California Cognitive Science Conference 2015: Tania Lombrozo

Seventh Annual California Cognitive Science Conference 2015 Communication: The Connected Mind May 2, 2015 http://cssa.berkeley.edu/conference.php Presented by UC Berkeley Cognitive Science Student Association cssa.berkeley.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------ Talk Title: Three Mysteries of Explanation Speaker Bio: Dr. Tania Lombrozo is an Associate Professor of Psychology at UC Berkeley and the director of the Concepts and Cognition Lab. She is also an affiliate of the Philosophy Department and a member of the Institute for Cognitive and Brain Science. Her main research interests include the role of explanations in our causal beliefs and probability judgments about the world, the cognitive basis of human moral reasoning, and other topics at the intersection of psychology and philosophy. Among many other honors, Dr. Lombrozo has received an NSF CAREER Award and a McDonnell Foundation Scholar Award in Understanding Human Cognition. She holds two bachelor’s degrees from Stanford University and a doctorate from Harvard University. Dr. Lombrozo also blogs about cognitive science and related themes for Psychology Today and NPR’s 13.7: Cosmos and Culture.