1. Alan David Baddeley CBE FRS was born on 23 March 1934 and is a British psychologist.
24 Facts About Alan Baddeley
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Alan Baddeley is known for his research on memory and for developing the three-component model of working memory.
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Alan Baddeley is a professor of psychology at the University of York.
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Alan Baddeley lived there with his parents, Donald and Nellie Baddeley, until leaving for university.
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Alan Baddeley decided to study psychology and was originally interested in psychoanalysis.
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In 1956, Alan Baddeley went to the United States of America to continue his studies.
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Alan Baddeley then went to Cambridge, where he met and married Hilary Ann White.
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Alan Baddeley has taught and conducted research at University of Sussex, University of Stirling, MRC Applied Psychology Unit, Churchill College, University of Cambridge, and University of Bristol.
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Alan Baddeley is currently a professor of psychology at the University of York.
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Alan Baddeley attended the University College London from 1953 to 1956.
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Alan Baddeley then obtained an MA from Princeton University's Department of Psychology in 1957.
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Alan Baddeley earned a PhD from University of Cambridge in 1962.
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Alan Baddeley has been awarded Honorary Doctorates by University of Essex in 1999, Plymouth University in 2000, and University of Bristol in 2019.
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In 1974, working with Graham Hitch, Alan Baddeley developed an influential model of working memory called Alan Baddeley's model of working memory, which argues for the existence of multiple short-term memory stores and a separate interacting system for manipulating the content of these stores.
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In 2000, Alan Baddeley suggested adding a fourth component to his memory model called the episodic buffer.
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Alan Baddeley has done research studies using divers and various underwater conditions.
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Alan Baddeley studied the effects of depth and pressure on dexterity, the impact of temperature on response time, and context-dependent memory on land and underwater.
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Alan Baddeley was the director of the Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, a branch of the UK Medical Research Council, based in Cambridge, from 1974 - 1997.
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Alan Baddeley was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1993 and in 1996, was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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In 2001, Alan Baddeley received the American Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions.
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Alan Baddeley was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the British Psychological Society in 2012.
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Alan Baddeley received the Major Advancement in Psychological Science Prize from the International Union of Psychological Science in 2016.
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Alan Baddeley has part authored a number of neuropsychological tests including the Doors and People, Children's Test of Nonword Repetition, the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test, Autobiographical Memory Interview, Visual Patterns Test and the Speed and Capacity of Language Processing Test.
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Alan Baddeley was involved in the design of United Kingdom postcodes, and was one of the founders of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology.