Jason Mitchell, Ph.D. [vita]
Jason employs functional neuroimaging (fMRI) and behavioral methods to study how perceivers infer the thoughts, feelings, and opinions of others (i.e., how we mentalize). He received his B.A. and M.S. degrees from Yale University in 1997 and his Ph.D from Harvard University in 2003. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University, where he teaches Introduction to Psychology.

Adam Waytz [email]
Adam studies the antecedents and consequences of attributing and denying mental states to other agents.  He received his B.A. from Columbia University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.  He is currently a post-doctoral research associate at Harvard University. 

Juan Manuel Contreras [email]
Juan Manuel studies stereotypes and the identifiable victim effect. He received his A.B. from Princeton University in 2009. He is currently a graduate student in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University.

Diana Tamir [email]
Diana is interested in how brains think for and about humans. She studies egocentric biases and the cognitive and neural mechanisms for escaping subjective experiences of the here and now. She received her Sc.B in cognitive neuroscience from Brown University.

Dave Johnson  [email]