Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker is a cognitive psychologist who studies how the human mind develops language and perception. He trained at McGill and Harvard, taught at Harvard and Stanford, and is now a Professor of Psychology and Director of the Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience at MIT.
His research focuses on language acquisition in children, visual cognition, and how mental systems work. He is widely recognized by major scientific organizations and has received top research, teaching, and book awards, including for The Language Instinct, a foundational work in cognitive science.