A people is a group of individuals who belong to and function within a particular society. In common usage, the term people may be synonymous with human, or otherwise may carry an exclusive meaning. In general, the word people is a collective noun used to define a specific group of humans. However, when used to refer to a group of humans possessing a common ethnic, cultural or national unitary characteristic or identity, "people" is a singular noun, and as such takes an "s" in the plural; (example: "the English-speaking peoples of the world").
The concept of personhood (who is a person within a society) is the fundamental component of any selective concept of people. A distinction is maintained in philosophy and law between the notions "human being", or "man", and "person". The former refers to the species, while the latter refers to a rational agent (see, for example, John Locke's Essay concerning Human Understanding II 27 and Immanuel Kant's Introduction to the Metaphysic of Morals).
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Adelson, Edward H. - Human machine vision (MIT, USA)
Meta Description: [ Edward H. Adelson ]
Allen, James R. - Natural language understanding (Univ. of Rochester, USA)
Aloimonos, Yiannis - Active vision (Univ. of Maryland, USA)
Andersen, Kurt - Human communication, neurolinguistic psychotherapy, experiential training (Human Communications Centre, UK)
Anderson, Bart - Human vision (MIT, USA)
Anstis, Stuart - Vision (UC San Diego, USA)
Arkin, Ronald C. - Behavior-based control and action-oriented perception for mobile robots (Georgia Tech, USA)
Aslin, Richard N. - Development, vision, audition, speech recognition.
Bailey, David - Computational models of motor language acquisition (ex. UC Berkeley, USA)
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Balkenius, Christian - Neural network modeling of cognitive and motor processes (Lund Univ., Sweden)
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Batali, John - Evolution of cognition (Univ. of California at San Diego, USA)
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Bearden, J. Neil - Decision science, game theory, especially optimal stopping (Univ. of Arizona, USA)
Behrmann, Marlene - Object recognition and high-level vision (Carnegie-Mellon Univ., USA)
Blaisdell, Aaron - Animal cognition, comparative psychology, and learning and behavior (UCLA)
Brooks, Rodney A. - Cognition in autonomous robots (MIT, USA)
Bunge, Silvia - Cognitive control (UC Davis, USA)
Meta Description: [ The lab is dedicated to understanding how the brain permits individuals to focus attention and awareness on the most relevant information in the complex and ever-changing world around us. This ability is known as selective attention. ]
Burgess, Curt - Psycholinguistics, computational modeling, cognitive neuropsychology, semantic systems (Univ. of California, Riverside)
Burgess, Neil - Working memory and navigation (Univ. College London, UK)
Busey, Thomas A. - Visual recognition, modeling (Indiana Univ.)
Calvin, William H. - Brain evolution (Univ. of Washington, USA)
Meta Description: [ William H. Calvin is the author of 14 books about brains, climate, and evolution. ]
Carandini, Matteo - Biophysics of visual cortex (Univ. of Zurich, Switzerland)
Meta Description: [ Matteo Carandini's laboratory at Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute. ]
Cave, Kyle - Visual attention and imagery (Southampton U., UK)
Chalmers, David - Consciousness and the philosophy of mind (Univ. of Arizona, USA)
404
Christiansen, Morten H. - Neural network models of language learning (Southern Illinois Univ., USA)
Clayton, Keith - Dynamics of human memory (Vanderbilt Univ., USA)
Cohen, Dale J. - Early vision, attention, drawing (Univ. of North Carolina at Wilmington, USA)
500
Cotterill, Rodney - Neurophysiology of consciousness (Danish Technical University, Denmark)
Cziko, Gary - Selection theory, educational psychology (Univ. of Illinois, USA)
Davachi, Lila - Nerual aspects of memory (NYU, USA)
Meta Description: [ Davachilab. Memory Lab at NYU ]
Drösler, Jan - Mathematical psychology (Univ. of Regensburg, Germany)
Dupoux, Emmanuel - Psycholinguistics (LSCP, EHESS, Paris)
Meta Description: [ Home page of Emmanuel Dupoux ]
Durgin, Frank H. - Visual psychophysics and top-down effects (Swarthmore College, USA)
500
Edmonds, Bruce - Multi-agent systems and complexity (Manchester Metropolitan Univ., UK)
Meta Description: [ Bruce Edmonds' Home page detailing his academic interests, information about complexity, discussion papers, some bits for fun, and contact information. ]
500
Feher, Akos - Visual psychophysics (Julesz Lab, Rutgers Univ., USA)
Flanagan, J. Randall - Motor control (Queens Univ., Canada)
Foltz, Peter - Human-computer interaction, text comprehension (New Mexico State Univ., USA)
Francis, Gregory - Visual psychophysics and modeling (Purdue Univ., USA)
404
Freeman, Ralph D. - Visual neuroscience (UC Berkeley, USA)
Meta Description: [ The Vision Science Graduate Program, University of California, Berkeley ]
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Freeman, William T. - Computer vision (Mitsubishi Research)
Meta Description: [ MERL - Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories ]
Freyd, Jennifer - Dynamical processes in memory (Univ. of Oregon, USA)
Gasser, Michael - Embodied cognition and language learning (Indiana Univ.)
Meta Description: [ Michael Gasser's Home Page. ]
Gegenfurtner, Karl R. - Vision (Magdeburg Univ., Germany)
Ghahramani, Zoubin - Sensorimotor control (University College, London)
Goel, Ashok - Models of reasoning and analogy-making (Georgia Tech, USA)
Goel, Vinod - Cognitive, computational, and neural basis of human reasoning and problem solving using lesion studies, computational modelling, and neuroimaging techniques involving PET and fMRI (York University)
Goldstone, Robert - Categorization (Indiana Univ.)
Green, Christopher D. - History of psychology, theoretical cognitive science (York Univ., Canada)
Greenwald, Anthony G. - Experimental and social psychology (Univ. of Washington, USA)
Grush, Rick - Philosophy of cognition and representation (U. of California, San Diego, USA)
Harnad, Stevan - Categorical perception, scientific communication (Univ. of Southampton, UK)
Hayhoe, Mary M. - Visuo-motor coordination in the performance of natural tasks. (Rochester University, USA)
Heeger, David - Cognitive neuroscience of vision, computational vision (Stanford Univ.)
Heit, Evan - Categorization, memory, inductive reasoning (UC Merced, USA).
Meta Description: [ Evan Heit's home page ]
Hoffman, Donald D. - Vision (UC Irvine, USA)
Holtzman, David A. - Olfactory and vomero nasal chemosensory development, spatial learning and memory in snakes. (Rochester University, USA)
Meta Description: [ Faculty Research ]
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Hurford, James - Language evolution (Univ. of Edinburgh, UK)
Irtel, Hans - Invariance properties of the human visual system (Univ. of Mannheim, Germany)
Meta Description: [ Psycholgy Home Page of Hans Irtel ]
Itti, Laurent - Visual attention (USC, USA)
Meta Description: [ Welcome to iLab at the University of
Southern California (USC). Our lab focuses on fundamental research
in computational modeling of the primate visual system, including
in particular modeling of bottom-up and top-down visual attention. ]
Jacobs, Robert A. - Computation, learning, modularity, neural competition.
Järvilehto, Timo - Philosophical psychology (Univ. of Oulu, Finland)
Jenkin, Michael - Computational and robotic vision (York Univ., Canada)
Johnson, Mark - Psycholinguistics (Brown Univ., USA)
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Johnson-Laird, Philip N. - Logical reasoning (Princeton Univ., USA)
Johnston, Victor S. - Biology of behavior, emotion, cognition (New Mexico State University).
Jordan, Michael I. - Models of visuomotor and other learning (Univ. of California, Berkeley, USA)
Jurafsky, Dan - Computational psycholinguistics, speech recognition (Univ. of Colorado, USA)
Meta Description: [ Old Home of Dan Jurafsky at the University of Colorado, Boulder ]
Kahana, Michael - Mathematical models of human memory (U Penn, USA)
Kahn, Itamar - Neural correlates of episodic memory and their control processes (MIT, USA)
Kalish, Chuck - Cognitive Development (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Kay, Paul - Linguistics of color names (UC Berkeley, USA)
Kersten, Daniel J. - Visual psychophysics (Univ. of Minnesota, USA)
Kirsh, David - Representation in everyday activity (Univ. of California at San Diego, USA)
Klahr, David - Cognitive development (Carnegie-Mellon Univ., USA)
Knight, Bruce W. - Biophysics of visual system (Mount Sinai, USA)
Knill, David C. - Visuo-motor control, psychopsychics, computational vision (Univ. of Rochester, USA)
Knutson, Brian - Neural basis of emotional experience and expression (Stanford Univ., USA)
Koch, Christoph - Biophysics and neurophysiology of attention and awareness (Caltech, USA)
Kubovy, Michael - Vision (Univ. of Virginia, USA)
Levitin, Daniel J. - Music and cognition (Stanford Univ., USA)
Li, Zhaoping - Sensory modeling (University College, London)
Meta Description: [ Li Zhaoping, Psychology Department, Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, University College London. Research interests: Natural intelligence, Computational Vision, Olfaction, neural networks, Computational Neuroscience ]
Loftus, Elizabeth F. - False memory (Univ. of Washington, USA)
Meta Description: [ Elizabeth Loftus homepage ]
Maes, Pattie - Software agents (MIT, USA)
Maljkovic, Vera - Dynamic aspects of perception and short-term memory (Univ. of Chicago, USA)
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Masson, Guillaume - Visual psychophysics, eye movements (CNRS, France)
Maus, Gerrit - Visual motion processing (University of Sussex)
May, Jon - Human-computer interaction (Univ. of Sheffield, UK)
McKoon, Gail - Psycholinguistics and memory (Northwestern Univ., USA)
Miikkulainen, Risto - Connectionist modeling (Univ. of Texas, USA)
Miller, George A. - Short-term memory -- one of the founders of cognitive psychology (Princeton Univ., USA)
Moore, Jim - Sociobiology (UC San Diego, USA)
Moravec, Hans - Mobile robots and their psychology (Carnegie-Mellon Univ., USA)
Morten Fjeld, ETH - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland: Cognitive Ergonomics (CE)
Meta Description: [ Morten, Fjeld, cognitive, ergnomics, ce,
equivalence, reconstruction, strategy, amme, decisions, actions, mental, correlation,
intersection, exclusion, model, modeling, modelling, Petri, functional ]
Mounoud, Pierre - Development of cognition and action (Univ. of Geneva, Switzerland)
Mozer, Michael C. - Computational models of vision, attention and neurological disorders (Univ. of Colorado, USA)
Narayanan, Srini - Embodied lexical development (UC Berkeley, USA)
Nelson, Randal C. - Robotic vision and manipulation (Univ. of Rochester, USA)
O'Regan, Kevin - Vision and attention (Univ. of Paris V, France)
O'Reilly, Randall C. - Biologically based computational models of cognition (Univ. of Colorado, USA)
Meta Description: [ Randall C. O'Reilly's Home Page ]
Paller, Ken - Neurophysiology of human memory (Northwestern Univ., USA)
Pallier, Christophe - Psycholinguistics (LSCP, EHESS, Paris)
Pavlov, Ivan - The life and work of Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov, best known for his discovery of the conditioned reflex.
Peters, Ann - Language acquisition, prosody (Univ. of Hawaii, USA)
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Phillips, William A. - Neural modeling (Univ. of Stirling, UK)
Pietsch, Paul - Neurophysiology, brain transplants (Indiana Univ., USA)
Meta Description: [ Quest for the biology of the mind. ]
Plaut, David C. - Computational psycholinguistics (Carnegie-Mellon Univ., USA)
Pollack, Jordan B. - Neural network and evolutionary learning (Brandeis Univ., USA)
Ram, Ashwin - Computational models of learning (Georgia Tech, USA)
Reber, Paul - Neuroscience of memory (Northwestern Univ., USA)
Redington, Martin - Models of language learning (Univ. College, London, UK)
Redish, A. David - Neural models of navigation and memory (Univ. of Arizona, USA)
Regier, Terry - Computational semantics (Univ. of Chicago, USA)
Richards, Whitman - Human vision and visual cognition (MIT, USA)
Richardson, Daniel C. - Eye movement and cognition (UC Santa Cruz, USA)
Meta Description: [ Psychology ]
Sagi, Dov - Visual psychophysics (Weizmann Inst., Israel)
Schneider, Darryl - Task Switching, Dual-Task Performance, Memory Retrieval (Vanderbilt)
Meta Description: [ Website of Darryl Schneider ]
Schneider, Keith - visual spatial attention, consciousness (Univ. of Rochester, USA)
Shastri, Lokenda - Neurally motivated computational models of learning (UC Berkeley, USA)
Simoncelli, Eero - Computational neuroscience of vision, image processing (NYU, USA)
Meta Description: [ Primary home page of Eero P. Simoncelli ]
Sirovich, Laurence - Biomathematics of neural computation (Mount Sinai, USA)
Smith, Barry - Cognitive ontology (SUNY Buffalo, USA)
Somers, David C. - Neural modeling of vision (Boston U., USA)
Sperling, George - Mathematical psychology of human information processing (UC Irvine, USA)
Spilich, George - Cognitive effects of smoking and Alzheimer's (Washington College, USA)
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Steels, Luc - Origins of sensori-motor intelligence through experiments with physical robots (Free University of Brussels, Belgium)
Stone, James V. - Object recognition (Univ. of Sheffield, UK)
Taatgen, Niels - Learning, ACT-R (Univ. of Groningen, Holland)
Tanaka, Yasuto - Visual psychophysics and neuroscience (Weizmann Inst., Israel)
500
Tarr, Michael - Object recognition (Brown Univ., USA)
Meta Description: [ This is the new website for Michael Tarr's lab at Brown University. ]
Taylor, John G. - Neural networks (King's College London, UK)
Tenenbaum, Joshua - Computational models of categorization and concepts (MIT, USA)
404
Thomas, Michael - Cognitive and language development, developmental disorders, cognitive modelling.
Meta Description: [ Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust and The Institute of Child Health, The Child First and Always ]
Tsur, Reuven - Cognition and poetry (Tel Aviv Univ., Israel)
Tye, Michael - Philosophical problems of consciousness (University of Texas at Austin, Texas, United States).
Meta Description: [ This page features the major publications of Professor Michael Tye of the University of Texas, including on-line versions of several articles in metaphysics and philosophy of mind. ]
Villejoubert, Gaëlle - Judgment decision making (Université de Toulouse Le Mirail, France).
Wandell, Brian A. - Vision (Stanford Univ.)
Wehrle, Thomas - Models of emotional problem solving (Univ. of Geneva)
Wexler, Mark - Action and perception (LPPA, France)
Wilensky, Robert - Artificial intelligence (UC Berkeley, USA)
Wolfe, Jeremy M. - Visual search (Harvard Univ., USA)
Wolpert, Daniel - Computational motor control (University College, London, UK)
Yule, Peter - Cognitive models of reasoning (Birkbeck College, UK)
Zacks, Jeffrey - Mental representations and transformations (Washington Univ., St. Louis, USA)
Zhang, Jiajie - External representations (University of Texas at Houston, USA)
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