Cecilia Heyes

Cecilia Heyes [1][2] (born 6 March 1960)[3] is Professor of Psychology at the University of Oxford. She trained as an experimental psychologist at University College London (UCL), before conducting postdoctoral work under Donald T Campbell and Daniel Dennett. Since 2008, she has been a senior research fellow at All Souls College, Oxford.

Heyesworks on the evolution of cognition, exploring ways in which natural selection, learning, developmental and cultural processes combine to produce the mature cognitive abilities found in adult humans.[4]

Selected publications

The following are some of her more heavily cited papers:[5]

References

  1. FBA
  2. "cecilia heyes british academy page". Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  3. "Birthdays", The Guardian, 2014, p. 35
  4. "all souls webpage". Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  5. "personal home page". Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  6. WorldCat item record
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, April 24, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.