Lance Rips

Lance Rips is a Professor in the Psychology Department at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. His research focuses on cognitive psychology, particularly concepts, reasoning, and autobiographical memory.

• Academic Rank: Professor
• Institution: Northwestern University
• Department: Psychology Department
• Contact: ripslab@gmail.com, rips@northwestern.edu

Research interests include:

• Deductive and inductive reasoning
• Concepts of objects/events over time
• Causal cognition
• Mathematical thinking (numbers, non-Euclidean geometry)
• Informal argumentation and survey methodology

His lab investigates foundational questions in cognition, with recent work on conditional reasoning, object individuation, and developmental understanding of substances. Publications span journals like Cognitive Science, Psychological Science, and Cognition.