Scientists of the Mind
An interdisciplinary starter pack of practicing scientists who've influenced my thinking about thinking (human and otherwise). It's not meant to be comprehensive, and I'm always seeking to expand and diversify my own cognition.
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@benjaminjriley.bsky.social
@annaciaunica.bsky.social
Philosopher / Cognitive Scientist working on self consciousness and social interactions in humans and artificial agents/ Embodiment/ AI / Art & Science In Lisbon & London
@schewpsych.bsky.social
Professor of Psychology; I study cognition, teaching & learning; See http://samford.edu/how-to-study/ and https://youtube.com/chann;
@vaughanbell.bsky.social
Neuropsychologist and professor at UCL. Clinical psychologist in the NHS. Occasional writer. Interested in people. Views my own.
@numcog.bsky.social
Canada Research Chair in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience & Learning at Western University. Opinions are my own (he/him/his) 🇨🇦
@sashagusevposts.bsky.social
Statistical geneticist. Associate Prof at Dana-Farber / Harvard Medical School. www.gusevlab.org
@tomerullman.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Harvard University. Computation, cognition, development.
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
Professor of Computational Cognitive Science | @AI_Radboud | @Iris@scholar.social on 🦣 | http://cognitionandintractability.com | she/they 🏳️🌈
@kmahowald.bsky.social
UT Austin linguist http://mahowak.github.io/. computational linguistics, cognition, psycholinguistics, NLP, crosswords. occasionally hockey?
@evfedorenko.bsky.social
I study language using tools from cognitive science and neuroscience. I also like snuggles.
@ent3c.bsky.social
Behavior genetics, clinical psychology, Mets. Occasional politics. Substack (free): https://ericturkheimer.substack.com/ Book Is Out! Understanding the Nature-Nurture Debate https://shorturl.at/Ce2hf Electronic Version: https://shorturl.at/Fq2jv
@emilymbender.bsky.social
Book: https://thecon.ai Web: https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender
@rtommccoy.bsky.social
Assistant professor at Yale Linguistics. Studying computational linguistics, cognitive science, and AI. He/him.
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social
Neurogeneticist interested in the relations between genes, brains, and minds. Author of INNATE (2018) and FREE AGENTS (2023)
@melaniemitchell.bsky.social
Professor, Santa Fe Institute. Research on AI, cognitive science, and complex systems. Website: https://melaniemitchell.me Substack: https://aiguide.substack.com/
@garymarcus.bsky.social
AI and cognitive science, Founder and CEO (Geometric Intelligence, acquired by Uber). 8 books including Guitar Zero, Rebooting AI and Taming Silicon Valley. Newsletter (50k subscribers): garymarcus.substack.com
@abeba.bsky.social
Founder & PI @aial.ie, @tcddublin.bsky.social AI accountability, AI audits & evaluation, critical data studies. Cognitive scientist by training. Ethiopian in Ireland. She/her
@rajiinio.bsky.social
AI accountability, audits & eval. Keen on participation & practical outcomes. CS PhDing @UCBerkeley.
@celiaheyes.bsky.social
Theoretical psychologist studying the evolution of human cognition. All Souls College, University of Oxford https://users.ox.ac.uk/~ascch/
@cameronbuckner.bsky.social
All views my own, links posted w/o endorsement AI, philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, animal cognition Http://cameronbuckner.net
@raphaelmilliere.com
Philosopher of Artificial Intelligence & Cognitive Science https://raphaelmilliere.com/
@dtwuva.bsky.social
Professor @UVa who's puttin' the funk back in functional brain imaging and the psycho in psychometrics. One study is just one study, folks.
@mpshanahan.bsky.social
Professor at Imperial College London and Principal Scientist at Google DeepMind. Posting in a personal capacity. To send me a message please use email.
@benjaminjriley.bsky.social
Founder of Cognitive Resonance, a new venture dedicated to helping people understand human cognition and generative AI. Advocate for humans.