Dr. Maya Shankar

My mentor was Laurie Santos.

My mentor was Laurie Santos.

You might have heard of her.

You might have heard of her.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Oh, that's amazing.

Oh, that's amazing.

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Okay.

So she's been my lifelong mentor.

So she's been my lifelong mentor.

I'm so grateful to have had her in my life from day one, but she took me on as that lowly freshman into her monkey lab.

I'm so grateful to have had her in my life from day one, but she took me on as that lowly freshman into her monkey lab.

And so I got to do research on non-human primates and also on humans and study things like how our visual systems work, how we code objects in the world.

And so I got to do research on non-human primates and also on humans and study things like how our visual systems work, how we code objects in the world.

And yeah, I was just so excited by the idea of asking novel questions about the mind.

And yeah, I was just so excited by the idea of asking novel questions about the mind.

People who have degrees in this field often become academics.

People who have degrees in this field often become academics.