Ruth M.J. Byrne
| Prof Ruth Byrne | |
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Ruth M.J. Byrne, Ireland, 2007.
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| Born |
1 March 1962 Dublin, Ireland |
| Residence | Ireland |
| Citizenship | Irish |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Fields | Cognitive Psychology Cognitive Science |
| Institutions |
University College Dublin Trinity College Dublin Cardiff University MRC Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge. |
| Alma mater |
University College Dublin Trinity College Dublin |
Ruth M.J.Byrne, FTCD, MRIA (born 1962) is an Irish cognitive scientist and author of several books on human reasoning, including The Rational Imagination: How People Create Alternatives to Reality (2005, MIT Press), Deduction (1991, co-author Philip Johnson-Laird, Erlbaum), and Human Reasoning (1993, with Jonathan Evans & Stephen Newstead, Erlbaum). Information on her scientific articles is available at Reasoning and Imagination Lab
She is currently the Professor of Cognitive Science, in the Institute of Neuroscience & School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin. She is the former Vice Provost of Trinity College Dublin.
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