Anthony R. Dickinson facts for kids
Anthony R. Dickinson is a British scientist who studies the brain. He was born in 1960. He works as a scientific advisor at the Beijing Genomics Institute. His main work is about how brains grow and how people can improve their intelligence.
Life and Work
Anthony Dickinson first worked as an engineer, building electronic devices. Later, he went to the University of Sussex to study Neuroethology. This is a field that looks at how the brain controls animal behavior. He then continued his studies at the University of Edinburgh, focusing on Neuroscience and surgery.
After his studies, he worked with Dr. Alan Dixson. He studied marmoset monkeys and later baboons in the jungles of Gabon, West Africa. This work was about understanding animal behavior in their natural homes.
Mr. Dickinson then returned to the University of Edinburgh. There, he led a long study about how intelligent systems work. He studied how humans, birds, monkeys, and even robots learn and think. This research helped us understand more about how different minds solve problems.
Later, he became a certified psychologist. He also worked at Washington University School of Medicine in the United States. There, he researched how the brain controls hand-eye movements. He looked at specific parts of the brain involved in these actions.
His research also involved studying many different animals. He observed animals in zoos, like those at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland. He also studied wild monkeys in places like Kenya, Gabon, Bolivia, and Costa Rica. His students worked on projects that looked at how humans and animals like dolphins, birds, and insects behave. They studied topics such as how animals communicate, how they live in groups, and how they find food.
Awards and Achievements
Anthony Dickinson has received several important awards for his research. These awards helped him continue his studies and make new discoveries:
- McDonnell-Pew CNS Investigator-Initiated Grant (2000–2003)
- Several ASAB Research Grant Awards (1997, 1998)
- UFAW Research Grants (four times, 1997, 1998)
- R(D)SVS Visiting Research Fellowship (1990)
- MRC Advanced Studentship (1987–1988)
Scientific Groups
Mr. Dickinson is a member of many important scientific groups. These memberships show his involvement in the world of science and research:
- Society for Psychological Science
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- British Psychological Society (Associate Fellow)
- Hong Kong Psychological Society
- British Brain Research Association
- International Brain Research Organisation
- The International Primatological Society
- The New York Academy of Sciences
- The Primate Society of Great Britain
- The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland
- The Society for Neuroscience
- The Scottish Primate Group
- The Vision Sciences Society
