Richard Henson (neurobiologist)

Richard (Rik) Henson (born 1970) is a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge, where he works at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge, England. He studies the neural bases of human memory.[1] From 2021 to 2022, he is also President of the British Neuroscience Society.[2]

Richard (Rik) Henson
Born1970
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge, University of Edinburgh
Known forHuman memory, neuroimaging
AwardsBPS Prize for Outstanding Doctoral Research

EPS Prize for Young Researcher

President British Neuroscience Association
Scientific career
InstitutionsMRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge (2004 onwards) Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London (1997-2004)
ThesisShort-term memory for serial order (1997)
Websitehttp://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/people/rik.henson/personal/

Publications

His most famous articles are:

  • Grill-Spector K, Henson R, Martin A. Repetition and the brain: neural models of stimulus-specific effects. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 2006 Jan 1;10(1):14-23.
  • Henson, R.N. What can functional imaging tell the experimental psychologist? Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Section A. 2005 58, 193–233.
  • Henson RN. Neuroimaging studies of priming. Progress in Neurobiology. 2003 May 1;70(1):53-81.
  • Henson, R.N., Shallice, T. & Dolan, R.J. Neuroimaging evidence for dissociable forms of repetition priming. Science. 2000, 287, 1269–1272.
  • Henson RN, Rugg MD, Shallice T, Josephs O, Dolan RJ. Recollection and familiarity in recognition memory: an event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging study. The Journal of Neuroscience. 1999 May 15;19(10):3962-72.
  • Henson RN. Short-term memory for serial order: The start-end model. Cognitive Psychology. 1998 Jul 1;36(2):73-137.

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