Professor M. Jane Riddoch is an eminent cognitive neuropsychologist and an Emeritus Fellow at St Hugh’s College, Oxford. She also serves as an Emeritus Professorial Research Fellow in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford.
Specialised Areas
Visual agnosia, optic aphasia, disorders of attention (such as spatial neglect, extinction, and simultanagnosia), and cognitive disorders of action (like apraxia and action disorganisation syndrome).
Key Contributions
Professor Riddoch was part of the core team that developed vital clinical screening batteries used in neuropsychology, including the Oxford Cognitive Screen (OCS), the Birmingham Cognitive Screen (BCoS), and the Birmingham Object Recognition Battery (BORB).
History with St Hugh’s
She joined the College in 2012 as a Senior Research Fellow. At St Hugh’s, she utilised the College’s unique historical neuropsychological archive, which originated from when the college grounds served as a specialised head injury hospital for soldiers during the Second World War which had been established by her grandfather George Riddoch.
She has also previously served the College as the Dean of Degrees.
