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Laboratory of Comparative Human Cognition

About Us

We are a community of interdisciplinary scholars who share an interest in the study of human mind in its cultural and historical contexts. We seek to resolve theoretical and methodological problems associated with scholarly approaches that place culture and activity at the center of attempts to understand human nature with a particular focus on the sources of, and solutions to, problems of social inequality. Our participants come from many countries and represent a variety of academic disciplines, including anthropology, cognitive science, education, history, linguistics, psychology and sociology.

Visit our official website to connect with our lab at this link: http://lchc.ucsd.edu/home

Contact us at this link: http://lchc.ucsd.edu/contact

For a full list of members visit this link: http://lchc.ucsd.edu/people

Research

The research program of LCHC is driven by the interests of its members. Some of our projects have been in progress for many years. Others crop up each year to meet participants’ needs. For very early accounts of LCHC research that serve as a context for current and recent efforts, see the WIKI at:

http://lchcfestschrift.wikispaces.com/The+Story+of+LCHC+-+A+Polyphonic+Autobiography

Publications

  • The Lab was awarded the 2010 American Educational Research Association's Sylvia Scribner Award. Several generations of members from the lab gave a collective talk for the occasion at the AERA conference in Denver, 2010.
    Relocating the Laboratory: 40 Years of Collaborative Research on Culture
    Sylvia Scribner Award Address
    AERA Denver, Colorado
    May 2nd, 2010
    Michael Cole, Ray McDermott, Luis Moll, Denis Newman, Olga Vásquez, Katherine Brown, and Robert Lecusay.