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Scott Barry Kaufman

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I’m a cognitive psychologist who specializes in the development of intelligence, creativity, and personality in education, business, and society. I apply a variety of perspectives to come to a richer understanding and appreciation of all kinds of minds and ways of achieving greatness.

I’m co-founder of The Creativity Post, a non-profit web platform that features quality content on creativity, innovation and imagination and Chief Pedagogical Advisor of The Future Project, an educational reform movement that aims to inspire young Americans through dynamic partnerships. I’m also Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology at New York University, and a contributing writer to Psychology Today and Harvard Business Review.

I am the recipient of the 2008 Frank X. Barron award from Division 10 of the American Psychological Association for my research on the psychology of aesthetics, creativity, and the arts.

Primary Interests:

  • Applied Social Psychology
  • Close Relationships
  • Emotion, Mood, Affect
  • Evolution and Genetics
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Life Satisfaction, Well-Being
  • Motivation, Goal Setting
  • Neuroscience, Psychophysiology
  • Person Perception
  • Personality, Individual Differences
  • Sexuality, Sexual Orientation
  • Social Cognition
  • Applied Social Psychology
  • Close Relationships
  • Emotion, Mood, Affect
  • Evolution and Genetics
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Life Satisfaction, Well-Being
  • Motivation, Goal Setting
  • Neuroscience, Psychophysiology
  • Person Perception
  • Personality, Individual Differences
  • Sexuality, Sexual Orientation
  • Social Cognition

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Courses Taught:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Human Intelligence
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Human Intelligence

Scott Barry Kaufman
Department of Psychology
New York University
6 Washington Place, Room 158
New York, NY 10003
United States

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