Fergus Craik
| Fergus Craik | |
|---|---|
| Born | Fergus Ian Muirden Craik 17 April 1935 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Nationality | Scottish/Canadian |
| Institutions | University of Toronto (1971-2000), Baycrest’s Rotman Research Institute (presently) |
| Alma mater |
University of Edinburgh University of Liverpool |
| Known for | Levels-of-processing effect |
| Influences | Donald Broadbent, Endel Tulving, Peter Venables, Anne Treisman |
| Influenced | Cognitive Psychology, Memory and aging, Developmental Psychology, Cognitive Neuropsychology |
Fergus Ian Muirden Craik FRS (born 17 April 1935, Edinburgh, Scotland) is a cognitive psychologist known for his groundbreaking research on levels of processing in memory. This work was done in collaboration with Robert Lockhart at the University of Toronto in 1972 and continued with another collaborative effort with Endel Tulving in 1975. Craik has received numerous awards and is considered a leader in the area of memory, attention and cognitive aging. Moreover, his work over the years can be seen in developmental psychology, aging and memory, and the neuropsychology of memory.
He studied at the University of Edinburgh and gained his bachelor of science in psychology in 1960. In 1965, he received his PhD from the University of Liverpool. He began his academic career at Birkbeck College, and then moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada to pursue an academic career at the University of Toronto in 1971. Currently, he is a Senior Scientist at the Rotman Research Institute in Toronto. In recent times, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2008.
Craik was born in Edinburgh, Scotland as the eldest of three siblings. A year and a half into his life, his family relocated to the small market-town of Lockerbie, Scotland. His initial career aspiration was to be a minister or a carpenter. He attended Lockerbie Academy throughout his childhood and his parents enrolled him in George Watson’s Boys’ College, in Edinburgh, at age 12.
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