Susan Gathercole
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Susan Elizabeth Gathercole working memory model. In 2014 she was elected a Fellow of the British Academy, the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[2]
Gathercole was born in 1958 in
A-levels, she studied Psychology at the University of York from 1976 to 1979. Following graduation, she won a Social Science Research Council studentship at City University, where she studied for a PhD, under the supervision of John Gardiner and Vernon Gregg, on the subject of auditory short-term memory. She was awarded her Doctorate in 1983.[3]
Gathercole's findings have demonstrated the link between working memory deficits in children and poor academic performance. Furthermore, she has contributed to recent research showing that working memory deficits can be overcome with computerised, adaptive working memory training.[4]
Gathercole was appointed
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to psychology and education.[5]
References
- ^ "Professor Susan Gathercole :: Cambridge Neuroscience". www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk.
- ^ "British Academy announces 42 new fellows". Times Higher Education. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ^ https://www2.open.ac.uk/openlearn/CHIPs/data/accessibility/nodes/252.html
- PMID 28223948.
- ^ "No. 61608". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2016. p. B12.
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