Tim Shallice
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Timothy Shallice is a professor
of neuropsychology
and past director of the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, part of University College London
. He has been a professor at Cognitive Neuroscience Sector of SISSA
since 1994.
He has been influential in laying the foundations for the discipline of cognitive neuropsychology
, by formalising many of its methods and assumptions in the book From Neuropsychology to Mental Structure. He has also worked on many core problems in cognitive psychology
and neuropsychology, including executive function, language
and memory
.
Shallice has also part authored neuropsychological test
s including the Hayling and Brixton tests
and the Behavioural Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome
(BADS).
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1996.
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
of neuropsychology
Neuropsychology
Neuropsychology studies the structure and function of the brain related to specific psychological processes and behaviors. The term neuropsychology has been applied to lesion studies in humans and animals. It has also been applied to efforts to record electrical activity from individual cells in...
and past director of the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, part of University College London
University College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
. He has been a professor at Cognitive Neuroscience Sector of SISSA
Sissa
Sissa is a comune in the Province of Parma in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 100 km northwest of Bologna and about 20 km northwest of Parma....
since 1994.
He has been influential in laying the foundations for the discipline of cognitive neuropsychology
Cognitive neuropsychology
Cognitive neuropsychology is a branch of cognitive psychology that aims to understand how the structure and function of the brain relates to specific psychological processes. It places a particular emphasis on studying the cognitive effects of brain injury or neurological illness with a view to...
, by formalising many of its methods and assumptions in the book From Neuropsychology to Mental Structure. He has also worked on many core problems in cognitive psychology
Cognitive psychology
Cognitive psychology is a subdiscipline of psychology exploring internal mental processes.It is the study of how people perceive, remember, think, speak, and solve problems.Cognitive psychology differs from previous psychological approaches in two key ways....
and neuropsychology, including executive function, language
Language
Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication...
and memory
Memory
In psychology, memory is an organism's ability to store, retain, and recall information and experiences. Traditional studies of memory began in the fields of philosophy, including techniques of artificially enhancing memory....
.
Shallice has also part authored neuropsychological test
Neuropsychological test
Neuropsychological tests are specifically designed tasks used to measure a psychological function known to be linked to a particular brain structure or pathway. Tests are used for research into brain function and in a clinical setting for the diagnosis of deficits. They usually involve the...
s including the Hayling and Brixton tests
Hayling and Brixton tests
The Hayling and Brixton tests are neuropsychological tests of executive function created by psychologists Paul W. Burgess and Tim Shallice.It is composed of two tests, the Hayling Sentence Completion Test and the Brixton Spatial Awareness Test....
and the Behavioural Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome
Dysexecutive syndrome
Dysexecutive syndrome consists of a group of symptoms, usually resulting from brain damage, that fall into cognitive, behavioural and emotional categories and tend to occur together. The term was introduced by Alan Baddeley to describe a common pattern of dysfunction in executive functions, such...
(BADS).
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1996.
External links
Further reading
- Shallice, T. (1988) From Neuropsychology to Mental Structure. ISBN