Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
Born	(1974-08-11) 11 August 1974 (age 42)
Fields	Adolescent brain development Social cognition Cognitive control Decision-making
Institutions	University College London
Alma mater	University of Oxford (BSc) University College London (PhD)
Thesis	Recognising the sensory consequences of one's own actions (2000)
Doctoral advisor	Chris Frith Daniel Wolpert
Doctoral students	Delia Fuhrmann Anne-Lise Goddings Hauke Hillebrandt Emma Kilford Kate Mills Laura Wolf
Notable awards	Royal Society University Research Fellowship (2006-2013) Rosalind Franklin Award (2013)
Website sites.google.com/site/blakemorelab

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore (born 11 August 1974) is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London and co-director of the Wellcome Trust PhD Programme in Neuroscience at UCL

Blakemore was born on 11 August 1974 to Colin Blakemore and Andrée Blakemore (née Washbourne), and educated at Oxford High School and St John’s College, Oxford where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Experimental psychology in 1996. She went on to study at University College London where she was awarded a PhD in 2000 for research co-supervised by Daniel Wolpert and Chris Frith.

Blakemore's research covers the development of social cognition and decision-making during human adolescence.

Blakemore was a scientific consultant on the television documentary The Human Mind in 2003. She is a member of Royal Society BrainWaves working group for neuroscience and the Royal Society Vision Committee for Maths and Science Education 5-19.

Blakemore was awarded the Royal Society's Rosalind Franklin Award in 2013 and the Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize in 2015.

Blakemore held a prestigious Royal Society University Research Fellowship from 2007 to 2013.

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