Pinker is the Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. Steven Pinker specializes in visual cognition and developmental linguistics, as well as a number of …

Steven Pinker conducts research on a variety of topics in psychology and cognitive science, including common knowledge (things that everyone knows everyone knows), language …

Oct 13, 2025 · Drawing from pop culture, psychology and game theory, Pinker illustrates how common knowledge underpins everything from viral memes and euphemisms to social media …

Nov 6, 2025 · Steven Pinker, Canadian-born American psychologist who advocated evolutionary explanations for the functions of the brain and thus for language and behavior. His notable …

Pinker’s research on vision, language, and social relations has won prizes from the National Academy of Sciences, the Royal Institution of Great Britain, the Cognitive Neuroscience …

Steven Arthur Pinker is a Canadian cognitive psychologist, psycholinguist, popular science author, and public intellectual. He is an advocate of evolutionary ps...

Steven Pinker is a cognitive scientist who is interested in all aspects of language, the mind and human nature. As a professor of psychology at Harvard (previously Stanford and MIT), he …

Aug 20, 2025 · Pluralistic ignorance, Pinker explains, is “when people misinterpret others’ public conformity as private conviction, and so each mistakenly thinks they are alone in their doubts.” …

Steven Pinker is Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. He is an experimental psychologist who conducts research in visual cognition, psycholinguistics, and …

Delve deep into the labyrinth of the human mind with Professor Steven Pinker as he demystifies the complexities of the human condition using the tools offered by cognitive psychology.