Prof Timothy Bates

Position
Professor
Email
Personal URL
Phone
+44.131 651 1945
Location
F33 (7GS)
Research Interests
Genetics, Cognitive epidemiology, Aging, Personality, Dyslexia, Language impairment
Biography
My work addresses cognitive and non-cognitive individual differences using behavior and molecular genetic approaches.
Recent research includes
- Positive psychology (the genetics of Hedonic and Eudaimonic wellbeing);
- Language and reasoning (the genetics of dyslexia and language impairment, memory, laterality, intelligence),
- Social behavior genetics: Using genetics to understand individual differences on social traits such as politics and group behavior.
Students supervised
- Mark James Adams
- Despina Archontaki (Lead)
- David Hill
- Caimei Liu (Lead)