Bruce Hood | |
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&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:BruceHoodAtQEDcon2015-1.jpg) Bruce Hood giving his Why We Fail to Reason & How to Speak Easily talk at QED 2015 | |
| Born | |
| Nationality | British |
| Citizenship | British |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Bristol, University of Cambridge, University of Dundee, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | Development of visual selective attention (1991) |
| Website | brucemhood |
Bruce MacFarlane Hood is a Canadian-born British experimental psychologist and philosopher who specialises in developmental cognitive neuroscience. He is currently based at the University of Bristol and his major research interests include intuitive theories, self identity, essentialism and the cognitive processes behind adult magical thinking.