Faraneh Vargha-Khadem

Faraneh Vargha-Khadem (born 1949) is a British cognitive neuroscientist specializing in developmental amnesia among children.^[2][3] Faraneh was a part of the team that identified the FOXP2 gene, the so-called 'speech gene', that may explain why humans talk and chimps do not.^[4]

Faraneh Vargha-Khadem
Born	1949 (age 75–76)
Alma mater	McGill University[1] University of Massachusetts
Awards	BPS Barbara Wilson Lifetime Achievement Award (2013)
Scientific career
Fields	Cognitive neuroscience
Institutions	University College London Montreal Children's Hospital Great Ormond Street Hospital
Thesis	Hemispheric specialization in congenitally deaf and hearing children and adolescents (1979)
Doctoral advisor	Michael Corballis
Website	iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=FVARG91

Education

Vargha-Khadem was educated at McGill University and the University of Massachusetts.^[1]

Career and research

She served as head of the clinical neuropsychology service at Great Ormond Street Hospital, and director of the centre for developmental cognitive neuroscience at University College London.^[5] Faraneh was the awarded the BPS Barbara Wilson Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013.^[1]