Presidents' Award

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The Presidents' Award is an mid-career award of the British Psychological Society's Research Board, given in recognition of outstanding published work in psychology. Nominees will have made a major outstanding contribution in particular sub-field(s) of psychology (rather than a culmination of a career in psychology). They will be engaged in research of outstanding quality as evidenced through significant books, journal articles an other specific key contributions or developments. [1]

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List of medal winners

Source: British Psychological Society

YearMedal winner
1981 Alan Baddeley
1982 Peter B. Warr
1983 Jeffrey Alan Gray
1984 Peter Bryant
1985 Philip Johnson-Laird
1986 Nicholas Mackintosh
1987 Max Coltheart
1988 John Morton
1989 Howard Giles
1990 Uta Frith
1991 Tim Shallice
1992 Andrew Matthews
1993 Michael Morgan
1994 Marie Johnston
1995 Andrew Young
1996 Frank Fincham
1997 Vicki Bruce
1998 John Sloboda
1999 Glyn Humphreys
2000 Peter Perrett
2001 Miles Hewstone
2002 Graham Hitch
2003 Margaret J. Snowling
2004 Tony Manstead and Steven Tipper
2005 Peter Halligan
2006 Simon Baron-Cohen
2007 Susan Gathercole
2008 Mark H. Johnson
2009 Dominic Abrams and Jon Driver
2010 Paul Burgess
2011 Usha Goswami
2012 Constantine Sedikides
2013 Tim Dalgleish
2014 Richard J. Crisp
2015 Matthew Lambon Ralph
2016 Alex Haslam
2017 Marcus Munafò
2018 Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
2019 Francesca Happé
2020 Daniel Freeman
2021 Lucia Valmaggia
2022 Victoria Clarke
2023 Essi Viding

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References

  1. "Presidents' Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychological Knowledge". British Psychological Society. Retrieved 26 April 2024.