Andy Young (psychologist)

Andrew William Young is a British cognitive neuropsychologist whose primary research has been on face perception.

Career

Young obtained a BSc (Psychology) from Bedford College, London in 1971 followed by a PhD from the University of Warwick in 1974. He initially worked as a Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen (1974-1976) and at the University of Lancaster (1976-1989). He then moved to the University of Durham as Professor (1989-1993) followed by four years at the MRC Applied Psychology Unit at the University of Cambridge. In 1997 he was appointed Professor of Neuropsychology at the University of York.^[1]

Research

He has conducted research on aspects of face perception. This has included functional neuroimaging and studies of people with different types of brain injury and psychiatric conditions.^[2][3][4]

He has discussed his work at different forums.^[5]

He has been President of the Experimental Psychology Society and the Psychology Section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.^[6]

Awards

• 1995 – Presidents Award, British Psychological Society
• 2000 – Honorary doctorate, University of Liège
• 2001 – Fellow, British Academy^[7]
• 2004 – Academician/Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
• 2005 – Honorary Fellow, British Psychological Society
• 2013 - Lifetime Achievement Award, British Psychological Society, (for Distinguished Contributions to Psychological Knowledge)^[8]

Books

• Young, A. (2016). Facial Expression Recognition: The Selected Works of Andy Young (World Library of Psychologists).^[9]
• Bruce, V., & Young, A. (2011). Face Perception.^[10]