Max Louwerse, PhD., is a cognitive psychologist, an artificial intelligence researcher. He is currently Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Artificial Intelligence at Tilburg University and Professor by Special Appointment at Maastricht University (BISS), The Netherlands.

Before moving to the Netherlands, he filled academic appointments in the United Kingdom and the United States, where he worked for 18 years.

Louwerse has published his interdisciplinary research in over 200 articles in academic outlets in cognitive science, artificial intelligence, and cognitive psychology. He has acquired research projects worth almost €40 million ($40 million). Louwerse has worked on several initiatives to bring research to society, the general public and industry, and holds two patents. He is a frequently asked public speaker, a blogger for Psychology Today, and is author of the popular science books Keeping Those Words in Mind: How Language Creates Meaning and Understanding Artificial Minds through Human Minds: The Psychology of AI.