Ruth M J Byrne

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Citizenship Irish Residence Ireland Role Author		Name Ruth J. Nationality Irish

Born 1 March 1962 (age 62) Dublin, Ireland ( 1962-03-01 ) 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 Books The rational imagination, Deduction Education Trinity College, Dublin, University 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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Professor of Cognitive Science (Personal Chair) at Trinity College Dublin since 2005

Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2007

Vice Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 2005 to 2008

Associate Professor in Psychology Trinity College Dublin from 1999 to 2005

Fellow of Trinity College Dublin in 1995

Lecturer in Psychology Trinity College Dublin from 1991 to 1999

College Lecturer in Computer Science University College Dublin in 1991

Lecturer in Psychology Cardiff University from 1989 to 1991

Research Scientist at Applied Psychology Unit Cambridge, from 1986 to 1989

PhD in Cognitive Psychology from Trinity College Dublin in 1987

BA degree in Psychology from University College Dublin in 1983

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