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Jonathan Kominsky

Jonathan Kominsky

Central European University

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Biography

Jonathan F. Kominsky is assistant professor of cognitive science at Central European University in Vienna, where he founded the Causal Cognition Lab and co-directs CEU's Cognitive Development Center. His research investigates how the human mind identifies, represents and reasons about cause and effect, tracing the development of these abilities from infancy through adulthood. The lab combines behavioural studies with infants, children and adults to understand how intuitive theories of physical and social causation are built up over the lifespan.

Research Interests

  • infant cognition
  • physical reasoning
  • intuitive physics
  • causal perception
  • developmental psychology

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Featured Publications

  • The Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience: Studying how the brain interacts with the world

    Angelaki DE, Batista A, Fitzgerald T, Kominsky JF, Lengyel M, Mathis A, Mathis MW, Moss CF, Niell CM, Noel JP, Pitkow X, Rothkopf CA, Savin C, Stachenfeld K, Suthana N, Tolias A, Ulanovsky N, Wolpert DM, Wong A, Zimmermann J

    Neuron, 2026 · DOI (opens in new tab) · Preprint (PDF) (opens in new tab)