Wikipedia's first sentence called it “professor of psychology and brain sciences and director of the attention and cognitive control laboratory at th”. Today it says “academic”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Nilli Lavie ( Hebrew : נילי לביא ) FBA , is an academic, psychologist, and neuroscientist with British-Israeli dual nationality. A Professor of Psychology and Brain Sciences and Director of the Attention and Cognitive Control laboratory at the University College London Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience , she is an elected Fellow of the British Academy , American Psychological Society , Royal Society of Biology , and British Psychological Society . An honorary life member of the UK Experimental Psychology Society, she is known for providing a resolution to the 40 year debate on the role of attention in information processing and as the creator of the Perceptual load theory of attention, perception and cognitive control.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Nilli Lavie is a Professor of Psychology and Brain Sciences and Director of the Attention and Cognitive Control laboratory at the University College London Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience . She is an elected Fellow of the American Psychological Society , elected Fellow of the Society of Biology , and elected Fellow of the British Psychological Society . She is also an honorary life member of the UK Experimental Psychology Society . She is known for providing a resolution the 40 year debate on the role attention in information processing and as the creator of the Perceptual load theory of attention, perception and cognitive control.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Nilli Lavie , FBA , is a British-based Israeli academic, psychologist, and neuroscientist.A Professor of Psychology and Brain Sciences and Director of the Attention and Cognitive Control laboratory at the University College London Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience , she is an elected Fellow of the British Academy , American Psychological Society , Royal Society of Biology , and British Psychological Society . An honorary life member of the UK Experimental Psychology Society , she is known for providing a resolution the 40 year debate on the role attention in information processing and as the creator of the Perceptual load theory of attention, perception and cognitive control.
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British-Israeli psychologist and neuroscientist Nilli Lavie , FBA , is an academic, psychologist, and neuroscientist with British-Israeli dual nationality. A Professor of Psychology and Brain Sciences and Director of the Attention and Cognitive Control laboratory at the University College London Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience , she is an elected Fellow of the British Academy , American Psychological Society , Royal Society of Biology , and British Psychological Society . An honorary life member of the UK Experimental Psychology Society , she is known for providing a resolution to the 40 year debate on the role of attention in information processing and as the creator of the Perceptual load theory of attention, perception and cognitive control.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “professor of psychology and brain sciences and director of the attention and cognitive control laboratory at th”. Today it says “academic”. Read the current article and compare.
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professor of psychology and brain sciences and director of the attention and cognitive control laboratory at th
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academic
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