Michael Frank

Benjamin Scott Crocker Professor of Human Biology and Professor, by courtesy, of Linguistics

Director of Symbolic Systems

Concentration Advising
Academic Appointments
Professor, Psychology
Professor (By courtesy), Linguistics
Member, Bio-X
Faculty Affiliate, Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
Director, Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI)
Member, Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI)
Member, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
How do we learn to communicate using language? I study children's language learning and how it interacts with their developing understanding of the social world. I use behavioral experiments, computational tools, and novel measurement methods like large-scale web-based studies, eye-tracking, and head-mounted cameras.
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
Governing board member, ManyBabies Consortium (2017 - Present)
Advisory Board, MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory (2014 - Present)
Governing board member, Cognitive Science Society (2015 - Present)