Areas of work She is an authority in the areas of visual-spatial reasoning and collaborative cognition. Tversky’s research interests include language and communication, comprehension of events and narratives, and the mapping and modeling of cognitive processes. She is the author of
Mind in Motion: How Action Shapes Thought. Basic Books, 2019 and contributes to ongoing projects with
Steve Feiner’s AR lab. Tversky has explored the field of embodied cognition surrounding the idea that thinking is involved with the body.
Academic roles She has served on the faculty of Stanford University since 1977 and of
Teachers College, Columbia University, since 2005. In addition, Tversky has served on the editorial boards of multiple academic journals, including
Psychological Research (1976–1984), the
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition (1976–1982), the
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General (1982–1988),
Memory and Cognition (1989–2001), and
Cognitive Psychology (1995–2002). She has 318 publication credits in total. Barbara Tversky has also published a podcast on Youtube, where she talks about how the brain works and offers things for people to do to improve their cognitive function. ==Recognition==