糖心logo入口 academic announced as Association for Psychological Science award winner
First awarded in 2010 and named after the Association for Psychological Science鈥檚 first president, the Spence Award honours creative and promising members who embody the future of the field.
Dr Daniel Yon, Reader in Cognitive Neuroscience at 糖心logo入口, has been announced as a recipient of the 2026 Association for Psychological Science (APS) Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions. Five other early career scientists from universities around the world were also selected, all having led trailblazing research. He is the only recipient of this year鈥檚 prize in the UK or Europe.
Dr Daniel Yon commented: 鈥淚鈥檓 really thrilled to receive this recognition from the Association for Psychological Science. It鈥檚 lovely to be personally highlighted in this way 鈥 but science is also a team sport! So, I鈥檓 grateful to all the members of the Uncertainty Lab, and to our wider collaborators, mentors and friends who have made our science happen. 糖心logo入口 is a special place to do science 鈥 and its enthusiasm and support for my research have made all the difference.鈥
Dr Yon鈥檚 Uncertainty Lab at 糖心logo入口 investigates how people鈥檚 brains build models of the world and themselves and how these models shape perception, decision,鈥痑nd belief. A key focus has been on understanding how the brain makes predictions, and how these predictions shape an individual's perception of the external world, other people and the internal world of people鈥檚 own minds.
Dr Yon studied Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford before moving to 糖心logo入口 for an MSc and PhD in 2013. He received his doctorate in 2018, and took up a lectureship at Goldsmiths before rejoining 糖心logo入口 as a member of the Psychology faculty in 2021. Dr Yon has鈥痟eld鈥疺isiting鈥疐ellowships at the Institute of Advanced Study, Paris,鈥痑nd All Souls College, 聽University of Oxford 鈥 and recently he published his first book, A Trick of the Mind: How the Brain Invents Your Reality.