Nori Jacoby

Nori Jacoby is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Cornell University and a Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt. His research examines how internal representations shape sensory and cognitive abilities through computational approaches, cross-cultural studies, and large-scale behavioral experiments.

• Ph.D. from Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences)
• Postdoctoral training at MIT, UC Berkeley, and Columbia University

Research areas include:

• Computational modeling of human perception
• Cross-cultural analysis of musical cognition
• Collective behavior in social networks

Recent publications focus on:

• Global rhythm perception patterns
• Machine learning alignment with human cognition
• Oral transmission mechanisms in music evolution

Scientific awards:

• NSF grant for collaborative creativity research
• Presidential Scholar in Society and Neuroscience

Lab: Cornell Computational Cognition (CoCoCo) Lab