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The Stanford marshmallow experiment was a study on delayed gratification in 1970 led by psychologist Walter Mischel, a professor at Stanford University. [1] In this study, a child was offered a choice between one small but immediate reward, or two small rewards if they waited for a period of time.
James Lloyd "Jay" McClelland, FBA (born December 1, 1948) is the Lucie Stern Professor at Stanford University, where he was formerly the chair of the Psychology Department. [1] He is best known for his work on statistical learning and Parallel Distributed Processing , applying connectionist models (or neural networks ) to explain cognitive ...
John Hurley Flavell (born August 9, 1928, in Rockland, Massachusetts) is an American developmental psychologist specializing in children's cognitive development who serves as Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor, Emeritus at Stanford University. [1]
Russell "Russ" Alan Poldrack (born 1967) is an American psychologist and neuroscientist. He is a professor of psychology at Stanford University, associate director of Stanford Data Science, member of the Stanford Neuroscience Institute [1] and director of the Stanford Center for Reproducible Neuroscience [2] and the SDS Center for Open and Reproducible Science.
Stephen Michael Kosslyn (born 1948) is an American psychologist and neuroscientist [1] He is a former dean of social sciences at Harvard University. [2]Kosslyn is the president of Active Learning Sciences Inc., which helps institutions design, deliver, and assess active-learning based courses and educational programs. [3]
Gluck's lab has studied the cognitive effects of dopaminergic cell death in Parkinson's disease, as well as cognitive effects from the dopamine-replenishing medications. [8] Utilizing computational modeling, Gluck has studied the effects of dopaminergic medication on reward and punishment learning in patients with Parkinson's disease. [9]
In cognitive psychology, John Anderson is widely known for his cognitive architecture ACT-R [7] [8] and rational analysis. [9] [10] He has published many papers on cognitive psychology, including recent criticism of unjustified claims in mathematics education that lack experimental warrant and sometimes (in extreme cases) contradict known findings in cognitive psychology.
Gary Fred Marcus (born 1970) is an American psychologist, cognitive scientist, and author, known for his research on the intersection of cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence (AI). [1] [2] Marcus is professor emeritus of psychology and neural science at New York University.