Paul L. Harris

Internationally recognized leader in the field of cognitive development. Formerly of University of Oxford, with research accomplishments that are recognized worldwide. His research is unfailingly rigorous yet creative. His studies often open up new topics that become foundational for research by others. His most influential work encompasses several crucial ways in which children learn from and about the social world around them--their understanding of mental states (especially emotions), their learning through pretense and imagination, their trust in information received from others, especially in the domains of science, history and religion.