language learningChris CumminsExperimental pragmatics; Numerical quantity; Persuasive and manipulative languageAlex DoumasAnalogy; Computational modelling; Representation learningZachary HorneComputational cognition; Computational social science; Social cognitionAlistair IsaacStructure of perceptual experience; Computation and embodied cognition; Methodology of psychological measurementItamar KastnerWord, meaning and structure; Computational models of language; PedagogySimon KirbyOrigins and evolution of language and communication; Cultural evolution; Art/science collaborationDan LassiterSemantics of modals, conditionals and causation; Experimental & computational pragmatics; Psychology of reasoningSuilin LavelleSocial cognition; Philosophy of experiment (with a focus on infant cognition); Scientific pluralism and cross-cultural perspectivesJasna MartinovicColour perception and cognition, including attentional selection of colourDan MirmanLanguage comprehension; Functional communication in aphasia; Processing of metaphors and poetic languageMartin PickeringThe psychology of language, particularly language production, comprehension, dialogue and bilingualismHannah RohdePragmatics; Psycholinguistics; Rational models of communicationKenny SmithLanguage Evolution; Experimental and computational models of cultural evolution; Evolution of language learning capacitiesMark SprevakPhilosophy of cognitive science; Foundation of computational models; Ethics of AIShira TalLanguage acquisition; Cognitive development; How cognition shapes language structureRob TruswellSyntax; Semantics; Language changeAlice TurkSpeech articulation planning; Phonology; Phonetics This article was published on 2025-03-11
