RunTime | On one CDR. Total running time c 149 minutes. |
AdminHistory | Date of Birth: 01/08/1933 Place of Birth: Nelson, Lancashire, UK
University Qualifications and Professional Training: BA Cantab, Natural Sciences Tripos, Part II, Psychology, 1957 PhD "Reading, Context and the Perception of Words", Reading University, 1961 Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research (D.S.I.R.) studentship, Department of Psychology, Reading University 1957-1960
Professional Career: Member of Scientific Staff, MRC Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge, 1960-1982 Director, MRC Cognitive Development Unit, London, 1982-1998 Honorary member, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL, 1998-
Other positions (selected): Research Fellow, Center for Research in Language and Language Behaviour, University of Michigan, Feb-March 1967 Research Associate and Lecturer, Deaprtment of Psychology, Yale University, 1967-1968 Visiting Scientist, Laboratoire de Psychologie, Paris & Unite de Researches Neuropsycholiques et Neurolinguistiques, Hospital St.Anne, Paris, 1974-1975 Consultant, Max Planck Gesellscahft, Project Group for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, 1977-1980 Visiting Professor, Cornell University, 1980
Awards: Fellow BPS, 1974 BPS President's Award, 1988 Member, Academiae Europaeae, 1990 Honorary Fellow BPS, 1997 Order of the British Empire (OBE) HM Government, 1998 Honorary Fellow, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2000 Honorary Member, Experimental Society, 2001 Neuronal Plasticity Prize of La Fondation Ipsen, 2001 Fellow of the Royal Society, 2011 Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, 2011
Involvement with BPS and other institutions: Committee Member, Section J., British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1972-1973 Member Editorial Board, "Cognition" 1972-1978 Member BPS Standing Press Committee 1972-1984 Committee Member, Experimental Psychology Society, 1973-1974 Associate Editor, "Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology", 1973-1977 Member BPS Conference Programme Committee, 1975-1979 Editorial Board, "Cognitive Psychology", 1976-1995 Associate Editor "Cognition", 1979- Chair, BPS Standing Press Committee, 1984-1988 Member BPS Council, 1984-1990 & 1997-1998 Scientific Committee, NATO Advanced Research Workshop, 1992 Chair of BPS Working Party on Recovered Memories, 1995-1997 Member BPS Council, Investigatory Panel, 1996- President, Experimental Psychology Society, 1998-2000 Member MRC committee on Gulf War Syndrome, 1996-1999 Member BPS Press Committee, 1999-2003 |