Trevor Robbins
Trevor Robbins
Trevor W. Robbins obtained his Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Jesus College at the University of Cambridge. Following this, he received his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 1975. Today he is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Director of Research, Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute at the University of Cambridge, UK. He was made Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 2012, for services to medical research and he is a Fellow of the Royal Society.
His work focuses on functions of the frontal lobes of the brain and their regulation by the chemical monoamine neurotransmitter systems in humans and other animals. This work is relevant to neuropsychiatric disorders including schizophrenia, depression, drug addiction, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), as well as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases. His lab devises and employs psychological paradigms for investigating cognitive functions including planning, decision-making, learning, attention and self-control, often with brain imaging. He is especially interested in mechanisms underlying possible cognitive enhancing effects of drugs and in understanding the causation and neural basis of drug addiction and impulsive-compulsive behaviour.
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