Profile
Antonia Hamilton
is in Germany collaborating with some other scientists
My CV
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Education:
wycombe abbey
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Qualifications:
Oxford
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Work History:
UCL (London) and Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, USA
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Current Job:
Lecturer in Psychology
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I use brain scanners to see how people understand each other’s everyday actions, and if people with autism find it hard to understand actions. It is fun studying the social brain because there is an enormous amount that we don’t know – it is all just waiting to be discovered.
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My Typical Day:
meet students, answer emails, write about my work, talk to other scientists
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There is no typical day because my work involves a bit of everything. Some days I help my students make movies to show to people in the scanner, some days I write computer programs to control the experiment or analyse data, some days I go to schools to meet children with autism, some days I write papers describing my work or give talks to other scientists, and some days I teach undergraduates. It is always different and always challenging.
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What I'd do with the prize money:
go to autism conferences to discuss our research
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My Interview
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How would you describe yourself in 3 words?
geeky, bit shy
Were you ever in trouble at school?
not much
Who is your favourite singer or band?
pulp / jarvis cocker
If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!
more hours in the day to do my work and be with my family; funding for my students;
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