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Professor Johan J. Bolhuis is an Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Neurobiology at Utrecht University and an Affiliated Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge. He obtained his MSc in Biology with honors from the University of Groningen in 1984 and completed his PhD in Zoology at the same institution in 1989. Throughout the 1990s, he held various academic positions, including Associate Professor at the Institute of Biology at Leiden University. His academic focus is on understanding the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying language, as well as exploring the relationships between evolution, cognition, and brain function. Bolhuis has published extensively, contributing to numerous journals and books in the fields of cognitive science and linguistics. His research interests center around the neural mechanisms of language, learning, memory development, as well as comparative studies in birdsong and human speech. He has served as the President of the Royal Dutch Zoological Society and has been involved in several academic societies, including roles such as Editor-in-Chief for the journal Behavioural Processes. Bolhuis continues to engage in scholarly activities as a Visiting Fellow at Clare Hall, Cambridge.
Department of Psychology