Stanford
Center for the Study of Language and Information
Director, Computation & Cognition Lab

Noah Goodman

Assistant Professor of Cognitive Psychology, Assistant Professor (by courtesy) of Linguistics and Computer Science

Noah Goodman is Assistant Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Assistant Professor (by courtesy) of Linguistics and Computer Science at Stanford University. He currently directs the Computation & Cognition Lab (CoCoLab) at Stanford.

His research focuses on :

  • Computational models of cognition, integrating logic and probability. 
  • Concepts, categorization, and intuitive theories. 
  • Causal learning and reasoning. 
  • Social cognition: reasoning about others' goals, beliefs, and actions. 
  • Cognitive development, especially the acquisition of abstract knowledge. 
  • Natural language semantics and pragmatics. 
  • Probabilistic programming languages.

Role: Faculty

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