Stephen Kosslyn
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Stephen Kosslyn is a cognitive neuroscientist known for his influential research on mental imagery, visual cognition, and the neural basis of visual perception.
All labels observed (1)
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17302683 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Kosslyn Context triple: [Nancy Kanwisher, doctoralAdvisor, Stephen Kosslyn]
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A.
Norman E. Thagard
Norman E. Thagard is an American physician, former U.S. Marine Corps officer, and NASA astronaut who became the first American to fly on a Russian spacecraft.
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B.
Daniel Brainard
Daniel Brainard was a 19th-century American physician and medical educator best known as the founder and first president of Rush Medical College in Chicago.
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C.
Zenon Pylyshyn
Zenon Pylyshyn was a cognitive scientist and philosopher known for his influential work on mental imagery, visual cognition, and the computational theory of mind.
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D.
Ronald Squire
Ronald Squire was a British character actor known for his distinguished stage and film career in the mid-20th century, often portraying urbane or eccentric gentlemen.
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E.
Donald Broadbent
Donald Broadbent was a pioneering British experimental psychologist best known for his influential work on attention and human information processing.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Kosslyn Target entity description: Stephen Kosslyn is a cognitive neuroscientist known for his influential research on mental imagery, visual cognition, and the neural basis of visual perception.
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A.
Norman E. Thagard
Norman E. Thagard is an American physician, former U.S. Marine Corps officer, and NASA astronaut who became the first American to fly on a Russian spacecraft.
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B.
Daniel Brainard
Daniel Brainard was a 19th-century American physician and medical educator best known as the founder and first president of Rush Medical College in Chicago.
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C.
Zenon Pylyshyn
Zenon Pylyshyn was a cognitive scientist and philosopher known for his influential work on mental imagery, visual cognition, and the computational theory of mind.
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D.
Ronald Squire
Ronald Squire was a British character actor known for his distinguished stage and film career in the mid-20th century, often portraying urbane or eccentric gentlemen.
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E.
Donald Broadbent
Donald Broadbent was a pioneering British experimental psychologist best known for his influential work on attention and human information processing.
- F. None of above. chosen
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