Editing Steven Pinker (section)

== Awards and distinctions ==

Pinker was named one of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''{{'}}s 100 most influential people in the world in 2004<ref name="mBNcF">[http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/about/media/2004_04_26_time.htm "Steven Pinker: How Our Minds Evolved" by Robert Wright] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051230145614/http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/about/media/2004_04_26_time.htm |date=December 30, 2005}} ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' Accessed February 8, 2006.</ref>  and one of ''[[Prospect (magazine)|Prospect]]'' and ''[[Foreign Policy]]''{{'}}s 100 top public intellectuals in both years the poll was carried out, 2005<ref name="YDmcP">[https://foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3249 "The Prospect/FP Top 100 Public Intellectuals"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091201221925/http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3249 |date=December 1, 2009}} ''[[Foreign Policy]]'' (free registration required) Accessed 2006-02-08</ref> and 2008;<ref name="PTNV9">{{cite web|url=http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/prospect-100-intellectuals/ |title=Intellectuals |work=Prospect |year=2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930143349/http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/prospect-100-intellectuals/ |archive-date=September 30, 2009}}</ref> in 2010 and 2011 he was named by ''Foreign Policy'' to its list of top global thinkers.<ref name="xWJSV">{{cite web | url=https://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/11/29/the_fp_top_100_global_thinkers?page=0,40 |title=The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers (2010) |year=2010 | work=Foreign Policy |publisher=Foreignpolicy.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203002250/https://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/11/29/the_fp_top_100_global_thinkers?page=0,40 |archive-date=December 3, 2010 |quote=69. Steven Pinker}}</ref><ref name="79mX3">{{cite web | url=https://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/11/28/the_fp_top_100_global_thinkers?page=0,36#thinker48 | title=The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers (2011) |year=2011 | work=Foreign Policy |publisher=Foreignpolicy.com | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130074405/http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/11/28/the_fp_top_100_global_thinkers?page=0,36#thinker48 |quote=48. Steven Pinker: For Looking on Bright Side | archive-date=January 30, 2012}}</ref> In 2016, he was elected to the [[National Academy of Sciences]].<ref name="uVLcW">{{citation|url=http://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/news/may-3-2016-NAS-Election.html|title=National Academy of Sciences Members and Foreign Associates Elected|department=News from the National Academy of Sciences|publisher=[[National Academy of Sciences]]|date=May 3, 2016|access-date=May 14, 2016|archive-date=May 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506052951/http://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/news/may-3-2016-NAS-Election.html|url-status=live}}.</ref>

His research in cognitive psychology has won the Early Career Award (1984) and Boyd McCandless Award (1986) from the [[American Psychological Association]], the [[Troland Research Awards|Troland Research Award]] (1993) from the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]], the Henry Dale Prize (2004) from the [[Royal Institution of Great Britain]], and the George Miller Prize (2010) from the [[Cognitive Neuroscience Society]]. He has also received honorary doctorates from the universities of [[Newcastle University|Newcastle]], [[University of Surrey|Surrey]], [[Tel Aviv University|Tel Aviv]], [[McGill University|McGill]], [[Simon Fraser University]] and the [[University of Tromsø]]. He was twice a finalist for the [[Pulitzer Prize]], in 1998 and in 2003. Pinker received the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]] in 1999.<ref name="7xkxH">{{cite web|title=Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement|website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#science-exploration|access-date=June 30, 2020|archive-date=June 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608012051/https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#science-exploration|url-status=live}}</ref> On May 13, 2006, he received the [[American Humanist Association]]'s Humanist of the Year award for his contributions to public understanding of human evolution.<ref name="AHA-PressRelease">{{cite news | url=http://www.americanhumanist.org/press/pinker.php | title=Steven Pinker Receives Humanist of the Year Award | publisher=[[American Humanist Association]] | date=May 12, 2006 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615043739/http://www.americanhumanist.org/press/pinker.php | archive-date=June 15, 2006}}</ref> For 2022 he was awarded the [[BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award]] in the category of "Humanities and Social Sciences".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.frontiersofknowledgeawards-fbbva.es/ |title=BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award 2022 |access-date=March 9, 2023 |archive-date=September 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921232238/https://www.frontiersofknowledgeawards-fbbva.es/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

From 2008 to 2018, Pinker chaired the Usage Panel of the [[American Heritage Dictionary]].<ref name="AYmIQ">{{cite web |title=Usage Panel |url=https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/usagepanel.html |publisher=American Heritage Dictionary |access-date=5 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112021722/https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/usagepanel.html |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> He wrote the essay on usage for the fifth edition of the Dictionary, published in 2011. In February 2001, Pinker, "whose hair has long been the object of admiration, and envy, and intense study",<ref name="i5ayv">{{cite web | url=https://www.improbable.com/hair/ | title=The Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists | publisher=[[Annals of Improbable Research]] | access-date=January 14, 2018 | archive-date=January 15, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115001500/https://www.improbable.com/hair/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> was nominated by acclamation as the first member of the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS) organized by the ''[[Annals of Improbable Research]]''.