UEA psychologist elected to National Academy of Sciences
By: News Archive
Prof Linda Smith has been elected to the US National Academy of Sciences in recognition for her distinguished and continuing research achievements.
Prof Smith, from UEA’s School of Psychology, has conducted ground-breaking research on human cognitive development, with a particular focus on early childhood learning.
Her research focuses on learning in babies and toddlers, including how certain developmental milestones – such as holding objects, processing visual information and interacting with caregivers through play - shape cognitive development and language skills.
Most recently, she has also been pursuing research on how to apply infant learning models to the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
The National Academy of Sciences was established by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 to provide policy advice on science, engineering, and health to the federal government and other organizations. Prof Smith was one of 100 new members to join the organisation this year.
Prof Smith joined UEA’s School of Psychology recently, alongside fellow psychologist Prof Michael Rugg.
Prof Rugg’s research involves the use of fMRI to investigate memory, including how and why memory function differs as a result of healthy aging or neurological disease.
He has published more than 200 papers on the neural correlates of episodic memory encoding and retrieval, and how these correlates differ across the healthy adult lifespan.
Prof Kenny Coventry, head of the School of Psychology, said: “We are delighted that Professors Smith and Rugg have joined UEA, and congratulate Prof Smith on being one of the very few psychologists in the world to be elected to the most prestigious learned body in the US.”
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