Michael Tomasello

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Michael Tomasello is an American developmental and comparative psychologist known for his influential research on child language acquisition, social cognition, and the evolution of human cooperation.

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instanceOf American academic
comparative psychologist
developmental psychologist
human
psychologist
academicDegree PhD in experimental psychology
awardReceived American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award
surface form: APA Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award

Humboldt Research Award
Jean Nicod Prize
Wilhelm Wundt Medal
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1950-01-18
educatedAt Duke University
University of Georgia
employer Duke University
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
University of Leipzig NERFINISHED
familyName Tomasello
fieldOfWork cognitive science
comparative psychology
developmental psychology
evolutionary anthropology
psycholinguistics
givenName Michael
knownFor research on child language acquisition
research on shared intentionality
research on social cognition
research on the evolution of human cooperation
usage-based theory of language acquisition
language English
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
name Michael Tomasello self-link
notableConcept shared intentionality
usage-based model of language
notableWork A Natural History of Human Morality
A Natural History of Human Thinking
Constructing a Language: A Usage-Based Theory of Language Acquisition
Origins of Human Communication
The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition
Why We Cooperate
placeOfBirth Bartow, Florida, United States
positionHeld James F. Bonk Distinguished Professor at Duke University
co-director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
director of the Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
researchInterest cooperative behavior
cultural learning
joint attention
primate cognition
theory of mind

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