John Duncan (born 16 May 1953) is a British neuroscientist. After completing his education at the University of Oxford in 1976, Duncan worked for two years with Michael Posner at the

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, and then worked at the Medical Research Council (MRC). As of 2018, he is Programme Leader at the MRC's Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge; he is also a Professorial Research Fellow in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the

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and a Fellow of

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."Duncan, John"
''Who's Who'' (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2017). Retrieved 2 May 2018."Professor John Duncan, FRS, FBA"
''Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute'' (University of Cambridge). Retrieved 2 May 2018."Professor John Duncan"
''British Academy''. Retrieved 2 May 2018.

Honours

Duncan was elected a

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in 2008 and a

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in 2009."John Duncan"
''Royal Society''. Retrieved 2 May 2018. In 2012, he was awarded the

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for Cognitive Science by the

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References

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