Jacques Mehler#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 326 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | THE HUMAN MIND AND ITS COMPLEXITY |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
Jacques Mehler passed away February 11, 2020.
Positions Held
- 2001 Professor Cognitive Science, Sissa-Isas, Trieste, Italy
- 1967 - 2001 CNRS, France
- 1964 Ph.D. Psychology, Harvard University
Fields of Scholarship
- Language acquisition
- Language processing
- Cognitive processes
- Development of cognitive abilities in infants and adults
Honours and Awards
- 1989 Member Academia Europaea
- 1995 Ipsen Foundation Prize (Neuronal Plasticity)
- 1997 Docteur Honoris Causa, Universita` Libre de Bruxelles
- 2001 Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2003 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 2009 Member of the American Philisophical Society
- 2009 Mind & Brain Prize, University and Politecnnic of Torino
- 2010 Doctor Honoris Causa, Utrecht University
