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EPISODE · Mar 27, 2026 · 48 MIN

From Rats to Hypotheses: Gordon Bower

from The Cognition Project

The Cognition Project is an oral history of cognitive science. Created and hosted by Tom Griffiths, the head of Princeton’s AI Lab and a professor of psychology and computer science.Continuing to trace the development of cognitive psychology, this episode tells the story of Gordon Bower. At a time when psychologists still had to demonstrate that this new approach to their science could offer insights that went beyond merely studying behavior, Bower devised clever methods for revealing the complexity of human minds. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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