Tony Dickinson | |
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Born | Anthony Dickinson 17 February 1944 |
Alma mater | University of Manchester |
Known for | Animal learning |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Comparative psychology |
Institutions | |
Website | Official website |
Anthony J. Dickinson, FRS (born 17 February 1944)[1] is a British psychologist, currently Emeritus Professor of Comparative Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge.[2] He is the author of the highly cited monograph Contemporary Animal Learning Theory and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2003 for "internationally recognised contributions to our understanding of learning, memory, motivation and planning".[3]