Dr. Maya Shankar

So I read this book on language and I remember thinking,

So I read this book on language and I remember thinking,

Well, this is how sophisticated the machinery is behind language learning.

Well, this is how sophisticated the machinery is behind language learning.

What is behind our ability to do complex mathematics?

What is behind our ability to do complex mathematics?

I mean, I can't do complex math, but my physicist dad can.

I mean, I can't do complex math, but my physicist dad can.

What's behind falling in love?

What's behind falling in love?

What's behind really high-level decision-making?

What's behind really high-level decision-making?

I was enraptured.

I was enraptured.

I mean, I could not wait to figure out all there was to understand about the mind.

I mean, I could not wait to figure out all there was to understand about the mind.

So when I went to undergrad, I ended up becoming a cognitive science major, which was a relatively new major at the time.

So when I went to undergrad, I ended up becoming a cognitive science major, which was a relatively new major at the time.

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