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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

Roger N. Shepard

Title:

University Professor of Psychology and Ray Lyman Wilbur Professor of Social Science

Affiliation:

Stanford University

Stanford,California  USA

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

2022

Award Discipline:

Behavioral and Social Science

Award Year:

1995

Citation:

"For his theoretical and experimental work elucidating the human mind's perception of the physical world and why the human mind has evolved to represent objects as it does; and for giving purpose to the field of cognitive science and demonstrating the value of bringing the insights of many scientific disciplines to bear in scientific problem solving."

Awarded by President Clinton in a White House ceremony on October 18, 1995.

 

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