Michael Tomasello
Author · 12 books
Michael Tomasello (born 1950) is a psychologist and neuroscientist. From 1998 to 2018, he was co-director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig and taught at Duke University. His research has received several honors, including the Jean Nicod Prize, the Hegel Prize of the City of Stuttgart, and the Max Planck Research Award. In 2015, he received the American Psychological Association’s Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award for his lifetime achievements.