Morteza’s research spans the boundary between psychology and artificial intelligence, as does his education. His work investigates properties of cognition by using documents of the social discourse, such as narratives, social-media, transcriptions of speeches and news articles, in conjunction to behavioral studies. His research has been presented at a testimony before the United States Senate Committee of Armed Services and it has also received extensive media attention in the New York Times, Newsweek, American Scientist, Mind and Foreign Policy. Course: Big Data Workshop