James Evans

My research focuses on the collective system of thinking and knowing, ranging from the distribution of attention and intuition, the origin of ideas and shared habits of reasoning to processes of agreement (and dispute), accumulation of certainty (and doubt), and the texture—novelty, ambiguity, topology—of understanding.

Gary Lupyan

I study the evolution of language and the ways that language augments cognition and perception.

Mirjam Knörnschild

I study vocal communication, social behavior and cognition in wild bats using an integrative approach that combines classic field observations with acoustic, genomic and neuroethological analyses.