Tony Dickinson
Tony Dickinson | |
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| Born | Anthony Dickinson 17 February 1944 |
| Known for | Associative learning |
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| Fields | Comparative psychology |
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| Website | Official website  |
Anthony Dickinson, FRS (born 17 February 1944)[1] is a British psychologist, currently Emeritus Professor of Comparative Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge.[2] He is the author of the highly cited textbook Contemporary Animal Learning Theory[3] and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2003 for "internationally recognised contributions to our understanding of learning, memory, motivation and planning".[4]
Academic career and research
Dickinson began his career as a postdoctoral assistant to Nicholas Mackintosh at the University of Sussex, later moving to the Department of Experimental Psychology at Cambridge, where he lectured in associative learning.[5] He became professor in 1999 and has been emeritus professor and a fellow of Hughes Hall since 2011.[1]
Selected publications
Books
- Dickinson, Anthony (1980). Contemporary Animal Learning Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521234696.
References
- ^ a b "Dickinson, Professor Anthony". Who's Who. 1 December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U45548.
- ^ "Professor Anthony Dickinson". Cambridge Neuroscience. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ Dickinson, Anthony (1980). Contemporary Animal Learning Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521234696.
- ^ "Fellow Detail: Anthony Dickinson FRS". The Royal Society. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ Pearce, John (17 January 2018). "Nicholas John Seymour Mackintosh. 9 July 1935—8 February 2015". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2017.0024. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
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