| RefNo | EC/2020/01 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Behrens, Timothy Edward John: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 14 April 2020 |
| Description | Certificate endorsing election of Timothy Behrens as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Includes personal details of the elected Fellow, citaion giving the reasons for election, and names of proposers. Signed by the Executive Director of the Royal Society, Julie Maxton. |
| Citation | Tim Behrens investigates how our brains learn and represent knowledge to support complex flexible behaviour. He uses mathematical models to synthesise results across species and across the scales of neurons, systems and behaviour. He has shown how neurons renowned for representing spatial variables can also represent non-spatial knowledge. He has identified fundamental computational roles for grid cells (with Alexandra Constantinescu and Jill O'Reilly), place cell 'replay' (with Yunzhe Liu, Zeb Kurth-Nelson and Ray Dolan), and shown how the hippocampus supports relational processing (with James Whittington). He has also developed widely used approaches for noninvasive measurement of brain connectivity. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Computer printout |
| PhysicalDescription | A4 papers |
| AccessStatus | Closed |
| AccessConditions | Election certificates are subject to 50 year closure period from date of election. Details of proposers are kept confidential until the 50 year closure period has elapsed. |