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Professor Sir Roger Penrose OM, was a awarded the prestigious prize for research he conducted at Birkbeck in the 1960s.
New research found that infants with a shorter parent drummed with a faster tempo than infants with a taller parent.
The prize was awarded for the charity project ‘Joi Hok’, which uses educational intervention as a means of spreading awareness of tuberculosis.
The research has the potential to dramatically improve treatment, especially of drug resistant TB.
We will welcome all students who meet the conditions of their original offer to Birkbeck, alongside those who we have already offered places to over the last few days.
New research shows children’s own temperament could be driving the amount of TV they watch.
The results could bring about new and early clinical diagnostic practises and therapeutic interventions in the future.
The research team say the findings are important for the growing debate around the impact of screen time on toddlers and their development.
The Honorary Fellowship is one of the highest awards of the British Psychological Society, with the list of previous recipients including such luminaries as Carl Jung, Jean Piaget and Noam Chomsky.
The findings are a result of two large longitudinal studies led by Birkbeck.
