Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker is a Canadian-American experimental psychologist and the Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. He is best known for his research on language, cognition, and human nature, and for authoring numerous books for general audiences including The Language Instinct, How the Mind Works, and The Better Angels of Our Nature, which argues that violence has declined over human history. His research spans visual cognition, psycholinguistics, and social relations.