Roger Shepard
Roger Newland Shepard (born January 30, 1929 in Palo Alto , California ) is a cognitive scientist and author of Toward a Universal Law of Generalization for Psychological Science . He is considered the father of the study of spatial relationships. The Shepard scale is named after him.
Life
Shepard received his Ph.D. in Psychology from Yale University in 1955 under Carl Hovland , and completed his doctorate under George A. Miller at Harvard . He was accepted into the National Academy of Sciences in 1977, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1980, and the American Philosophical Society in 1999 . In 1995 Shepard received the National Medal of Science for his contributions in the field of cognitive science, in 2006 he also won the Rumelhart Prize . Shepard is Professor Emeritus of Social Sciences at Stanford University . He holds honorary degrees from Harvard University , Rutgers University, and the University of Arizona .
His students included Lynn Cooper, Leda Cosmides , Jennifer Freyd , Carol Krumhansl , Daniel Levitin , Geoffrey Miller and Josh Tenenbaum.
See also
Web links
- Stanford University website
- Research biography of Roger Shepard
- University of California Hitchcock Lectures
- Biography on rr0.org (French)
Individual evidence
- ^ Member History: Roger Newland Shepard. American Philosophical Society, accessed December 25, 2018 (with biographical notes).
- ↑ Life data, publications and academic family tree of Roger Newland Shepard at academictree.org, accessed on December 31, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shepard, Roger |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Shepard, Roger Newland |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cognitive scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Palo Alto |