Elliot Saltzman

Elliot Saltzman [1][2] is an American psychologist and speech scientist. He is a professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at Boston University and a Senior Scientist at Haskins Laboratories in New Haven, Connecticut. He is best known for his development, with J. A. Scott Kelso of "task dynamics [3]." He is also known for his contributions to the development of a gestural-computational model [4] at Haskins Laboratories that combines task dynamics with articulatory phonology and articulatory synthesis. His research interests include application of theories and methods of nonlinear dynamics and complexity theory to understanding the dynamical and biological bases of sensorimotor coordination and control. He is the co-founder, with Philip Rubin, of the IS group.

Elliot Saltzman received his A.B. in Psychology from Harvard University in 1970 and his Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1979.