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Professor Asifa Majid FBA

The relationship between language, culture and cognition, particularly how different languages and cultures shape and reflect the mind.
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2024
Honours
FBA
Sections
Psychology
Website
https://www.psy.ox.ac.uk/people/asifa-majid

Current post

University of Oxford Professor of Cognitive Science and Fellow, St Hugh's College

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The typical & atypical development of social & cognitive skills in children over the early years, particularly with respect to structural & functional brain development.

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Professor Robert Plomin FBA

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