Arthur B. Markman

Art Markman is the Annabel Irion Worsham Centennial Professor of Psychology and Marketing at the University of Texas at Austin and Founding Director of the Program in the Human Dimensions of Organizations. His research explores a variety of topics in thinking including the way people form and use analogies, generate creative ideas, and make decisions. He blogs for Psychology Today, Fast Company, occasionally for HBR. He is co-host of the public radio show and podcast Two Guys on Your Head, produced by KUT in Austin. Art's books include Brain Briefs, Smart Thinking, Habits of Leadership, and Smart Change.

In his spare time, Art plays saxophone in a Ska band, writes for the Psychology Department Limerick Committee, and hangs out with his family.