Chris Frith

Christopher Donald Frith ( born March 16, 1942 in Sussex ) is a British neuroscientist. He is Emeritus Professor at University College London and the Niels Bohr Visiting Professor at the University of Aarhus. His research focus is the higher cognition in humans.

Works

• The Cognitive Neuropsychology of Schizophrenia (1992 )
• Making up the Mind (2007 )

Prizes and awards

• Fellow of the Royal Society, the British Academy and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
• 2009 International Prize Fyssen Foundation
• European Latsis Prize ( together with his wife Uta )

Family

Chris Frith is the brother of guitarist Fred Frith, the musicologist Simon Frith and the lawyer Barney Frith. His wife Uta Frith, born Aurnhammer, is a developmental psychologist; their children are bioinformaticians Martin Frith and the children's book editor Alex Frith.