Scott Barry Kaufman
Cognitive scientist and author
Scott Barry Kaufman is an American cognitive scientist and author who studies intelligence, creativity and human potential.
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American Born in Penn Wynne, United States
About Scott Barry Kaufman
Kaufman is a humanistic psychologist with a PhD in cognitive psychology from Yale University. He has taught at Columbia University, New York University and the University of Pennsylvania, and he founded and directs the Center for Human Potential. His Beautiful Minds column ran for nearly ten years, appearing first in Psychology Today and then in Scientific American. He also hosted The Psychology Podcast from 2014 to 2025. His books include Transcend, subtitled The New Science of Self-Actualization, and Wired To Create, which he wrote with Carolyn Gregoire.