Karalyn Eve Patterson, is a British psychologist in Department of Clinical Neurosciences,
University of Cambridge
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and
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
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. She is a specialist in
cognitive neuropsychology
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and an
Emeritus Fellow
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In learned or professional societies, it refers to a privileged member who is specially elected in recognition of their work and achievements.
Within the context of higher education ...
of
Darwin College, Cambridge.
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Early life and education
Patterson was born in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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and attended
South Shore High School, Chicago, from which she graduated in 1961.
She completed her
Doctor of Philosophy
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(PhD) at the
University of California, San Diego
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, in 1971.
Career and research
In 1975, Patterson moved to England to take a position at the
Applied Psychology Unit of the
Medical Research Council (MRC) in Cambridge.
Awards and honours
Patterson is one of a select group of academics that are fellows of both the
Royal Society
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, the UK's
national academy
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for science, and the
British Academy
The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences.
It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the same year. It is now a fellowship of more than 1,000 leading scholars spa ...
, the UK's national academy for humanities and social sciences.
[ Her nomination for the Royal Society reads:
In 2020, Patterson was awarded the Suffrage Science Life Sciences Award.]
Personal life
In addition to her academic roles, Patterson has an interest in food and wine, and has served as a wine steward at Darwin College, Cambridge. Patterson is married to Roy D. Patterson.[
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References
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Living people
Female Fellows of the Royal Society
Fellows of the British Academy
Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences (United Kingdom)
British psychologists
Fellows of Darwin College, Cambridge
British neuroscientists
British women neuroscientists
Fellows of the Royal Society
1943 births
University of California, San Diego alumni
Place of birth missing (living people)