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Biographical Info |
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SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Co-Director, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany. Research interests focus on processes of social cognition, social learning, and communication/language in human children and great apes. Books include First Verbs (Cambridge University Press, 1992); Primate Cognition (Oxford University Press, 1997); The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition (Harvard University Press, 1999); Constructing a Language: A Usage-Based Theory of Language Acquisition (Harvard University Press, 2003); Origins of Human Communication (MIT Press, 2008), and Why We Cooperate (MIT Press, 2009).
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EDUCATION:
DUKE UNIVERSITY, B.A. Psychology, 1972
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, Ph.D. Experimental Psychology, 1980 |
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| EMPLOYMENT |
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| 1980 - 1998 |
Assistant-Associate-Full Professor
of Psychology Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, EMORY UNIVERSITY |
| 1982 - 1998 |
Affiliate Scientist, Psychobiology,
YERKES PRIMATE CENTER |
| 1998 - present |
Co-Director, MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE
FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY |
| 1999 - present |
Honorary Professor, Psychology,
UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG |
| 1999 - present |
Honorary Professor, Psychology,
MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY |
| 2001 - present |
Co-Director, WOLFGANG KÖHLER PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER |
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| Ad Hoc |
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| 1987-1988 |
Visiting Scholar, HARVARD UNIVERSITY |
| 1994 (summer) |
Instructor, INTERNATIONAL COGNITIVE
SCIENCE INSTITUTE |
| 1994 (summer) |
Visiting Fellow, BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL
SOCIETY |
| 1995 (spring) |
Visiting Professor, UNIVERSITY
OF ROME |
| 1996 (spring) |
Visiting Professor, THE BRITISH
ACADEMY |
| 1998 (spring) |
Visiting Scholar, MPI FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS |
| 1999 (summer) |
Instructor, INTERNATIONAL COGNITIVE
SCIENCE INSTITUTE |
| 2001 (winter) |
Instructor, LOT (DUTCH GRADUATE
SCHOOL OF LINGUISTICS) |
| 2003 (summer) |
Instructor, SUMMER SCHOOL IN
LINGUISTICS, San Marino, Italy |
| 2007 (summer) |
Instructor, LSA Summer School, STANFORD UNIVERSITY |
| 2009 (summer) |
Instructor, LSA Summer School, UC BERKELEY |
| 2012 (winter) |
Visiting Fellow, Center for Philosophy of Science, U. Pittsburgh |
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PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
German National Academy of Sciences [elected, 2003]
Cognitive Science Society Fellow [elected, 2008]
Hungarian Academy of Sciences [elected, 2010]
Society for Research in Child Development
International Cognitive Linguistics Association
International Primatological Society
International Association for the Study of Child Language [President, 2002-2005]
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AWARDS & PRIZES:
Guggenheim Fellowship, 1997-98
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Fellow, 1998, deferred
William James Book Award, American Psychological Association, 2001
Fyssen Foundation Prize for Cognitive Science, 2004
Cognitive Development Society Book Award, 2005
Jean Nicod Prize for Philosophy of Cognitive Science, 2006
Mind & Brain Prize, Center for Cognitive Science, U. of Turin, 2007
Eleanor Maccoby Book Award, American Psychological Association, 2009
Oswald Külpe Prize, University of Würzburg, 2009
Hegel Prize [Human Sciences], City of Stuttgart, 2009
Sir Frederick Bartlett Prize & Lectureship, Experimental Psychology Society, 2009
Max Planck Research Prize [Human Evolution], Humboldt Foundation, 2010
Heineken Prize for Cognitive Science, Royal Academy of Netherlands, 2010
Wiley Prize in Psychology, the British Academy, 2011
Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize, 2011
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EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES: |
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Associate Editor:
| Developmental Science |
1997-2005 |
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Current Editorial Boards:
| Developmental Science |
Cognitive Science |
Cognition |
| Cognitive Linguistics |
First Language |
Journal of Child Language |
| Biology & Philosophy |
Human Development |
Language Learning & Development |
| Animal Cognition |
Social Development |
Cognitive Science Quarterly |
| Interaction Studies |
Gesture |
Constructions |
| Biological Theory |
Mind & Society |
Child Development Perspectives |
| Philosophy of Sociality |
Language & Communication |
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SOME RECENT LECTURES:
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| 2002 |
Nijmegen Lectures: MPI for Psycholinguistics |
| 2003 |
Hilgard Lectures: Stanford University |
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Fridja Lectures: Amsterdam
Klaus Immelmann Lecture: Bielefeld |
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2006 |
Jean Nicod Lectures: Paris
Elizabeth Bates Memorial Lecture: Madison, Wisconsin |
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2008 |
Tanner Lectures: Stanford University
Helmholtz Lecture: Humboldt University, Berlin
Vygotsky Lecture: International Conference on Cognitive Science, Moscow
Drever Lecture: University of Edinburgh
Walter Lonner Lecture: Conference on Cross-cultural Psychology, Bremen |
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2009 |
Frederick Bartlett Lecture: Experimental Psychology Society, London
James & Eleanor Gibson Lecture: Cornell University
Forum Lecture: LSA Summer School
Keynote Lecture: Conference on Darwin & the Social Sciences, Cambridge University |
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2010 |
Page-Barbour Lectures: University of Virginia |
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2011 |
Heineken Lecture: Cognitive Science Society, Boston |
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2012 |
Bernoulli Lecture, University of Basel, Department of Psychology
Ernst Mayr Lecture, Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Berlin
Keynote Lecture, Collective Intentionality VIII, Manchester |
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