Rochel Gelman (born January 23, 1942) is an emeritus

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, New Brunswick, NJ, and Co-Director of the Center for Cognitive Science. Gelman is married to fellow psychologist C. Randy Gallistel. Prior to joining the Rutgers faculty she taught at the

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Awards and honors

Dr. Gelman is a member of the

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, winner of the 1995 Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the

American Psychological Association The American Psychological Association (APA) is the main professional organization of psychologists in the United States, and the largest psychological association in the world. It has over 170,000 members, including scientists, educators, clin ...

(APA), a Fellow of the

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, the

Cognitive Science Society The Cognitive Science Society is a professional society for the interdisciplinary field of cognitive science. It brings together researchers from many fields who hold the common goal of understanding the nature of the human mind. The society prom ...

, and a William James Fellow of the American Psychological Society. She also serves as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the False Memory Syndrome Foundation (FMSF). Dr. Gelman was featured on ''Closer to the Truth: Science, Meaning and the Future'', a

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series created, produced, and hosted by Dr. Robert Lawrence Kuhn.

References

External links

Profile at Rutgers University's Cognitive Development and Learning Lab
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