Laurie Santos is a cognitive psychologist who studies monkeys’ capacity for learning and the evolution of the human mind. She is an Associate Professor of Psychology and director of the Comparative Cognition Laboratory at Yale University, and was named one of Popular Science Magazine’s “Brilliant 10” for 2007.

Past Events

• Cool Jobs 2008

  2008 Festival

  Imagine building a roller coaster or solving a heinous crime.

  Imagine exploring the surface of Mars or the bottom of the ocean.

  This multi-media event for curious minds of all ages invited our audience to meet scientists with some of the coolest jobs in the world — from crime scene investigator and space explorer to oceanographer and Disney Imagineer.

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