Of course a list of five people is hardly complete! Who are your #legendsofcognition? Hope to see you at #ecvp2023 and #escop2023! 7/7 🌞

Ada Lovelace!🤖Her foundational work on (what we would now call) computer science is more relevant than ever in this time of rapid AI development. #ecvp2023 #escop2023 #legendsofcognition 6/7🦸

Stanley Milgram!⚡️Controversial and (in)famous for his shock experiments on obedience, which had a huge impact on contemporary social psychology. #ecvp2023 #escop2023 #legendsofcognition 5/7 👇

Anne Treisman! 👀 The feature-integration theory that she proposed together with Garry Gelade are at the core of almost every modern theory of visual attention. #ecvp2023 #escop2023 #legendsofcognition 4/7 👇

Ibn al-Haytam (Alhazen)!🕯️This medieval Persian philosopher lay the ground work for optics and the study of visual perception. #ecvp2023 #escop2023 #legendsofcognition 3/7 👇

Oliver Sacks! 💛 His books and essays about the strangeness of the human mind, always written with compassion and style, continue to inspire generations of young psychologists and neurologists. #ecvp2023 #escop2023 #legendsofcognition 2/7 👇