Alan Cowey#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 690 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Alan Cowey passed away December 19, 2012.
Positions Held
- Emeritus Professor of Physiological Psychology, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford
- Adjunct Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Boston University
- 1961 PhD from Cambridge
Fields of Scholarship
- Experimental psychology
- Anatomical, pharmacological, physiological and behavioural bases of visual perception
- Visual cognition and visual awareness
Honours and Awards
- 1967 The Spearman Medal of the British Psychological Society
- 1987-1988 President of the European Brain and Behaviour Society
- 1988 Fellow of the Royal Society
- 1998 Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
- 2000 Honorary DSc from the University of Durham
- 2007 The Royal Society's Ferrier Lecture
- 2010 Honorary Fellow of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
