Bio: Barbara Tversky is a cognitive psychologist who has served at Hebrew University, University of Michigan, Stanford University, Maladarens University, EHESS, and Columbia Teachers College. Her research has spanned memory, categorization, spatial thinking and language, event perception and cognition, diagrammatic reasoning, gesture, design, and creativity. She has enjoyed collaborations with linguists, philosophers, computer scientists, domain scientists, designers, and artists. She has served on numerous boards of journals and international associations, and was president of the Association for Psychological Science. She is a fellow of several societies, including the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is the recipient of several awards, including the Kampe de Feriet Award.