Tamar R Makin

Tamar Makin is a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit. She is interested in brain plasticity, that is––how the brain adapts to changes in the body, with a focus on motor control and augmentation.

Early life and education Makin studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She was awarded Fellowship to study brain plasticity at the University of Oxford, where she was eventually made a principal investigator.

Research and career In 2016, Makin joined the faculty at University College London, where she was made a professor of Cognitive Neuroscience. Her research considers brain plasticity. At UCL, Makin studied how artificial limbs were represented in the brains of people with amputations. She moved to the University of Cambridge in 2022, where was awarded a European Research Council Starting Grant.

Makin is a professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in the Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Unit. Makin studies how the human brain represents the body and how these representations change following disability, injury, or technological augmentation. Makin combines neuroscience, psychology, rehabilitation and bioengineering research to help people benefit from brain plasticity.

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