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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
Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
2017
Sections
Psychology
Website
https://mcgovern.mit.edu/principal-investigators/nancy-kanwisher

Current post

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

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Professor Shelley Taylor FBA

The effect of psychological (e.g., optimism, mastery) and social (e.g., social support) resources on biological functioning and health outcomes

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Professor Mark Williams FBA

Psychological models and treatment of recurrent depression; experimental cognitive psychology of the processes that increase risk of suicidality; prevention of suicidal depression through mindfulness-based treatments

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Professor Charles Hulme FBA

Cognitive and developmental psychology; reading, language and memory processes; developmental cognitive disorders; children's reading and language difficulties; randomised controlled trials in education

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