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
Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
2017
Sections
Psychology

Current post

Walter A Rosenblith Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, and Investigator, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Dr Joshua Tenenbaum FBA

Joshua Tenenbaum's research focuses on computational models of human cognition, its development and its neural basis, and using these models as the foundation for new kinds of artificial intelligence that are more efficient, general, understandable, safe and pro-human.

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Professor Sonia Livingstone FBA

Social psychology; media and digital cultures; children and the digital age; media regulations and online risks, privacy and safety

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Professor Mark Johnson FBA

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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