Professor Barbara Sahakian FBA
Neuropsychology, neuropsychiatry, psychopharmacology, neuroimaging and neuroethics. Focusing on cognition, motivation and their interaction in neurological and psychiatric disorders and brain injury.
- Fellow type
- UK Fellow
- Year elected
- 2017
- Honours
- CBE
- Sections
- Psychology
Current post
Wellcome Trust Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, University of Cambridge Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, Department of Psychiatry and MRC
Other Fellows of the British Academy
Professor Ian Deary FBA
Developmental and Educational Psychology Cognitive and Perceptual Psychology Clinical Psychology
Professor Simon Baron-Cohen FBA
The neuropsychology of autism (in particular, the phenomenon of mindblindness); the psychology of sex differences in humans; the role of foetal testosterone in neurocognitive development
Professor Hazel Rose Markus FBA
Social and cultural psychology; how sociocultural contexts (e.g. nation, race, ethnicity, gender, social class, occupation) shape thought, feeling and action; culture change; bridging research and practice to reduce disparities and culture clashes
