John Aggleton

FRS, FMedSci, FLSW
Born (1955-06-14) 14 June 1955
Cardiff, Wales
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Scientific career
FieldsBehavioural neuroscience
InstitutionsUniversity of Durham, Cardiff University
ThesisAnatomical and Functional Subdivisions of the Amygdala (1980)
Doctoral advisorR.E. Passingham
Websitewww.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/58045-aggleton-john

John Aggleton FRS FMedSci FLSW (born 14 June 1955 in Cardiff) is a British behavioural neuroscientist.

Education and career

Aggleton obtained his B.A. in natural sciences in 1976 at Cambridge University and his Ph.D. with his thesis entitled Anatomical and Functional Subdivisions of the Amygdala in 1980 from the University of Oxford.[1] From 1983 he was first lecturer and then from 1992 senior lecturer in the department of psychology at the University of Durham. Since 1994, he has been professor of cognitive neuroscience at Cardiff University, where he studies the architecture of the brain and how various brain structures work together to provide different forms of memory.[1]

Honours and community service

Aggleton was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales in 2011, a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2012.[2] He was president of the European Brain and Behaviour Society from 2005 to 2006[3] and of the British Neuroscience Association from 2015 to 2017.[4] He is a member of the editorial boards of Behavioral Neuroscience,[5] Behavioural Brain Research,[6] Neuropsychologia,[7] and Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Professor John Aggleton". Faculty page. Cardiff University. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "John Aggleton". Fellow Directory. Royal Society. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Previous Presidents & Committees". Homepage. European Brain and Behaviour Society. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "History of the British Neuroscience Association". Homepage. British Neuroscience Association. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Editorial Board". Behavioral Neuroscience. American Psychological Association. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Editorial Board". Behavioural Brain Research. Elsevier. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "Neuropsychologia Editorial Board". Neuropsychologia. Elsevier. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "Editorial Board". Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. Elsevier. Retrieved 7 July 2018.


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