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The Cognition Project

The Cognition Project

By: Tom Griffiths
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How can we study the mind, something we can never see or touch? This podcast tells the story of how psychologists, neuroscientists, computer scientists, linguists, and philosophers worked together to create a new science of the mind. Each episode is an interview with one of the people who played a role in this process, providing an oral history of cognitive science. Created and hosted by Tom Griffiths, professor of psychology and computer science at Princeton University.



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Episodes
  • More to Memory: Elizabeth Loftus
    Jun 12 2026

    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.


    This episode is about Elizabeth Loftus, who grew disenchanted with mathematical psychology and went on to create a new field, studying the psychology of eyewitness testimony.



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    17 mins
  • A Student of Memory: Richard Shiffrin
    Apr 8 2026

    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.


    This episode is with Richard Shiffrin, who offers a student’s perspective on the cognitive psychology scene at Stanford in the 1960s. He worked with Gordon Bower and Richard Atkinson and went on to become one of the most influential researchers studying human memory.



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    21 mins
  • Seeking Universal Laws: Roger Shepard
    Apr 1 2026

    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.


    This episode is about Roger Shepard, who created innovative methods to let us peek inside people’s heads. He ultimately used those tools to propose psychology’s first universal law.



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    1 hr and 17 mins
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