We study the intersection of machine learning and cognitive science—using data-driven methods to discover interpretable, high-precision models of human cognition and behavior.

The Data Science of the Mind Lab is led by Dr. Joshua Peterson in the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences at Boston University.

Selected / Recent Publications
Nat. Hum. Behav. 2025

Capturing the complexity of human strategic decision-making with machine learning

Zhu, Peterson, Enke, Griffiths
ICLR 2025

Large language models assume people are more rational than we really are

Liu, Geng, Peterson, Sucholutsky, Griffiths
Nature 2025

A foundation model to predict and capture human cognition

Binz, ..., Peterson, et al.
PNAS 2022

Deep models of superficial face judgments

Peterson, Uddenberg, Griffiths, Todorov, Suchow
Science 2021

Using large-scale experiments and machine learning to discover theories of human decision-making

Peterson, Bourgin, Agrawal, Reichman, Griffiths
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