Experts
Steven Pinker
Professor of Psychology, Harvard University
Recent Activity
Taking a Peek at the Experts’ Genetic Secrets
Ten volunteers are putting their genomes online, hoping to aid research.
October 20, 2008, 12:00 AM
Letters from Tyras Bookman and Jocelyn Kasper on October 4 Steven Pinker Op-Ed article that condended that voters judging Gov Sarah Palin's performance during her vice presidential debate with Sen Joe Biden should focus on facile governing philosophy that is symbolized by her speech style, not red herrings of accent or dialect
October 10, 2008, 12:00 AM
Letters from Simeon Goldman, Betsy Seifter, Roselle D Clark, Stephen W Smith, Peter Rowbotham, Marty Hykin and Prof Peter Singer comment on Steven Pinker Jan 13 article about roots of human ethics
January 27, 2008, 12:00 AM
Steven Pinker, Russ Weiss and Brad Bradford letters on December 25 article about Jared Diamond book on why societies fall
January 1, 2008, 12:00 AM
Steven Pinker brings his theory of human nature and his obsession with words together in one book.
September 23, 2007, 12:00 AM
Steven Pinker is Harvard College Professor and Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. Until 2003, he taught in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT. He conducts research on language and cognition, writes for publications such as the New York Times, Time, and The New Republic, and is the author of seven books, including The Language Instinct, How the Mind Works, Words and Rules, The Blank Slate, and most recently, The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature. Pinker was named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world in 2004. He was born in Montreal, Canada and educated at McGill University and Harvard.
