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Hungary
2026

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Psychology

D-Index
74
Citations
75299
World Ranking
1820
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2009 - Mind & Brain Prize, University and Polytechnic of Turin
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1993 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Dan Sperber is affiliated with Central European University in Hungary. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and social sciences, with a particular focus on developmental and educational psychology, social psychology, cultural studies, experimental and cognitive psychology, as well as sociology and political science.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • Child and animal learning development
  • Language and cultural evolution
  • Primate behavior and ecology
  • Evolutionary game theory and cooperation
  • Action observation and synchronization
  • Multisensory perception and integration
  • Hearing impairment and communication

Among recent publications associated with Dan Sperber are:

  • "Motor constraints influence cultural evolution of rhythm" (2020), published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Rethinking ostensive communication in an evolutionary, comparative, and developmental perspective." (2025), published in Psychological Review
  • "When is ostensive communication used for joint action?" (2021), published in Cognitive Semiotics
  • "Learning from communication versus observation in great apes" (2022), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Guinea baboons are strategic cooperators" (2023), published in Science Advances

Frequent coauthors of Dan Sperber include:

  • Günther Knoblich
  • Hanna Marno
  • Christoph J. Völter
  • Brandon Tinklenberg
  • Josep Call

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Scientific Reports
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Psychological Review
  • Cognitive Semiotics

Awards received by Dan Sperber include:

  • Mind & Brain Prize, University and Polytechnic of Turin (2009)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2007)
  • Member of Academia Europaea (1993)

Best Publications

  • Relevance: Communication and Cognition

    Dan Sperber;Deirdre Wilson

  • Explaining Culture: A Naturalistic Approach

    Dan Sperber

  • Why Do Humans Reason? Arguments for an Argumentative Theory

    Hugo Mercier;Dan Sperber

  • Linguistic form and relevance

    Deirdre Wilson;Dan Sperber

  • Relevance: Communication and Cognition

    Lieselotte Pust;Dan Sperber;Deirdre Wilson

  • Pragmatics, Modularity and Mind-reading

    Dan Sperber;Deirdre Wilson

  • Epistemic Vigilance

    Unknown

  • La pertinence : communication et cognition

    Dan Sperber;Deirdre Wilson;Abel Gerschenfeld

  • Irony and the Use-Mention Distinction

    D Sperber;D Wilson

  • Relevance: Communication and cognition, 2nd ed.

    Dan Sperber;Deirdre Wilson

  • The modularity of thought and the epidemiology of representations.

    Dan Sperber

  • Conditionals: A Theory of Meaning, Pragmatics, and Inference

    Philip Johnson-Laird;Ruth M. J. Byrne

  • Anthropology and Psychology: Towards an Epidemiology of Representations

    Dan Sperber

  • Meaning and Relevance

    Deirdre Wilson;Dan Sperber

  • The Enigma of Reason

    Hugo Mercier;Dan Sperber

  • Attribution of Beliefs by 13-Month-Old Infants

    Luca Surian;Stefania Caldi;Dan Sperber

  • A mutualistic approach to morality: The evolution of fairness by partner choice

    Nicolas Baumard;Jean-Baptiste André;Dan Sperber

  • The cognitive foundations of cultural stability and diversity

    Dan Sperber;Lawrence A. Hirschfeld

  • Relevance: Communication and Cognition

    Paul Meara;Dan Sperber;Deirdre Wilson

  • Explaining Culture: A Naturalistic Approach

    Daniel Nettle;Dan Sperber

  • Pragmatics, modularity and mindreading

    D Sperber;D Wilson

Frequent Co-Authors

Hugo Mercier
Hugo Mercier School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences
Vittorio Girotto
Vittorio Girotto Università Iuav di Venezia
Günther Knoblich
Günther Knoblich Central European University
Steven A. Sloman
Steven A. Sloman Brown University
David Premack
David Premack University of Pennsylvania
Josep Call
Josep Call University of St Andrews
Markus Kemmelmeier
Markus Kemmelmeier University of Nevada Reno
Simon Kirby
Simon Kirby University of Edinburgh
Emmanuel Dupoux
Emmanuel Dupoux School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences
Barbara Landau
Barbara Landau Johns Hopkins University

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