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Professor Denes Szucs is a prominent academic at the University of Cambridge, where he serves as Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology in the Department of Psychology. He is also the Deputy Director of the Centre for Neuroscience in Education and an Official Fellow at Darwin College, Cambridge. His academic journey began at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in Hungary, where he earned both his 5-year MSc in Psychology (Experimental Specialization) in 1998 and his PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience in 2003.
Szucs's research primarily focuses on numerical cognition, developmental dyscalculia, mathematics anxiety, and research reproducibility. His work bridges cognitive neuroscience, psychology, and education, with particular emphasis on mathematical development and learning difficulties. He has published extensively on how cognitive and emotional factors interact in mathematical processing, with significant contributions to understanding the neural correlates of mathematical abilities and disabilities.
His recent publications reveal a strong focus on mathematics anxiety across different age groups and cultural contexts, as well as methodological studies examining research practices in cognitive neuroscience and psychology. His work often employs neuroimaging techniques alongside behavioral assessments to understand the cognitive processes underlying mathematical abilities.
- 2020 Elected as Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (APS)
- 2018 IBRO/UNESCO United Nations Senior Fellow in the Science of Learning
- 2018 Visiting Professor at Stanford University
- 2015 Guest of Honour at Hong Kong Shue Yan University
- 2014 Visiting Professor at University of Padova, Italy
- 2013 James S. McDonnell Foundation competitive research award
Szucs serves in editorial roles including Editor-in-Chief of Current Research in Behavioural Science and Action Editor for Royal Society Open Science. He has been actively involved in research council boards including the National Research, Development and Innovation Council in Hungary, the Wellcome Trust/Education Endowment Foundation in the UK, and research councils in Norway and the Netherlands. His leadership extends to founding roles in professional societies such as the Society for Research on Learning Disorders.
At Cambridge, Szucs leads research within the Centre for Neuroscience in Education and the MMAD Laboratory, focusing on the neural and cognitive mechanisms underlying mathematical cognition and learning difficulties. His work has significant implications for educational practice and intervention strategies for children with mathematical learning difficulties.
