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Anna Fisher is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University. Her research interests focus on cognitive development, including areas such as semantic development, inductive generalization, and selective sustained attention in children. Fisher aims to enhance understanding of how young children learn and generalize knowledge across different contexts. In particular, her work sheds light on the ways in which humans and other species learn by observing visual and auditory categories, exploring the underlying processes that are structurally similar across species. Fisher's research demonstrates how humans organize categories at multiple levels of abstraction and engage in higher-order reasoning. She is particularly interested in the development of category-based inductive reasoning and the impact of sustained attention on learning. Her overarching goal is to apply insights from developmental cognitive psychology to improve educational practices for children.
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