Tania Lombrozo is an American psychologist who is the Arthur W. Marks Professor of Psychology at

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. She oversees the Concepts and Cognition Laboratory, which looks to understand the science that underpins cognition.

Early life and education

Lombrozo is from the

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. She was an undergraduate student at

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, where she earned an undergraduate degree in Symbolic Systems and Philosophy. During her undergraduate research, she worked with

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on the philosophy of science. She moved to

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as a Master's student in psychology and stayed for a doctorate in psychology under the supervision of Susan Carey. Her thesis explored explanation and causal knowledge.

Research and career

In 2006 Lombrozo joined

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as an Assistant Professor. She was made the Class of 1944 Chair in the Department of Psychology in 2017. Lombrozo was made the Arthur W. Marks Professor of Psychology at

in 2019. Her research looks to understand cognition. She is particularly interested in explanation and understanding, as well as folk epistemology. She was a frequent contributor to

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, where she wrote on psychology and cognitive science. She is a contributor to ''

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''. She has worked with the

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(APS) to better engage the public in psychological research.

Awards and honors

* 2010

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Stanton Prize * 2012

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Janet Taylor Spence Award * 2014

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Early Investigator Award * American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Award * 2018

National Science Foundation CAREER Award The National Science Foundation CAREER awards, presented by the National Science Foundation (NSF), are in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through research and education, and the integration of these endeavors i ...

* 2019 Foundation Scholar Award in Understanding Human Cognition * 2020

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Joseph B. Gittler Award

Selected publications

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Personal life

Lombrozo is married to fellow Princeton psychology professor Tom Griffiths.

References

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