Alan M. Leslie

Alan M. Leslie
CitizenshipScottish
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
University of Oxford
Known forAutism research
ChildrenSarah-Jane Leslie
Scientific career
FieldsPsychologist
InstitutionsRutgers University
ThesisThe Representation of Perceived Causal Connection in Infancy (1979)
Doctoral advisorJerome Bruner

Alan Miller Leslie is a Scottish psychologist and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive science at Rutgers University, where he directs the Cognitive Development Laboratory (CDL) and is co-director of the Rutgers University Center for Cognitive Science (RUCCS) along with Ernest Lepore.