Andrew King | |
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Born | Andrew John King 8 April 1959 [2] |
Education | Northolt High School [2] |
Alma mater |
King's College London (BSc) University of London (PhD) |
Awards | Wellcome Prize Medal in Physiology [1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Neurophysiology |
Institutions |
University of Oxford National Institute for Medical Research |
Thesis | The representation of visual and auditory space in the guinea-pig superior colliculus (1984) |
Website |
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Andrew John King FRS FMedSci [1] (born 8 April 1959) [2] is a Professor of Neurophysiology and Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics at the University of Oxford [3] [4] and a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. [5]
King was educated at Northolt High School [2] and graduated from King's College London with a Bachelor of Science degree[ when?] and was a PhD student at the National Institute for Medical Research [2] where his doctoral research investigated the representation of visual and auditory space in the superior colliculus of guinea pigs. His was awarded a PhD in 1984 by the University of London. [6]
King discovered that the mammalian brain contains a spatial map of the auditory world and showed that its development is shaped by sensory experience. [1] His work has also demonstrated that the adult brain represents sound features in a remarkably flexible way, continually adjusting to variations in the statistical distribution of sounds associated with different acoustic environments as well to longer term changes in input resulting from hearing loss. [1] In addition to furthering our understanding of the neural basis for auditory perception, his research is helping to inform better treatment strategies for the hearing impaired. [1]
King was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2018 for "substantial contributions to the improvement of natural knowledge". [7] [1] [8] He is also a Fellow of The Physiological Society. [5]
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