Two UCL Professors elected new Fellows of the Royal Society

In recognition for her outstanding contribution to science, UCL Professor Cathy Price has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, while UCL honorary principal investigator, Professor Tim Behrens is also a new Fellow. They are among the 51 eminent scientists newly elected in recognition of their exceptional contributions to science which have benefited humanity. Professor Price is Director of the Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology. Her early work in human neuroimaging helped create new methods for examining the brain bases of cognitive functions. Her research has provided scholars with a greater understanding of how the brain processes language, from reading and semantic memory to speech production and perception. Professor Price's research has demonstrated how the specialisation for types of language processing comes from the interactions among brain areas that are involved in non-linguistic actions. Currently her work focusses on the development of neuroimaging tools that identify and explain how stroke survivors recover from language and speech impairments.