I am Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and a faculty member of the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh. I was formerly associate director of the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition when I was faculty at CMU as Professor in Philosophy and the Neuroscience Institute.
I have published two books, Movements of the Mind (OUP, 2023) on agency, attention and intention, and Attention (Routledge, 2014 1st ed; 2nd ed 2025). I am currently writing two books, On Distraction, which explains what distraction is and Stay Attuned, on the ethics and psychological seeds of attention.
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I am Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and a faculty member of the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh. I was formerly associate director of the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition when I was faculty at CMU as Professor in Philosophy and the Neuroscience Institute.
I have published two books, Movements of the Mind (OUP, 2023) on agency, attention and intention, and Attention (Routledge, 2014 1st ed; 2nd ed 2025). I am currently writing two books, On Distraction, which explains what distraction is and Stay Attuned, on the ethics and psychological seeds of attention.
I work on various issues in mind and cognitive science including attention, agency, memory, introspection, consciousness, perception and other topics.
