Jean Piaget
A cognitive psychologist whose work on child development involved debates on nature vs. nurture. LeCun encountered his work in a philosophy book.
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Using Hypnosis to Enhance Health & Performance | Dr. David Spiegel
Andrew Huberman
A developmental psychologist whose work on cognitive framework (abstract concepts) was referenced in relation to children losing hypnotizability.

How Emotions & Social Factors Impact Learning | Dr. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang
Andrew Huberman
Developmental scholar who observed children interacting with the world, expecting things, and systematically testing their theories or schemas, leading to accommodation and assimilation.

Jay McClelland: Neural Networks and the Emergence of Cognition | Lex Fridman Podcast #222
Lex Fridman
Known for his stage theory of child development, which observes profound, discrete transitions in cognitive abilities at different ages.

Joscha Bach: Nature of Reality, Dreams, and Consciousness | Lex Fridman Podcast #212
Lex Fridman
His concepts of assimilation and accommodation in the process of making sensory data fit into a model structure are invoked.

Yann LeCun: Deep Learning, ConvNets, and Self-Supervised Learning | Lex Fridman Podcast #36
Lex Fridman
Co-author of 'Perceptron' with Marvin Minsky, known for his work on child development and learning.

François Chollet: Measures of Intelligence | Lex Fridman Podcast #120
Lex Fridman
Swiss psychologist considered the father of developmental psychology, whose work on how intelligence develops in children influenced Chollet.

deeplearning.ai's Heroes of Deep Learning: Yann LeCun
DeepLearningAI
A cognitive psychologist whose work on child development involved debates on nature vs. nurture. LeCun encountered his work in a philosophy book.

How to Best Guide Your Life Decisions & Path | Dr. Jordan Peterson
Andrew Huberman
Psychologist whose model of a properly socialized person involves integrated motivational states, rather than mere inhibition.