Rik Henson | |
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Born | 1970 (age 54–55) |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge, University of Edinburgh |
Known for | Human memory, neuroimaging |
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Scientific career | |
Institutions | MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge (2004 onwards) Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London (1997-2004) |
Thesis | Short-term memory for serial order (1997) |
Website | mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/people/rik.henson/personal |
Richard "Rik" Henson, FBA (born 1970) is a British cognitive neuroscientist and academic. He is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge, where he works at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge, England. He studies the neural bases of human memory. [1] From 2021 to 2023, he is also President of the British Neuroscience Association. [2]
In 2022, he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. [3]
His most famous articles are: