Distinguished Scientific Awards for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology: Steven Pinker (1985). American Psychologist, 40(3), 312–315. https://
https://doi.org/10.1037/h0092184
The Early Career Awards recognize the large number of excellent young psychologists. Recipients of this award may not have held a PhD for more than eight years. For 1984, Steven Pinker is recognized for distinguished work from both cerebral hemispheres. Using imaginative methods, he has studied the representation of three-dimensional space in visual imagery and the distribution of attention over that space. In language acquisition he has formulated explicit theories motivated by language universals and by the best established facts of language development. His book, Language learnability and language development, is a landmark in a challenging branch of psychological science. In addition to the citation, a biography and bibliography of Pinker's works are presented. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)