The Cognitive Science Society has announced the winners of the 2025 Mind Challenge, and we are proud to share that Dr. Ryan Rhodes, Dr. Shannon Bryant, and Dr. Sten Knutsen from the Center for Cognitive Science earned first place in this prestigious competition.
Dr. Rhodes is an Assistant Teaching Professor, Dr. Bryant is a Lecturer, and Dr. Knutsen is a Postdoctoral Associate at RuCCS. Each year, the Mind Challenge invites cognitive scientists to create a five-minute video addressing a key question for a non-expert audience, particularly high school and early college students.
The 2025 question was: “How do different minds (i.e., different groups of humans, animals, artificial systems) learn language, if at all?”
Explore all winning projects on the official website and watch the RuCCS team’s winning entry here.
