Professor Karmiloff-Smith awarded international psychology prize
The International Union of Psychological Science will award Professor Karmiloff-Smith the Mattei...
Professor Annette Karmiloff-Smith, Professorial Research Fellow at the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development (CBCD) within the Department of Psychological Sciences is to be awarded the 2012 Mattei Dogan Prize in Psychological Science, one of this year’s awards honouring outstanding scientists given by the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS).
The Mattei Dogan Prize recognises a major advancement in psychology by a scholar or team of high international reputation. It is one of five awards presented every four years by the IUPsyS to honour outstanding achievements at the frontiers of science and commitment to humanity.
An international scholar and scientist, Annette Karmiloff-Smith is one of the few researchers in the world integrating psychology, genetics and neuroscience with computational modelling to produce a coherent picture of typical and atypical development in areas as diverse as language, social cognition, number, face processing and problem solving.
Professor Karmiloff-Smith said: “It is a huge honour to have been awarded this prize and for my research to be recognised in this way. It is particularly pleasing to me, my collaborators and my students at the CBCD at Birkbeck that this award has been given to a developmentalist, because I believe that the truly developmental perspective is the best way to understand the complexities of human cognition.”
Professor Mike Oaksford, Head of the Department of Psychological Science, added: “This award recognises a truly outstanding psychological scientist and it reflects brilliantly on the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development and the Department of Psychological Sciences of which it is a part.”
The award will be presented to Professor Karmiloff-Smith on July 25 during the 30th International Congress of Psychology, in Cape Town, South Africa.