ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ART MARKMAN earned his ScB in Cognitive Science from Brown University and his MA and PhD in Psychology from the University of Illinois. He taught at Northwestern University and Columbia University before joining the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin in 1998, where he is now the Annabel Irion Worsham Centennial Professor of Psychology and Marketing as well as director of the IC² Institute. He was the founding director of the university’s program in the Human Dimensions of Organizations, an innovative program that uses the humanities and the social and behavioral sciences to teach people in business, government, nonprofits, and the military about people. Markman has written over 150 scholarly papers on research projects focusing on topics in higher-level thinking, including reasoning, decision making, and motivation. He served as executive editor of the journal Cognitive Science for nine years. Markman is committed to bringing insights from cognitive science to a broader audience. He blogs regularly for Psychology Today, Fast Company, and Harvard Business Review, and he has a radio show and podcast called Two Guys on Your Head. He is the author of several books, including Smart Thinking, Smart Change, Habits of Leadership, and Brain Briefs. When he isn’t working or spending time with his family he can be found playing the saxophone in a ska band.