Gary Lupyan

Gary Lupyan is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, focusing on the interplay between language and cognition.

His research investigates how natural language shapes human cognition, the evolutionary origins of language, and its adaptive mechanisms for learners and users. He actively engages in interdisciplinary discussions, particularly in events addressing the implications of Large Language Models (LLMs) for understanding cognition.

On June 12, he participated in a session titled What counts as understanding? as part of a summer school program, contributing to panels on benchmarking LLMs and lessons from computer vision.