Professor Martin Pickering FBA

The psychology of language, particularly language production, comprehension, dialogue, and bilingualism
Headshot of Professor Martin John Pickering FBA (credit Elizabeth Pickering)
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2023
Honours
FBA, FRSE

Current post

University of Edinburgh Professor of the Psychology of Language and Communication

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Chris Frith FBA

The relationship between the mind and the brain; studies of perception, belief, will and consciousness in sickness and health with a special emphasis on interacting minds

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Professor Robert Ladd FBA

Phonology and phonetics, and the relation between them ("laboratory phonology"); intonation and prosody, including focus, emotion, pitch perception, tone languages, and links between language and music

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Professor Nancy Kanwisher FBA

The functional organization of the human brain, as a window into the architecture of the mind, studied with functional MRI and other methods of cognitive neuroscience

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