Daniel Casasanto

Daniel Casasanto is an Associate Professor at Cornell University, investigating how bodily, linguistic, and cultural experiences shape cognition. His 'bodily relativity' hypothesis explores domain-specific associations between physical experiences and abstract concepts like time and emotion.

Research integrates neuroimaging, gesture analysis, and cross-cultural fieldwork to uncover universal learning mechanisms behind cognitive diversity. Topics include spatial metaphors, temporal reasoning, and unconscious semantic processing.

Casasanto teaches courses in cognitive neuroscience and research methods, employing tools like VR and TMS to study mental representation across populations.