Roi Cohen Kadosh
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| Born | 1976 Israel |
| Nationality | Israel, British |
| Fields | Cognitive Neuroscience, Numerical Cognition, Cognitive enhancement |
| Institutions | University of Oxford |
| Doctoral advisor | Avishai Henik |
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Roi Cohen Kadosh (last name Cohen Kadosh, Hebrew: רועי כהן קדוש, born 1976) is an Israeli-British cognitive neuroscientist notable for his work on numerical and mathematical cognition and learning and cognitive enhancement. He is a professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and the head of the Cognition, Learning, and Plasticity Group at the University of Oxford and a senior fellow in Psychology at Jesus College. He is married to the developmental cognitive neuroscientist Kathrin Cohen Kadosh.
Roi was born in Israel in 1976. He became interested in psychology at age 14, following his mother’s illness and early death. After absolving mandatory service in the Israel Defence Forces, he started his studies at Achva College, and received his undergraduate degree in Behavioral Science from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in 2002. Based on his achievements in his undergraduate studies, he received the prestigious Kreitman Foundation Doctoral Fellowship and was accepted to the direct track in PhD in neuropsychology with Prof. Avishai Henik. During his PhD degree (summa cum laude), he completed the European Diploma in Cognitive and Brain Sciences (EDCBS), and received training as an intern in clinical neuropsychology, at . He then decided to follow a research career, and received a Rothschild post-doctoral fellowship and funding from European Commission and the International Brain Research Organization to join the Institute Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London for his postdoctoral training. In 2009 he received a Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellowship to move to the University of Oxford where he established his lab.
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