The Researchers

 

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Marc D. Hauser

• 1981: Bsc, Bucknell University
• 1987: PhD, UCLA (Advisors: R. Seyfarth & D. Cheney
• 1988: Post-doc, U. Michigan (Advisor: R. Wrangham)
• 1989-1992: Post-doc, Rockefeller U., UC-Davis (Advisor: P. Marler)
• 1992-1995: Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Anthropology, Harvard University
• 1994: NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award
• 1996-1998: Associate Professor, Department of Biological Anthropology, Harvard University
• 1998-present: Full Professor, Department of Psychology, Harvard University
• 2001: Harvard College Professor Chair for distinction in teaching and research
• Co-Director, Mind, Brain and Behavior Program, Harvard University
• 2000-present, Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University
• Editorial Boards: Cognition, Trends in Cognitive Science, Review of General Psychology, Animal Cognition
• 2 single authored books, 2 co-edited books, 25 book reviews, 125+ scholarly articles and book chapters
• Research interests: language and thought, conceptual representations, language evolution, animal communication, knowledge of tools, number, space, food, and animacy, moral intuitions
• Past and present PhDs: Brenda McGowan, Mike Wilson, Jerald Kralik, Claudia Uller, Daniel Weiss, Laurie Santos, Cory Miller, Ricardo gil da Costa, Brian Hare, Rebecca Coughlin, Josh McDermott, Somangshu Mukherji, Justin Wood
• Past and present Post-docs: Linda Anderson, Julia Fischer, Tecumseh Fitch, Jerald Kralik, Stephane Gouteux, Asif Ghazanfar, Joanna Bryson, Ruth Tincoff, Roian Egnor, Jeff Stevens, Alberto Palleroni

Fiery Cushman

• 2003: BA, Harvard College
• 2003 - 2004: Research Assistant, Primate Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Harvard University
• 2004 - present: Graduate Student, Psychology, Harvard University
• Fiery Cushman's Homepage
• Research interests: the evolution of social cognition, especially regarding cooperation, punishment, and moral intuitions

Liane Lee Young

• 2000 - 2004: Harvard College, Philosophy
• 2004 - present: Graduate Student, Psychology, Harvard University
• 2003 - 2004: Undergraduate thesis research with Marc Hauser on moral intuitions at Harvard University
• 2000 - 2004: Neuroscience research with David Hubel and Kevin Duffy at Harvard Medical School
• 2002 - 2004: President of Harvard Society of Mind, Brain and Behavior (HSMBB)
• 2002 - 2004: Editor-in-Chief of The Harvard Brain, Harvard Undergraduate Journal of Mind, Brain and Behavior
• Liane Young's Homepage
• Research Interests: moral intuitions, action theory, David Hume, normative ethics, biomedical ethics, psychopathology, vision

Ana Salceda

• 1994: BD, Journalism - Universidad Europea de Madrid (Spain)
• 1997: MD, International Relations and Comunication - Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain)
• Press and TV Editor. Filmmaker (documentaries).
• Collaborating on cross-culture aspects.of morality.

Bryce Huebner

• 1998: BA, Westminster college - Salt Lake City
• 2001: MA in Philosophy, Colorado State University
• 2003: AM in Philosophy, Washington University in St Louis
• 2008: PhD in Philosophy, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill; PhD Dissertation: Distributing cognition (Advisor: Jesse Prinz)
• 2007-2009: Postdoc, Cognitive Evolution Lab, Harvard University (Advisor: Marc Hauser)
• 2008-2009: Postdoc, Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University (Advisor: Dan Dennett)
• 2009: Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Georgetown University
• Research Interests: Moral intuitions; Personation and dehumanization; The nature of psychological explanation; computation and cognition; philosophy of mind

Yuga Cohler

• 2007 - Present: Programmer, Harvard Cognitive Evolution Lab
• 2007 - Present: Harvard College, Computer Science, Mathematics, and Music
• 2009 - Present: Music Director, Harvard Bach Society Orchestra